Greetings!,
I know you have heard a lot about ISIS this year and all their atrocities in Iraq perpetrated towards Christians.
ICC Lands In Iraq
Fighting them with weapons is for others. We, though, "fight them" by aiding their victims and sending in the Gospel.
ICC
was able to send two of our staff to Iraq at the height of ISIS'
incursion in August. ICC staff gave out tents, food, bedding and baby
formula while ISIS was only 60 miles away.
Now,
we are giving out heaters and blankets as Iraqi Christians suffer in
tents in the cold of winter. In the end, we will distribute $250,000 in
aid or more.
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ICC Helps Secure $65 Million in Aid For Iraq's Christians and Yazidis
When
our staff returned from Iraq, we spoke privately with congressional
representatives and the State Department to let them know that
Christians were not receiving any aid from the $138 million the US had
given to the UN to assist victims in Iraq.
Key
members of Congress supported our desire to brief congressional staff
on the situation so that the problem would be better known.
We
assembled a panel that included Amnesty International, Human Rights
Watch and Open Doors, and then briefed 90+ member staff on the lack of
aid flowing to Iraq's religious minorities.
Then,
with the help of several congressmen and the State Department, we
informed various US government agencies involved with aid.
As
a result, since our return from Iraq, these agencies have released $65
million in aid that would not run through the UN but get directly to
Christians and Yazidis.
How Many Ministries Can Do This Kind of Work? Frankly, there are very few Christian ministries in the world that can pull off this combination of on-the-ground aid to Christians and securing assistance and protection via the lead government of the world to protect our hurting brothers and sisters.
ICC: In the Field & In the Halls of Power
ICC is in the field with the persecuted Christian but we also have access to the halls of power and can leverage that access to free the prisoner and push back countries that persecute. ICC: A Resource for the Whole Body of Christ ICC is a resource for the entire body of Christ. We help the persecuted whether they are evangelical, Catholic, Pentecostal, or orthodox. We don't care about denominations; we only want to free the prisoner and touch the believer who is attacked because they love Jesus.
We
are a bridge between the persecuted believer and the free believer and
can only operate if the free believer will protect and care for their
persecuted brother and sister. We are only your hands and feet and can do nothing without you!
Our giving in the next 5 days will determine how many believers we can free from prison next year. It will determine how many Bibles we can smuggle into the most dangerous countries, and it will determine how many wives and children of murdered Christians we can rescue.
Would you please give a generous year end gift?
If you are willing to help, then click on the "DONATE" button below to make a generous donation now.
In Christ,
Jeff King
President
International Christian Concern
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