Church groups rebuild homes destroyed by IS

Church groups rebuild homes destroyed by IS

BAGHDAD, Iraq — As a number of Iraqi Christians are returning to the homes they left behind when the Islamic State group attacked, three major church groups have joined forces to rebuild more than 12,000 houses that were destroyed or damaged, according to The Christian Post.

The Syriac Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church and Chaldean Catholic Church have come together to form the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee and will rebuild the houses using funds raised by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. The project has a price tag of at least $213 million, according to the Post.

Canon Andrew White, an Anglican priest known as the “vicar of Baghdad,” said that for Christians, living in Iraq “has become very difficult.”

“If there is anything I can tell Americans it is that your fellow brothers and sisters are suffering, they are desperate for help,” White said. “And it is not just a matter of praying for peace. They need a lot — food, resources, clothes, everything.” (TAB)