John 16:2 Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
The Rev. Canon Andrew White is speaking out for the Christians still inside Iraq and saying that most of them are hoping to escape to other countries.
“To be honest, every single Christian wants to leave,” White, the vicar of St. George’s Church in Baghdad, told the London Daily Telegraph. “I used to say to my people: ‘Don’t you leave. I’m not going to leave you, don’t leave me.’ But now every one of them wants to leave and the ones who are left tend to be the poorer ones who couldn’t get away earlier.”
White told the newspaper that for the first time in 2,000 years Christans could not take community last week in the Nineveh province.
White posted to his Facebook page Monday about the horrible conditions in the country.
“Greetings from Baghdad. People are very fearful the nation looks as if it has collapsed. The usual hectic and crazy streets were this morning almost empty,” White wrote.”The news from our friends in areas surrounding Baghdad is equally worry [sic] the Islamic State. ISIS or DAASH, as they are known locally, are very close to Baghdad.”
White told the newspaper that ground troops will be the only way to stop ISIS.
Our Christian Brothers & Sisters are suffering for their faith in Iraq & are pleading for our help.Why aren’t we in America sending in troops to help them defend themselves or to escape the tragedies they are being subjected too? Where is our Christian Love for these precious Christians. If the tables were turned, we would hope there would be those who would come to save us.