BORDER PARTNERS

CARLOS NAVARRO

Brownsville, Texas

Pastor of Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville and founder of Golán Ministries

Immigrant respite center with private rooms, communal kitchen, clothes closet, laundry.
Provides meals to migrants in Brownsville.
Works in network with other shelters and non-profits to provide humanitarian aid.
Homeless feeding ministry in downtown Brownsville.
Ministry welcomes youth and fami

ALMA RUTH

McAllen, TX / Reynosa, MX

Founder of Practice Mercy and what FaithWorks calls the chaplain of the migrant camps.

Hosts groups to see different aspects of life at the borderlands.
Educates about ministry to migrants and current experiences of migrants.
Advocates for immigration reform.
Ministry welcomes adults comfortable with crossing the border and praying with migrants.
Recipient of support f

EDREI RODRÍGUEZ

Reynosa, Mexico

Pastor, Mercy Without Borders

CALY FERNÁNDEZ

McAllen, Texas

Executive Director of House of Love and Justice

Ministry to immigrants living in colonias (small, rural, unincorporated towns without utilities or access to many services)
Organizes food distributions and community health clinics.
Equips members of the colonias to take leadership in community development.
Welcomes churches to volunteer in their programs.
Recipient of supp

LULÚ

Reynosa, Mexico

Director of Casa Clinica Lulú

Runs a migrant shelter in Reynosa for medically fragile migrants.
Partners with Edrei Rodríguez who leads worship and activities for children at the shelter regularly.
Recipient of support from the Knox Fund for Immigrant Relief via FaithWorks partner churches since 2024.

ROSALÍO SOSA

Cd. Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas

Director of the Red Alburgue para Migrantes

Works in network with shelters across El Paso and Cd. Juarez.
Provided shelter in Cd. Juarez and in Rural towns west of Juarez in the Chihuahuan desert.
Recipient of the Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer Award from CBF in 2022.
Recipient of support from the Knox Fund for Immigrant Relief since 2019.