I Was a Stranger: Encouraging the Church to Welcome and Embrace the Foreigner

Fondell, Jodi Mullen (Author)/ Labberton, Mark A. (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 1532679599 / ISBN 13: 9781532679599

Published by Resource Publications, 2019

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156 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Was a Stranger: Encouraging the Church to Welcome and Embrace the Foreigner
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532679599
• ISBN 13: 9781532679599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

I Was a Stranger will help you build empathy for the strangers and foreigners among you. Through personal experience and through the narratives of people who have moved to a foreign country for a variety of reasons, Jodi Mullen Fondell offers encouragement for churches desiring to be a place of welcome and embrace for those who often find themselves rejected by the broader society. Packed with tips on how to help your church navigate the road toward greater openness, this book offers advice on how to avoid the pitfalls that prevent churches from truly welcoming and embracing the stranger among them. Rev. Fondell gently guides readers in examining their own experiences of alienation in order to understand the profound disorientation that being a stranger in a strange land entails. This identification with the pain of being an outsider, she asserts, can move, motivate, and mobilize the church to live out God's calling to welcome in the stranger. As the body of Christ embraces the members we are tempted to exclude, a new level of joy and a taste of heaven await our congregations. Includes a small-group Bible-study guide for communities ready to grow in ministry and hospitality.

About the Author

Jodi Mullen Fondell is an ordained pastor and has served churches in Stockholm, London, Paris, and Luxembourg City. This is her first book.