Prayer resources (click to download):

• 40 Days Scripture and prayer for immigrants
• 40 dias de leer Escritura y para para inmigrantes

Books and writers regarding compassion and caring community ministries:

• Atkinson, Donald A. and Charles Roesel, Meeting Needs Sharing Christ. Nashville, TN, Lifeway Press, 1995.
• Butler, Phillip. Well Connected: Releasing Power, Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Authentic Publishing, 2005.
• Carlson, Deanna. The Welfare of My Neighbor: Living Out Christ’s Love for the Poor, Washington, DC, Family Research Council, 1999.
• Dudley, Carl S. Basic Steps Toward Christian Ministry, Washington, DC, The Alban Institute, Inc, 1991.
• Engstrom, Ted W. and Edward R. Dayton. The Art of Management For Christian Leaders, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan Publishing House, 1989.
• Lewis, Robert, and Bob Wilkins. The Church of Irresistible Influence, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 2001.
• Lupton, Robert D. Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor, Ventura, California, Regal Books, 2007.
• Minatrea, Milfred. Shaped By God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches, San Francisco, California, Jossey-Bass, 2004.
• Moffitt, Bob with Karla Tesch.  If Jesus Were Mayor: How Your Local Church Can Transform Your Community, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Monarch Books, 2006.
• Perkins, John M. Beyond Charity: The Call To Christian Community Development, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 1993.
• Pinson, Jr.  William M. Applying the Gospel: Suggestions for Christian Social Action in a Local Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Broadman Press, 1975.
• Sherman, Amy L. Restorers of Hope: Reaching the poor in your community with church-based ministries that work, Eugene, Oregon, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1997.
• Sider, Ronald J., Phillip N. Olson, & Heidi Rolland Unruh. Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community With Good News and Good Works, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 2005.
• Sider, Ronald J. Good News and Good Works: A Theology For The Whole Gospel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 2004.
• Sider, Ronald, J. Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 2007.
• Watkins, Derrel R. Christian Social Ministry: An Introduction, Nashville, Tennessee, Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994.

(Ministry resource listing of books and authors provided by Michael Daily)

Books and resources – Immigration Guide:

• Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and Truth in the Immigration Debate, by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang Yang (InterVarsity Press, 2009)
• Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church and the Bible, by Dr. Daniel Carroll Rodas (Baker Academic, 2008, 2013; also available in Spanish as Cristianos en La Frontera)
• Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission, by Dr. J.D. Payne (InterVarsity Press, 2012)
• Diaspora Missiology: Theory, Methodology and Practice, edited by Dr. Enoch Wan (Institute of Diaspora Studies, 2011)
• The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity, by Dr. Soong-Chan Rah (InterVarsity Press, 2009) Learning Resources
• “I Was a Stranger” Challenge bookmarks available for free download or for purchase in paper form at www.evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/ iwasastranger
• “Immigration by the Numbers” Fact Sheet, available at http:// welcomingthestranger.com/learn-and-discern/immigration-by-thenumbers/
• “Welcoming the Stranger: Discovering and Living God’s Heart for Immigrants” Learning Group Guide, from World Relief and the National Association of Evangelicals, available free for download or for purchase in printed form at www.welcomingthestranger.com Video Resources
• G92 Conference video series, featuring Dr. Daniel Carroll, Matthew Soerens, Stephan Bauman, and others: http://bit.ly/G92Conference
• Urban Entry “Send These” video, available at http://www.urbanentry.org/ index.php/videos/ue4-send-these/about

Listing of books and resources from: https://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com//wp-content/uploads/2018/11/churchleaderguidetoimmigration.pdf

Immigrants in Florida

Florida has long been home to a large number of immigrants, many of whom hail from the Caribbean. One in five residents in the state was born in another country. Together, immigrants make up more than a quarter of Florida’s labor force. As neighbors, business owners, taxpayers, and workers, immigrants are an integral part of Florida’s diverse and thriving communities and make extensive contributions that benefit all.

• More than one in five Florida residents is an immigrant, while one in eight residents are native-born U.S. citizens with at least one immigrant parent.
• In 2018, 4.5 million immigrants (foreign-born individuals) comprised 21 percent of the population.
• Florida was home to 2.2 million women, 2 million men, and 247,316 children who were immigrants.
• The top countries of origin for immigrants were Cuba (23 percent of immigrants), Haiti (8 percent), Colombia (6 percent), Mexico (6 percent), and Jamaica (5 percent).
• In 2018, 2.7 million people in Florida (13 percent of the state’s population) were native-born Americans who had at least one immigrant parent.
• More than half of all immigrants in Florida are naturalized U.S. citizens.
• 2.5 million immigrants (57 percent) had naturalized as of 2018, and 759,614 million immigrants were eligible to become naturalized U.S. citizens in 2017.
• Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of immigrants reported speaking English “well” or “very well.”
• Immigrants in Florida are distributed across the educational spectrum.
• More one-quarter (29 percent) of adult immigrants had a college degree or more education in 2018, while one-fifth (20 percent) had less than a high school diploma. 

• More than 425,000 U.S. citizens in Florida live with at least one family member who is undocumented.
• 775,000 undocumented immigrants comprised 18 percent of the immigrant population and 4 percent of the total state population in 2016.
• 909,104 people in Florida, including 425,814 U.S. citizens, lived with at least one undocumented family member between 2010 and 2014.
• During the same period, about 7 percent of children in the state were U.S. citizens living with at least one undocumented family member (280,133 children in total).
• Florida is home to more than 24,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
• 24,810 active DACA recipients lived in Florida as of March 2020, while DACA has been granted to 32,646 people in total since 2012.11F
• As of 2019, 33 percent of DACA-eligible immigrants in Florida had applied for DACA.12F
• An additional 18,000 residents of the state would satisfy all but the educational requirements for DACA, and fewer than 2,000 would become eligible as they grew older.13F
• One in four workers in Florida is an immigrant, together making up a vital part of the state’s labor force in a range of industries.
• 2.7 million immigrant workers comprised 26 percent of the labor force in 2018.
• Immigrant workers were most numerous in the following industries:

• The largest shares of immigrant workers were in the following industries:

• Immigrants are an integral part of the Florida workforce in a range of occupations.
• In 2018, immigrant workers were most numerous in the following occupation groups:

• The largest shares of immigrant workers were in the following occupation groups:

• Undocumented immigrants comprised 6 percent of Florida’s workforce in 2016.
• Immigrants in Florida have contributed tens of billions of dollars in taxes.
• Immigrant-led households in the state paid $23.2 billion in federal taxes and $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2018.
• Undocumented immigrants in Florida paid an estimated $1.3 billion in federal taxes and $588.3 million in state and local taxes in 2018.
• Florida DACA recipients and DACA-eligible individuals paid an estimated $77.6 million in state and local taxes in 2018.
• As consumers, immigrants add nearly one-hundred billion dollars to Florida’s economy.
• Florida residents in immigrant-led households had $98.5 billion in spending power (after-tax income) in 2018.
• Immigrant entrepreneurs in Florida generate billions of dollars in business revenue.
• 437,690 immigrant business owners accounted for 33 percent of all self-employed Florida residents in 2018 and generated $7.1 billion in business income.
• In the following Florida metropolitan areas in 2018, at least one in five business owners was an immigrant. Immigrants accounted for:
  • 57 percent of business owners in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach metro area,
  • 36 percent in Orlando,
  • 29 percent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,
  • 20 percent in Jacksonville.