Posts Tagged ‘GEM Teams’
God at Work Among the Displaced in Europe
Amir lived in Syria for most of his life. His country, governed by strict Islamic rule, was rife with war, persecution, and violence. Internal conflict, arbitrary arrests, a crippling economic crisis, and international sanctions threatened civilianā€™s livelihoods led to the forced displacement of millions of Syrians. After his house had been bombed, his brother killed,…
Read MoreAssisting the Romanian Church in Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees
Some years ago, when a Romanian church launched a project for a retreat center ninety minutes north of Bucharest, they could not have known it would later be used to house needy Ukrainian refugees. War broke out in Ukraine on a Thursday. By that Saturday, refugees were already flooding across the borders into Romania, Poland,…
Read MoreServing Refugees on Lesvos
In the fall of 2015, the world watched with shock as news reals flashed scenes of thousands of people flooding into Europe through the Greek island of Lesvos. An image of three-year old Alan Kurdi washed ashore on the edge of Europe awakened the world to the plight of millions fleeing war, terrorism, and economic…
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