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SYRIA. SYRIA IN CRISIS. How is the Church of the Nazarene helping?. Syrian Refugee Count Grows. 7000 to 8000 fleeing daily 1.3 million seeking refuge outside Syria Almost 4 million displaced inside Syria. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon . LEBANON. 2 million seeking refuge in Lebanon
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SYRIA SYRIA IN CRISIS How is the Church of the Nazarene helping?
Syrian Refugee Count Grows • 7000 to 8000 fleeing daily • 1.3 million seeking refuge outside Syria • Almost 4 million displaced inside Syria
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon LEBANON • 2 million seeking refuge in Lebanon • Limited finances to cover their needs
Sin el-Fin Church of the Nazarene • 300 Syrian children helped to attend school
Sin el-Fin Church Relief Efforts “When the church starts giving,God starts giving back.”
Support from “Heart for Lebanon” • Heart for Lebanon supplies food for 23 families • Baptists deliver 150 food packages monthly
Education Support from the Swiss • English-speaking Syrian refugee tutor hired • Children at Nazarene school taught in English
Amman Gardens Nazarene Church JORDAN • Seeks to help refugee families in al-Mafraq • Contacted 300 families
Nazarenes Deliver Food, Prayer • 4-yr-old no longer afraid after prayer • People dreamt about Jesus before team arrived, then quickly accepted Christ
Children Struggle Because of War • 1 million left Syria, 2 million displaced in country • Amman Gardens conducts Kids’ Club with 200
You Can Help! • 10 Nazarene Middle Eastern churches are helping • Our offering goes to NCM Syrian Refugee Crisis • Make a donation at www.ncm.org
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40