Canon Andrew White ("Vicar of Baghdad") was ordered back to England by his boss, the Archbishop of Canterbury, because of the $57 million bounty on his head and the increasing likelihood that he would die now that Islamic State has conquered so much.
You are probably familiar with the facts of IS domination: the murders, repression of education, burning and confiscation of churches, the refugees who left everything they owned to get away. Click on "Iraq" under "Labels" to see posts about this.
But the Vicar passionately loves all those people he had to - temporarily, according to him - leave behind. Watch the video below, made I think before he was ordered to leave Iraq. Canon Andrew explains that they (he and the Iraqi Christians) know they have nothing but Jesus. Experiencing the glory of God is "normal" for them. He says, "The Lord is here, His Spirit is with us."
"The Vicar of Baghdad" Canon Andrew White from BearCreek on Vimeo.
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