The hot theme of the day at Exponential (at least in the Multi-Ethnic track) was immigration. It was great to have Dianne Padilla join us to share some amazing legal insights relative to the ever challenging issue of immigration. I was blessed to meet Dianne and her husband Brian last summer at a graduation party of all places. As we were talking she shared that she was an Immigration lawyer. After spending some time with her she graciously agreed to join us in Orlando this year to address this screaming issue and how it affects the church. Did you know that there are approximately 31 million foreign born people living in the US and about 11 million of them are undocumented? What can the church do and not do for undocumented folks. Dianne was fascinating as she answered these any many more questions. In fact people tossed questions at Dianne for about 40 minutes. Be sure to watch the Exponential website for info about the podcast of this great session. After this session Westbrook will certainly become more and more Immigrational.
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April 29th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Does anyone know how to get a hold of Dianne? I have a church planter with an immigration question.
bradley@newchurches.com
thanks!
April 29th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Hi Bradley, YES I have Dianne number. I will email you by Friday with a contact number. I am out of my office tomorrow. Thanks for your note.