Syrian Christian Leaders Show Hope in the Face of Despair
In this exclusive report to the Religious Freedom Coalition Andrew Harrod reveals the feelings toward Muslims and the Assad government in Syria by high ranking members of the Syrian Christian clergy. Christians in Syria refer to the "golden age" of freedom they have had since 1970 that now is threatened by the installation of a Saudi style regime by the United States government. - Editor
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By Andrew E. Harrod
http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/
January 31, 2014
"There will come a time when there will be no more Christians in Syria," the Syrian Presbyterian Rev. Dr. Riad Jarjour, former General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches, warned recently onJanuary 27, 2014, at Washington, DC's Heritage Foundation. Jarjour explained Syrian Christians' "stage of hopelessness" while "boxed in" by Muslim sectarian fighting in Syria's civil war during two successive presentations by a Syrian Christian delegation.
Syrian clergy visiting the United States speak favorable of the government of Bashir Assad (YouTube) The Heritage event and the previous day's panel at McLean, Virginia's St. John the Beloved Catholic Church clearly showed the "tragedy of the church in Syria" described at St. John by Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo. Sookhdeo, chairman of theWestminster Institute and international director of Barnabas Aid, the Syrian delegation's sponsors, described a "Gethsemane that leads to a potential Calvary." One-third of Syria's two million Christians had fled the country during "perhaps the single greatest humanitarian disaster in the world today." During a slide show, Syrian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Bishop Dionysius Jean Kawak at St. John noted United Nations estimates of ten million Syrians needing assistance by the end of 2013. Food, water, and electricity shortages afflicting the Syrian population marked a "lost generation."
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In this exclusive report to the Religious Freedom Coalition Andrew Harrod reveals the feelings toward Muslims and the Assad government in Syria by high ranking members of the Syrian Christian clergy. Christians in Syria refer to the "golden age" of freedom they have had since 1970 that now is threatened by the installation of a Saudi style regime by the United States government. - Editor
Exclusive Report
By Andrew E. Harrod
http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/
January 31, 2014
"There will come a time when there will be no more Christians in Syria," the Syrian Presbyterian Rev. Dr. Riad Jarjour, former General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches, warned recently onJanuary 27, 2014, at Washington, DC's Heritage Foundation. Jarjour explained Syrian Christians' "stage of hopelessness" while "boxed in" by Muslim sectarian fighting in Syria's civil war during two successive presentations by a Syrian Christian delegation.Syrian clergy visiting the United States speak favorable of the government of Bashir Assad (YouTube) The Heritage event and the previous day's panel at McLean, Virginia's St. John the Beloved Catholic Church clearly showed the "tragedy of the church in Syria" described at St. John by Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo. Sookhdeo, chairman of theWestminster Institute and international director of Barnabas Aid, the Syrian delegation's sponsors, described a "Gethsemane that leads to a potential Calvary." One-third of Syria's two million Christians had fled the country during "perhaps the single greatest humanitarian disaster in the world today." During a slide show, Syrian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Bishop Dionysius Jean Kawak at St. John noted United Nations estimates of ten million Syrians needing assistance by the end of 2013. Food, water, and electricity shortages afflicting the Syrian population marked a "lost generation."
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