Reclaiming Hospitality
A Church’s Guide to Hospitality Houses for Immigrants
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
The immigration crisis may be one of the most polarizing challenges of our era. Christians and churches are struggling to understand how to respond amid this crisis. In Reclaiming Hospitality, the author seeks to equip today’s church to reclaim biblical hospitality as an essential practice and spiritual discipline for the church. Drawing from Scripture, church history, theology, social work and leadership theories, the author lays out a systematic plan for empowering a congregation to meet and address the immigration crisis of our times. Using one church’s experience as an instructive example readers will be inspired and equipped for guiding their church in addressing such a complex issue with grace and the hospitality of Christ.
Endorsements (4)
“Thoroughly researched and rooted deeply in the Scriptures and church history, but nevertheless practical and accessible, Reclaiming Hospitality is an excellent resource for churches seeking to faithfully live out the biblical command to love and seek justice for immigrants.”
“Tiffani Harris helps us to see that the most basic conviction of the Word made flesh in Jesus Christ is rooted in the historic practice of hospitality from people of Israel and the earliest Christians to the church throughout history. Yet without a vibrant practice of hospitality, we may lose sight of Christ in the stranger among us. This book is essential reading for any and all who desire to meet the Word made flesh today.”
“In this beautifully written and deeply compassionate book, Tiffani Cox Harris tells the remarkable story of DaySpring Baptist Church, a small congregation in central Texas that opened its life to women and children from Latin America seeking asylum. Harris shows that radical love need not be the work of ‘radicals’ alone but can be woven into the ordinary rhythms of congregational life. Reclaiming Hospitality is more than the story of one church’s ministry—it is a summons to all followers of Christ to go and do likewise. A timely and essential book for this moment in the life of the United States.”
“This indispensable guide expertly navigates churches beyond partisan immigration debates to the heart of the matter. Tiffani Cox Harris offers a compelling model of ministry that is reciprocal—transforming immigrants and congregations alike. With theological depth, practical steps, and liturgical resources, this book equips us to discern and embrace Christ’s call to hospitality with faithful action.”
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