Women pastors, immigration enforcement, antisemitism: 5 proposed SBC resolutions to watch
4. Immigration
The resolution titled “On Immigration, Human Dignity, and the Rule of Law” comes amid fiery debate over increased immigration-law enforcement by the Trump administration.
The resolution notes that “Southern Baptists reject racism, nativism, ethnic supremacy, and dehumanizing rhetoric” but also that “immigration through means that violate American law has been and continues to be a problem.”
The proposal resolves that the SBC “reaffirm the call to pray for governing authorities as they lead the civil government in carrying out its responsibility to secure borders, enforce immigration laws, maintain an orderly and credible immigration system, and pursue clear, enforceable, and humane policies that uphold both justice and mercy.”
Additionally, the resolution calls on Southern Baptists to “reject amnesty, understood as forgiveness of legal violations without accountability,” as well as “reject nativism, racial or ethnic hostility, ethno-nationalism, discrimination, and all ideologies or rhetoric that deny the equal worth and dignity of any people group regardless of immigration status.” The proposal also stresses that "many immigrants and refugees have carefully followed the proper procedures for entering the nation lawfully."
