Arrive Ministries is a refugee resettlement agency providing essential services and practical assistance to refugees and immigrants to advance self-sufficiency.

We mobilize volunteers, in partnership with local churches, to extend love and friendship to our new neighbors to promote thriving in a new homeland.

OUR PURPOSE

Life transformation for refugees, immigrants and the Church

OUR MISSION

Live out God’s command to welcome refugees and immigrants

OUR APPROACH

To experience welcome, build connection, and cultivate growth

OUR VALUES

Our Values

We value the Gospel shared in word and deed, refugees and immigrants created in God’s image, the local Church as God’s agent for transformation, justice and mercy for the vulnerable, and empowerment and learning from each other.

Bible Verses
  • The Gospel, shared in word and deed (Romans 1:16, Colossians 3:17)
  • Refugees and immigrants, created in God’s image (Genesis 1:26-27, Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:33-34, Leviticus 24:22)
  • The local Church, God’s agent for transformation (1 Peter 2:9, Matthew 28: 18-20, Matthew 5: 14-16)
  • Justice and mercy for the vulnerable (Isaiah 58: 6-11, Micah 6:8, Isaiah 1:17)
  • Empowerment and learning from each other (1 Thessalonians 5:11, Proverbs 27:17)

OUR HISTORY

History of Arrive Ministries

Arrive Ministries began in 1988 as World Relief Minnesota, as a ministry of the Greater Minnesota Association of Evangelicals.  In the three decades of its existence, Arrive has welcomed over 12,000 refugees through its resettlement services and connected thousands of refugees to volunteers from local churches through its programs.

In 2013, our name was changed to Arrive Ministries to better recognize our identity as its own 501(c)(3) organization.  Arrive Ministries continues to function as the Minnesota affiliate of World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization.

Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

  • We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
  • We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Arrive Ministries is an affiliate partner of World Relief,
an international humanitarian organization;
and a subsidiary ministry of Transform Minnesota.

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