Support Syrian Christians on a Day of Prayer
May 9, 2013 by John Potter
Christians in Syria continue to suffer persecution and strife in the midst of an ongoing civil war. Open Doors USA is encouraging Christians worldwide to pray for the war-torn country on May 11.
“As Christians in Syria continue to suffer from the devastating effects of the two-year-old civil war including killings, kidnappings, homelessness, lack of food and shelter and closing of schools; they are also seeing that God’s hand is at work as all denominations are joining in passionate prayer,” Open Doors USA interim President/CEO Steve Ridgway said in a recent statement.
Since March 2011, Syria’s Ba’ath Party government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, has been involved in a brutal civil war against rebels trying to overthrow the government, resulting in the death of nearly 70,000.
It is difficult to image the hardships that the Syrian church is enduring half a world away. Finding food and medicine is a struggle. As daily survival is already difficult, Christians are being persecuted, killed, and church leaders continue to be kidnapped.
Please add these believers to your prayer list on Saturday and join the international prayer effort.
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Support Syrian Christians on a Day of Prayer
May 9, 2013 by John Potter
Christians in Syria continue to suffer persecution and strife in the midst of an ongoing civil war. Open Doors USA is encouraging Christians worldwide to pray for the war-torn country on May 11.
“As Christians in Syria continue to suffer from the devastating effects of the two-year-old civil war including killings, kidnappings, homelessness, lack of food and shelter and closing of schools; they are also seeing that God’s hand is at work as all denominations are joining in passionate prayer,” Open Doors USA interim President/CEO Steve Ridgway said in a recent statement.
Since March 2011, Syria’s Ba’ath Party government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, has been involved in a brutal civil war against rebels trying to overthrow the government, resulting in the death of nearly 70,000.
It is difficult to image the hardships that the Syrian church is enduring half a world away. Finding food and medicine is a struggle. As daily survival is already difficult, Christians are being persecuted, killed, and church leaders continue to be kidnapped.
Please add these believers to your prayer list on Saturday and join the international prayer effort.
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