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Illegal immigrant gets saved ... now what?

By Jim on Sat, 11/21/15
Forum category
Church & Ministry
Topic tags
Illegal immigration
Baptism
Church Membership

Here’s the scenario:

Gabriela and Alejandro Flores and their three children live in your community with their three children.

The children attend your church’s VBS and several make professions of faith.

Your church’s outreach ministry visits in their home and thanks to the bi-lingual couple who connects with them, both Gabriela and Alejandro make professions of faith themselves,

The couple want to be baptized and unite with your church.

Your community is not a sanctuary city.

In the discipleship process, you as the pastor become aware that in fact none of the Flores family are in the U.S. legally.

Should you baptize Gabriela and Alejandro and have them join your church?

Poll Results

Illegal immigrant gets saved … now what?

Baptize them only Votes: 2
Baptize them and let them join the church Votes: 1
Neither Votes: 1
Other Votes: 2

(Migrated poll)

N/A
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 0

Discussion

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Jim

NewThe dilemma

Sat, 11/21/15

They are in fact breaking the law and disobedient to Romans 13:1-5

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Don Johnson

NewOther: baptize them and send them home

Sun, 11/22/15

See Philemon

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
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