His church has lost over 1200 members to violence, some targeted as Christians but many just in the wrong place at the wrong time. In his interview below with Eric Metaxas he mentions that one day he baptized thirteen believers and two days later eleven of them were killed. A blast wall "concrete about 6 inches thick and 12 feet high runs the perimeter of the church property."
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Wacky & courageous
Our wacky priest from yesterday's post ministers at St. George's Church in one of the most difficult places in the world, Baghdad, Iraq. God called him there and he is courageous but "acquainted with grief".
His church has lost over 1200 members to violence, some targeted as Christians but many just in the wrong place at the wrong time. In his interview below with Eric Metaxas he mentions that one day he baptized thirteen believers and two days later eleven of them were killed. A blast wall "concrete about 6 inches thick and 12 feet high runs the perimeter of the church property."
"In 2005 five members of the church leadership disappeared—all presumed killed returning by car across the desert from a pastors’ meeting in Amman, Jordan. Bombings and rocket launches by terrorists multiplied—in 2005, 2007, and notably in 2009, when a bomb detonated near the church killed 100, injured hundreds more, and damaged every building on the property."
His church has lost over 1200 members to violence, some targeted as Christians but many just in the wrong place at the wrong time. In his interview below with Eric Metaxas he mentions that one day he baptized thirteen believers and two days later eleven of them were killed. A blast wall "concrete about 6 inches thick and 12 feet high runs the perimeter of the church property."
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