The original version of this article focused on the concern that funds designated by donors through a particular mission network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) were not reaching their intended designation in a timely manner. Therefore, that mission network — the Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network (SLPN) — is now requesting that donations be sent through the United…
By Joan Desmond, The National Catholic Register. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York marked the desperate plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria with an urgent plea for Americans to take action before it’s too late. “When it comes to the persecution of Christians, we are talking about an … international emergency,” Cardinal Dolan said, expressing…
By Lisa Daftari, FoxNews.com. Islamic State militants are demanding up to $30 million in ransom to release the hundreds of Christian hostages in Syria, according to an officer within the Assyrian leadership. In ongoing negotiations between ISIS terrorists and the Assyrian leadership to free the 250-300 Christians abducted by the militant group in February, ISIS is demanding…
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter A lack of concern for Christians and a lack freedom of expression for religious minorities in the Middle East is one of the reasons behind the rise of terror group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, said David Curry, the CEO and president of Christian persecution watchdog group, Open Doors USA. Curry…
By Samuel Smith, Christian Post As thousands of Christians in Iraq and Syria, and other parts of the Middle East, are being tossed from their homes, killed, raped and pillaged by Islamic State forces and other terrorist organizations, Princeton law professor Robert George claims that Christians in America and other westernized nations are too complacent…
Presbyterian layperson and former Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, recently addressed the AIG ConnectEd event in Nashville. She told the thousands of financial advisors that the world is experiencing “techtonic shifts” the likes of which we have not experienced since the end of World War II. “We are responding globally to three great shocks,”…
While Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and other religious leaders in the United States wrote a letter to President Barrack Obama asking that the US respond to the escalation of violence in Iraq with peaceful – non-violent – reconciliation, religious leaders in Iraq and Syria are pleading for international help to…
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post A Christian man in Iraq has reportedly been beaten, tortured, and killed by terror group ISIS for refusing to renounce his faith and convert to Islam. Ankawa.com reported on Tuesday that the 43-year-old man, Salem Matty Georgis, remained in the Syriac Christian town of Bartella after it was captured by…
By David Gibson | Religion News Service Even as some prominent Christians are calling on the U.S. to take more forceful military action against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, more than 50 mainly Catholic and Protestant leaders are telling President Obama to halt American airstrikes and pursue solely peaceful means to resolve the conflict. “While the…
By Ruth Gledhill A new campaign to help besieged Christians in Syria and Iraq has been launched by Aid to the Church in Need, by the US branch of the papal agency, Aid to the Church in Need, which warned that both countries faced extinction of their ancient Christian communities. The $1 million campaign is…