John Root

John Root

Articles by John Root

  • The beneficial impact of local churches welcoming migrants: A UK perspective

    The beneficial impact of local churches welcoming migrants: A UK perspective

    47% of migrants are Christians, totaling around 130 million people. These believers have potential to be a blessing to developed nations where church attendance is declining, but it requires a willingness to include migrants as full participants in the life of the church. That requires bold leadership and strong theological understanding of the value of unity in diversity.
  • Why migrants are a means of grace

    Why migrants are a means of grace

    The migrant experience is much like the experience of Christian conversion, stepping out of one context into another with all its losses and challenges. With this alignment, migrants can be to us a means of grace. A minister to migrant communities explains why.