a place of refuge and restoration
Community Rule of Life Abba’s House is a mission of welcome, which means we who serve there are “Missionaries of Welcome”. God has called us to join Him as protectors of the oppressed (Isaiah 58, 61; Matthew 25). Therefore we as His Missionaries of Welcome, individually and collectively, commit to protect, love, and serve each …
As a house of welcome, those who incarnate Jesus among its guests are missionaries of welcome. Why?
What is God's heart for the poor stranger in 2018?
LAST WEEK TO ORDER YOUR SHIRTS!
During the month of November, we are debuting and selling our new Abba's House t-shirts! All month we will collect orders, and when you buy a shirt, you will also be giving a shirt to a refugee woman or child who will stay with us in 2018. Our desire is to bless every guest that …
One of my truly "happy places" is out in the garden. I often joke that my garden is my therapy...which is probably more true than I'd like to admit. I find great joy in watching my children run out to the garden and eat something straight from the vine. It delights me to be able …
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” Progress on the house as of 10/27/17 (top--front, bottom--back) Have you ever felt unsafe? What does it mean to you to be safe...to know your life is not constantly in danger? …
Hurricane Harvey has given me and many dear friends a taste of what it means to be displaced. And while we were enduring Harvey, global news told of flood devastations in other parts of the world on an even greater scale, along with horrific stories of more Rohingya--considered the world's most persecuted people group--being forced …
"...we who have fled for refuge..." --Hebrews 6:18 Have you ever considered yourself a refugee? If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, then you are a refugee. 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply …
Please join us this Sunday as we celebrate the book release of A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in our Midst with our friend and board member Cindy Wu. Ak Besancon of Houston Welcome's Refugees will be a guest speaker, along with Michael and Julie representing Abba's House. We hope you will join us as …
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