The Refugee Highway reflects the vast size of the refugee challenge to the Christian Church in Europe and beyond. Geographically broad, spanning the globe, the refugee highway is a story of human need requiring a coordinated response. The Refugee Highway is also broad in the scope of issues and challenges, ranging from the physical and spiritual needs of the individual refugees to separation of families and emotional trauma, to challenging governments with the legal treatment and resettlement of refugees.

History of the Partnership
The Refugee Highway Initiative arose from the acute need for coordination of ministries involved in such a complex and vast ministry field. The Refugee Highway Initiative, with the support of the World Evangelical Alliance, supporting churches, and refugee ministries, has now completed a two-year process of consultation with the evangelical refugee ministry community. This process has culminated in the formation in 2002 of the global Refugee Highway Partnership, a twenty-member Facilitation Team, and a seven-member Core Administrative Team. Hosted as a network of the World Evangelical Alliance Missions Commission, it is the only global network serving the coordination and resource-sharing needs of evangelical refugee ministries and churches.

In Europe, the Refugee Highway seeks to network and inspire ministries to the growing number of refugees crossing European borders.

Useful websites:
www.refugeehighway.org

Download the Mission and Strategy of the European Refugee Highway Partnership Word document (28kb)

Team:

Coordinator(s):

Marco Vermin