Dear Texas Pastors:
I am sending this message with a request for you to join me and the other drafters and initial signers below as a signer of the Pastors' Declaration on Border Security and Immigration Reform. This Declaration was prayerfully crafted by a group of leading Houston area pastors coordinated by Houston Area Pastor Council and speaks to three key areas of immigration that urgently need to be addressed:
· Securing our borders
· Reforming our immigration system
· Implementing a just process to legal status for specified illegal immigrants
If you believe that a Biblically-balanced solution is vital and voices of Biblically minded pastors are greatly needed, please request a copy (sent as a PDF file via email) of the declaration, and then sign up as soon as possible as a supporter of this Declaration.
You can send your copy request and to sign up as a supporter by sending an e-mail to info@uspastorcouncil.org. In the “sign on” e-mail tell the Texas Pastors Council you support this Declaration and give your name, church, position, and city (e.g., John Doe, Senior Pastor, First Church, Humble).
TXPC will be holding a press conference in Houston and possibly other cities shortly to announce the Declaration, and we want three hundred pastors/ministers signed up before the press conference…you can be part of the 300 initial supporters.
Thanks for your prompt action!
Steve Riggle
Senior Pastor, Grace Community Church, Houston
President , Grace International Churches and Ministries
P.S. A website will be up soon at www.immigrationdeclaration.org for pastors and supporters to sign on and for more information about the principles in the declaration – keep checking in there and let other pastors know as well!
(This list reflects the drafting committee and initial signers upon draft approval)
Pastor Don Bergstrom, Houston’s First Church of God
Pastor Howard Cameron, Trinity Church, Beaumont
Pastor Hernan Castano, Iglesia Rios de Aceite, Houston
Pastor Willie Davis, MacGregor Palm Comm. Baptist, Houston
Pastor David Fannin, Nassau Bay Baptist Church, Houston
Pastor Sonny Foraker, First Baptist Church, Pearland
Pastor David Fleming, Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston
Pastor Jay Gross, West Conroe Baptist Church, Conroe
Pastor Mark Hartman, Sugar Creek Baptist Church, Sugarland
Pastor Juan Carlos Heredia, Sugar Creek Baptist Church (Spanish Ministry)
Pastor Khan Huynh, Vietnamese Baptist Church, Houston
Pastor Kjell Johannson, Living Branch Church, Conroe
Pastor Elmo Johnson, Rose of Sharon Baptist, Houston
Pastor Jesus Lemus, Casa De Restauracion
Pastor Lloyd Maddoux, First Assembly of God, Conroe
Pastor Jerry Martin, Light of the World Fellowship, Humble
Pastor Ismael Martinez, Iglesias Cristo Viene, Baytown
Pastor Gregg Matte, Houston’s First Baptist Church
Pastor John McCrutcheon, Joint Heirs Fellowship Church, Houston
Pastor Ramon Medina, Champion Forest Baptist Church (Spanish Ministry)
Pastor Dario Parish, Comunidad de Gracia, Houston
Pastor Dave Peterson, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston
Rev. Doug Richnow, St. John the Divine Episcopal, Houston
Pastor Steve Riggle, Grace Community Church, Houston
Pastor Ryan Rush, Bannockburn Baptist Church, Austin
Pastor Joe Salcido, Centro Vida Life Center, El Paso
Pastor Ted Seago, Grace Community Church, Magnolia
Doug Stringer, Somebody Cares America, Houston
Pastors Rene and Amelia Villafranca, Comunidad de Amor, Texas City
Pastor Scot Wall, Magnolia Bible Church, Magnolia
Dave Welch, Texas Pastor Council
