While most Americans are concerned with either helping or hindering unaccompanied minors from crossing the southern border into the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention has a different concern: Preventing pregnant migrant children from accessing health care and abortion services….
Children fleeing alone need our compassion and protection
Violence, conflict and oppression seem to be everywhere these days. The horrors in the Middle East, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Haiti and many more places are devastating to contemplate. And the dangerous flight for safety they spur: Life-threatening travels on overcrowded…
As unaccompanied children surge across the border again, Baptist ministries retool
A massive facility for immigrant children run by a Baptist-affiliated nonprofit has been reopened after sitting dormant for 20 months. The Carrizo Springs Influx Care Facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, is operated by BCFS, formerly known as Baptist Child and…