Cindy M. Wu

Co-author of Our Global Families, with Todd M. Johnson, and author of A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in Our Midst

[Houston Chronicle Opinion @ChronOpinion]

"Recently I stood at the airport waiting to welcome an Afghan widow and her six children in one of the first humanitarian parole arrivals to #Houston. Her husband and father of her children was not with them." - @CindyMWu https://t.co/vfWsqy6sNi

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

@KathrynAnnette @BAbridgebuilder @WorldReliefNTX @ntfb @WitnessFDN Thank you!

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

National prayer rallies across the country today to stand with AAPI lives. Ours is at 3 PM at Houston Vineyard Church. @SylvesterTurner @GeneforTexas You are invited! https://t.co/594XBLI0Qf

[Global Christianity @CSGC]

The World Christian Encyclopedia is now in its third edition. Read our blog by @gina_zurlo on a brief history of how we got to this book in 2020. #globalchristianity #worldchristianity
https://t.co/rXw9f8XOPb

[Jenny Yang @JennyYang318]

#Refugee arrivals in October in past 5 calendar years:
2014- 6,352
2015- 5,348
2016- 9,945
2017- 1,248
2018- 1,834
2019- 0
October 2019 was the first month in nearly 30 years there were 0 #refugees admitted to the US

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

@MattBarnes4HISD Oh my gosh, look at your kiddos! Ben has gotten so tall! And so handsome!

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

@matthewkaemingk @kevinsinger0 @ISNAHQ @S2Scampaign Now THAT'S something to chuckle at. Your book is on my nightstand... sorry I haven't finished it yet, but this conf is my goal!

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

@MattBarnes4HISD MATT! I logged into Twitter for the first time in months and saw this! You would be perfect for this! I've been thinking of your family so much lately. Maybe you're too busy now to hang out with us :P but we would love to see you and the kiddos. Miss y'all so much!

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

@kevinsinger0 @ISNAHQ @matthewkaemingk @S2Scampaign Oh wow, didn't know TN was going to be there! yay!

[Jessica Udall @loveimmigrants]

"This book contains great questions. I read the whole thing in an hour with time to spare, but still a few weeks later I’m mulling over things she asked." @CindyMWu @WCLBooks https://t.co/svErxB8JXB

[Matthew Soerens @MatthewSoerens]

Average annual refugee cap by presidential administration:

Carter: 224K (FY80-81)
Reagan: 89K (FY82-89)
Bush 41: 132K (FY90-93)
Clinton: 93K (FY94-2001)
Bush 43: 73K (FY02-09)
Obama: 80K (FY10-17)
Trump: 38K (FY18-19)

[Cindy M. Wu @CindyMWu]

Refugee admissions are still under target. I urge my fellow Christians to call your Congressional reps and advocate for generous policies: [phone]. https://t.co/tzKPVaDPrQ

[Lausanne Movement @lcwe]

#worldrefugeeday https://t.co/EqnXYzX82q

[Erwan CLOAREC @PresidentCnef]

"Beaucoup de réfugiés sont des chrétiens persécutés pour leur foi, ce qui fait d'eux des frères et des soeurs dans le Seigneur, et donc des membres de la famille." @CindyMWu @lcwe #JourneeMondialedesRefugies https://t.co/Vc7asRwIKm

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

While promoting a #global #Christian #identity, we also emphasize a #local one. In everyday life, Christian #faith is expressed in local communities: "The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood." — John 1:14, The Message

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

#Christianity has spread all over the #world—we are not homogeneous or monolithic but a stunningly #diverse assembly representing thousands of peoples and languages. Our #Global #Family

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

#Mission historian Andrew Walls helps us to navigate local #diversity & global #unity by introducing two principles in tension: “indigenizing principle,” namely, Christianity takes deep root in the “soil” of all cultures, is unique to that cultural context. 1/2

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

The 2nd principle to navigate local #diversity & global #unity is the “pilgrim principle”—that is, all #Christians are aliens in this world and have a common #identity with all other Christians 2/2

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

Both the indigenizing and pilgrim principles have been in effect throughout #Christian history, producing the diversity of Christian expressions around the world and calling us together, even as our differences separate us.

[Our Global Families @OurGlobalFam]

The #global #Christian #family has tremendous cognitive, linguistic, and ethnic diversity—placing us in a strategic position to contribute to solving complex global problems. #BetterTogether (see Chapter 11 of OGF).