Christians around the World Pray for Return of Abducted IDF Soldiers

Tazpit Press Service : Sep 25, 2018
Breaking Israel News

"Christians undoubtedly have an influence. Solidarity and human action have an important place in Christian theology, and the Christian world." -Amit Barak

[BreakingIsraelNews.com] Thousands of Christians around the world prayed on Sunday, September 23 in congregations, churches, communities, and organizations for the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul—the IDF soldiers killed and abducted by Hamas during a humanitarian ceasefire on August 1, 2014, in the midst of Operation Protective Edge. (Photo: Christians praying for the abducted IDF soldiers/Credit: TPS/via BIN)

The international initiative has been promoted by the Goldin family that sent a petition in August to several Christian churches and organizations from various denominations around the world asking them to join the initiative ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting set for Tuesday, September 25.

The prayer began in Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and India, continued to Israel, Africa, Europe and ended in the United States, Costa Rica and Brazil.

In Israel, prayers were held at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, in a church in the Christian village of Fassuta in the Galilee... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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