Pastor and parishioners make refugees feel at home in U.S.
(WorldNews Politics)

Reverend Bill Bigger, the pastor of Hope Valley Baptist Church, lives up to his name. At six feet, three inches (1.9 metres) tall, he easily fills a room and is not one to shy away from a challenge. Convinced that more needs to be done to help those fleeing wars and persecution, he persuaded his congregation in this southern city to turn a rundown brick home on church property into a haven for refugees. `My flock is more conservative than I am,` Bigger says, admitting that his plan to temporarily shelter refugees in the aptly named Hope House, adjacent to the church building itself, stirred an uproar in his congregation. `I don`t see this as a risk for us except that it calls us to invest...