Thousands of families who have fled their homelands because of war or persecution reside in Dallas.  Some are believers, and many more are open to hearing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Join with DBA churches to serve these new neighbors. Families need help with emergency English skills, using local public transportation, grocery shopping in American supermarkets, living in apartments, and searching for employment.

Learn more about DBA refugee ministry opportunities.

We encourage churches also to partner with local refugee resettling agencies to help newly-arriving families. 

Does your church currently serve refugees?  Please let us know about your ministry.

This link provides many pages of resources for ministry among Bhutanese refugees in our area.

Vickery Baptist Church was the site for a week-long "Following Jesus" seminar provided for refugees recently arriving in Dallas from Bhutan.  the DBA church is situated in the heart of the refugee community of Dallas.

Kerry and Carl Lorey, church planters with international refugees in Dallas, Southern Baptist of Texas Convention, organized and helped lead the seminar.  Roy McClung, a SBTC church planter from Houston, was the teacher.  DBA's disaster refief unit provided meals each day.  Roy "storied" through the Old and New Testaments and taught the commands of Christ.  By the end of the seminar, the sixty mostly Hindu participants knew these stories, and they knew hand signals to help them remember Christ's commands.  Three people were baptized during the seminar when they professed faith in Christ.

Julay Paw heard about Dallas Christian Women's Job Corps from her sister.  Before coming to the United States, Julay lived in a refugee camp in Thailand.  She and her family are Karen, a people group persecuted in Burma and forced to leave their homeland.

Julay began attending CWJC classes and quickly made friends with the other women.  After finishing eight weeks of job readiness classes, Julay participated in the ministry's celebration service at Shiloh Terrace Batpist Church.  Julay said, "I wanted to attend this class to learn English and computer skills.  This program helped me learn what is expected in the workplace.  I have made many friends."