{"id":9580,"date":"2019-11-14T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/?p=102920"},"modified":"2020-04-28T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T15:57:57","slug":"middle-east-christians-escaping-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/middle-east-christians-escaping-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Christians: Escaping Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amira has known only poverty and war her entire life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Christians, her parents were forced to leave their home because of their faith. They struggle daily to find a source of income and cannot afford more than one meal a day for their family. Amira has never been to school and her parents worry that she will never experience the joys of childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of Christians in the Middle East live in the midst of this same conflict and poverty. They need your help, particularly as they face a new enemy:  COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are one body in Christ united with Christians in the Middle East. Their struggles are our struggles and it is our responsibility to help our brothers and sisters there to keep our faith alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s show them that they are not alone. Help keep Christianity alive in the Middle East with a donation to CNEWA today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/carl_signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10119\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl H\u00e9tu<br>National Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amira has known only poverty and war her entire life. As Christians, her parents were forced to leave their home because of their faith. 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Amira has never been to school and her parents worry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/middle-east-christians-escaping-terror\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":10001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"class_list":["post-9580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Middle East Christians: Escaping Terror | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/middle-east-christians-escaping-terror\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Middle East Christians: Escaping Terror\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amira has known only poverty and war her entire life. 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