Christians need to take action to help fellow Christians in the Middle East who are being wiped out at an alarming rate and who are also being denied entry to the United States.

This call was made by the Global Strategic Alliance (GSA), a faith-based global ministry that has formed the "Fostering Families" programme which is calling on over 1,000 churches in America to provide shelter for the persecuted Christian refugees.

Rev. Kevin Jessip, president of GSA, said it's high time Christians in America wake up to the realities faced by migrant fellow Christians and take action to help them; otherwise, "the very cradle of Christianity" will be "wiped off the map."

"It's inappropriate for the United States of America to discriminate against [people from] a minority religion who [are] in dire need of asylum," Jessip told The Christian Post.  He cited cases filed at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of people who have been denied entry to the US and "are in jeopardy of losing their lives."

"Not only have they ran and lost everything, but now, in many cases, we are seeing people facing another impending threat, and that is starvation," he added.

The GSA believes that if the church starts taking action to help the refugees, then the government will follow its cue and also open its arms to migrants as well.

"When the US government is aware that the body of Christ is standing up and beginning to take action, once they are made aware of this initiative, they [would become] empathetic to helping these people and giving them a second chance at life again," said Jessip.

Tens of thousands of refugees have already risked their lives to flee the Middle East and make their way to European countries, only to be met by more struggles since these countries have set a limit on the number of people they will accept.

Jessip said the GSA has been working steadily with immigration services, both globally and domestically, and has already held meetings with US congressmen and spoken at the UN to raise awareness on the persecution of Jews and Christians worldwide.