Training

The goal of our training is to equip people, congregations, and organizations for ministry among forcibly displaced people that is fruitful, sustainable, ethical, and faithfully Christian.

Training

The goal of our training is to equip people, congregations, and organizations for ministry among forcibly displaced people that is fruitful, sustainable, ethical, and faithfully Christian.

Training

The goal of our training is to equip people, congregations, and organizations for ministry among forcibly displaced people that is fruitful, sustainable, ethical, and faithfully Christian.

Foundations of Refugee Ministry

IAFR offers principles-based refugee ministry training for churches and mission groups through interactive seminars. Key topics we offer are below. Our goal is to help people engage with forcibly displaced people in ways that are sustainable, ethical, faithfully Christian, and suited to their unique context.

Refugee Realities
Refugee Realities

A global overview of forced displacement including key terms and statistics from the refugee highway and relevant international law documents.

A global overview of forced displacement including key terms and statistics from the refugee highway and relevant international law documents.

Biblical Perspective On Refugees
Biblical Perspective On Refugees

An overview of forcibly displaced people in Scripture and why God cares about refugees.

An overview of forcibly displaced people in Scripture and why God cares about refugees.

The Continuum of Response
The Continuum of Response

‍An overview of the needs of displaced people in various phases of the journey from flight to integration and how churches are uniquely suited to recovery work

‍An overview of the needs of displaced people in various phases of the journey from flight to integration and how churches are uniquely suited to recovery work

Recovery Ministry Unpacked
Recovery Ministry Unpacked

A series of conversations unpacking how to support refugee recovery including practical examples and lessons learned from a variety of contexts.

A series of conversations unpacking how to support refugee recovery including practical examples and lessons learned from a variety of contexts.

Working In Humanitarian Space
Working In Humanitarian Space

Introduces the concept of humanitarian space and how ministry in this area presents particular challenges; includes discussion on government and humanitarian stakeholders, their motivations and concerns, and helpful approaches for engagement.

Introduces the concept of humanitarian space and how ministry in this area presents particular challenges; includes discussion on government and humanitarian stakeholders, their motivations and concerns, and helpful approaches for engagement.

When Evangelism Meets Aid
When Evangelism Meets Aid

‍A discussion on having a faithful Christian witness in refugee ministry; addresses concerns of coercion and ethics in combining a spiritual message and basic aid.

‍A discussion on having a faithful Christian witness in refugee ministry; addresses concerns of coercion and ethics in combining a spiritual message and basic aid.

Our Goals and Motivations
Our Goals and Motivations

‍An invitation to reflect on what drives us in refugee ministry and how we communicate our goals and motivations in an honest and helpful manner.

‍An invitation to reflect on what drives us in refugee ministry and how we communicate our goals and motivations in an honest and helpful manner.

Best Practices for Refugee Ministry
Best Practices for Refugee Ministry

‍Principles of best practice in work with displaced people.

‍Principles of best practice in work with displaced people.

Context Assessments
Context Assessments

A tool for identifying the strengths and opportunities for ministry in your context and determining a starting point for beginning or strengthening your ministry.

A tool for identifying the strengths and opportunities for ministry in your context and determining a starting point for beginning or strengthening your ministry.

Walking With the Wounded
Walking With the Wounded

‍A basic introduction to trauma for the layperson; how to avoid harm and be a helpful friend to someone who has survived trauma.

‍A basic introduction to trauma for the layperson; how to avoid harm and be a helpful friend to someone who has survived trauma.

The Cost of Caring
The Cost of Caring

‍Discussions on how to maintain your own emotional and spiritual health while walking alongside people who are healing from trauma.

‍Discussions on how to maintain your own emotional and spiritual health while walking alongside people who are healing from trauma.

IAFR Continuum of Response

The response to the global refugee crisis requires more than the services of emergency relief agencies. It requires long-term recovery work that serves to strengthen hope and help refugees rebuild their lives.

Recovery work helps re-humanize people and restore hope by strengthening community, faith, emotional well-being and personal capacity. It also gets behind the ideas and solutions of refugees, recognizing the important part they play in finding solutions to their displacement.

IAFR Continuum of Response

The response to the global refugee crisis requires more than the services of emergency relief agencies. It requires long-term recovery work that serves to strengthen hope and help refugees rebuild their lives.

Recovery work helps re-humanize people and restore hope by strengthening community, faith, emotional well-being and personal capacity. It also gets behind the ideas and solutions of refugees, recognizing the important part they play in finding solutions to their displacement.

IAFR Continuum of Response

The response to the global refugee crisis requires more than the services of emergency relief agencies. It requires long-term recovery work that serves to strengthen hope and help refugees rebuild their lives.

Recovery work helps re-humanize people and restore hope by strengthening community, faith, emotional well-being and personal capacity. It also gets behind the ideas and solutions of refugees, recognizing the important part they play in finding solutions to their displacement.

Phases of
Humanitarian Crisis

Phases of Humanitarian Crisis

Phases of Humanitarian Crisis

Watch this IAFR training session to learn about the common phases of a humanitarian crisis and how they are experienced from the perspectives of those who are forcibly displaced, those who host the displaced, and those engaged in helping the displaced.

This recording was made during a training sponsored by the European region of the Refugee Highway Partnership in response to the humanitarian crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Start Learning Today

Perhaps you want to help people survive and recover from forced displacement, but you're not sure where to begin. Or maybe you have been serving refugees for some time but have hit some stumbling blocks and realize you need more tools?

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Let us know if you are interested in exploring how we might be able to help you better prepare for ministry among forcibly displaced people.