Every Sunday we hear these stories from the pulpit and from our fellow parishoners who have family over there. I spent last Saturday with Syrian Christians and you all can imagine what we talked about.
Fulminating against Obama, however much deserved, won’t put a morsel of food in some little child’s mouth, nor a roof over her head, nor a rebuilt church nor a book in her hand or shoes non her feet. International Orthodox Christian Charities is there on the ground with the Lutheran World Relief and the Latins and they ARE accomplishing these things under the worst of circumstances.
Here’s a link:
http://www.iocc.org/countries/countries_syria.aspx
Send them $50.00 or $100.00; get your men’s groups and Ladies’ Societies and youth groups involved and pray for those dear people who are in every sense of the word our family in Christ!
The article mentions Aid to the Church in Need ("a Catholic charity under the guidance of the Holy Father) http://www.churchinneed.org/
Barnabas Fund. Interdenominational Protestant ("Channelling money from Christians through Christians to Christians") https://barnabasfund.org/
I split my contributions among these three. Multiple channels of aid for a messy situation. No need to distinguish among Christian denominations -- the jihadis don't.