(ChurchLeaders) Kevin Wallace, one of the lead pastors of Redemption to the Nations Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., has confirmed that his church is using one of its buildings to house unaccompanied migrant children from the U.S.-Mexico border. While some have criticized his views, Wallace sees the decision to house the children as showing God’s love “to the least of these.”
“I am surprised a little bit that some people can’t separate the politics from the compassion,” Kevin Wallace told the Times Free Press. “I have experienced the love of God personally, and because of that, I want to demonstrate it to the least of these. And this is, without a question, the least of these. These are the kids who have nowhere to go and no one advocating for them in some situations and circumstances. They’re being exploited in some situations and circumstances.”