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SYRIA IN CRISISHow is the Church of the Nazarene helping?

SYRIA

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

• 2 million seeking refuge in Lebanon• Limited finances to cover their needs

LEBANON

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

• Seeks to help refugee families in al-Mafraq• Contacted 300 families

JORDAN

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

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