As the Syria civil war rages on and the U.N. investigates claims that chemical weapons might have been used in the conflict, one Christian missionary organization helping refugees has revealed that the people are hungry for the message of Christ, and urged believers to come together and help out in one of the most urgent humanitarian crises of the new millennium.
"We executed a food distribution and ministry program where we supplied food for about a two week period to 2,000 refugees, and during the event we distributed Bibles in their language and the story of Jesus booklets," Eric English, executive director of Strategic Planning for World Compassion Terry Law Ministries told The Christian Post in a phone interview on Tuesday.
Despite efforts from the U.N., the U.S. and other government bodies, there seems to be no end to the Syrian crisis, where rebels from the Free Syrian Army are fighting President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian Armed Forces, in a conflict which began in early 2011 and has claimed over 100,000 lives to date.
The civil war has led to a mass exodus of refugees, as many as 1.9 million according to reports, while another 4.2 million people in the Islamic nation have been displaced. World Compassion, a Christian ministry which heard the people's plea for help, organized relief efforts for the 150,000 Syrian refugees who are now stationed in Northern Iraq. Read more
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I was over at an anglo-Catholic group on Facebook and i seen that they promoted Eastern Orthodoxy. I was thinking how about some missionary work for our side?
Interestingly Eastern Orthodox are critical of the theology of Anglo-Catholics as well as well as Anglican evangelicals. Indeed they are critical of the teaching of the Western Church in general. This and a number of other factors, including the influence of the Convergence and ecumenical movements, a fascination with the Greek Fathers, and disappointment with the failure of the Anglo-Catholic movement's original dream of reunification with Rome, is prompting a number of Anglo-Catholics to move toward Eastern Orthodoxy. The Eastern Orthodox, however, are not going to extend recognition to any group that does fully convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and then they will be recognized only as converts.
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