Pray for the people of Syria. Typically 6,000 Syrians a day flee their nation, heading for multiple bordering countries, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Iraq’s recent influx nearly doubled that figure. “I am staying,” said a Baptist pastor in Syria. “They tell me to travel, to leave, to immigrate, but I tell them I am staying.” He is one of several local pastors who minister and serve in Baptist churches throughout this country caught up in civil war. “I am staying for the Church, to keep the message of Jesus as a light for the lost and frightened,” he said. “I am staying because the harvest is plentiful. I am staying to serve the needy.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:49:15 +0000
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