Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
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Founded | 1939 |
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Key people
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Linda Hartke, President and C.E.O. |
Revenue
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US$ 50.4 million (2013)[1] |
Employees
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103 |
Mission | Witnessing to God’s love for all people, we stand with and advocate for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice. |
Website | http://lirs.org/ |
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is a non-profit organization that welcomes and supports refugees and migrants. It is one of nine refugee resettlement agencies working with the Office of Refugee Resettlement[2] and one of only two that serves unaccompanied refugee minors.[3] LIRS also advocates for just policies and practices relating to immigration and detention.[4][5]
As an organization, LIRS originates from the response of American Lutherans in 1939 to the needs of Europeans displaced because of World War II,[6] however, the roots of the organization reach back to the 1860s when the New York Ministerium and the Pennsylvania Synod joined together to help and protect Lutheran immigrants in the US.[7] Since then the organization’s scope has expanded to include any refugees entering the US, support for asylum seekers,[8] and migrants,[9][10] and services to unaccompanied children (UACs).[11]
LIRS continues to be a faith-based organization and maintains relationships with three national Lutheran denominations, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, and Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[12]
References
- ↑ LIRS 2013 Annual Report
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- ↑ Solberg, Richard W. Open Doors the Story of Lutherans Resettling Refugees. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 1992. Print.
- ↑ Bouman, Stephen Paul., and Ralston H. Deffenbaugh. They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2009. Print.
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