Who We Are
Episcopal Migration Ministries works with a network of 30 affiliate offices in 26 dioceses, numerous congregations, and countless volunteers to extend our welcome and hospitality to the uprooted.
Mission
We primarily focus on resettling refugees in the United States. Additionally, our network engages in outreach -- both at home and abroad -- on behalf of refugees, internally displaced persons and those seeking asylum.
Message from the Presiding Bishop
“I continue to be reminded that Jesus and his family were refugees in Egypt. Will we recognize him when he wanders into our midst?”says Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. She issues this challenge to us: “Our duty to love and care for [refugees and immigrants] is urgent.”
Presiding Bishop hails Refugee Act on 30th Anniversary
Three decades after landmark legislation established the U.S. Refugee Program on March 17, 1980, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, expresses a renewed commitment to the Church's resettlement arm, Episcopal Migration Ministries, and urges reforms that extend and expand the nation's response to the uprooted.
Our History
For more than 70 years, the Episcopal Church has provided a way for Episcopalians -- and people of many faiths -- to extend welcome and hospitality to the uprooted.
