Basam lived most of his life in Mosul, in northern Iraq, where he was living a stable life with his family until the war in Iraq in 2003. He tried
Basam lived most of his life in Mosul, in northern Iraq, where he was living a stable life with his family until the war in Iraq in 2003. He tried
A SWIC Small Business Redevelopment Grant was awarded to Wafaa in Erbil in Spring 2022, and in November 2022 Fr. Chris Bishop visited her now bustling bakery. The video of
Interviews with Bishop Michael Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf March 6, 2019 at Virginia Theological Seminary “I am really impressed by the way Stand With Iraqi Christians has begun
In 2018 our mission team went to Baghdad, then up to Erbil, Qaraqosh, Mosul and the Nineveh Plains. Watch the video to share the experiences and see some of the
Fr. Chris and a mission team of three others leave for Iraq on October 3. Learn more about the trip in the first of the videos. Those who have donated,
*links open in new window/tab Fr. Chris shares his experiences, as the founder of Stand With Iraqi Christians, on a broadcast with Episcopal Migration Ministries (link open in new window). He
One of the many needs faced by Christians displaced by Da’esh, now returning to their homes, is the need for clean water. SWIC has been working to provide water wells
Watch the video from the October 2018 Mission Trip, to see how the School of the Redeemer Project is doing. Donations are still needed as they continue to finish furnishing
Father Chris Bishop, on behalf of SWIC, drafted the initial resolution “Supporting Christians in Iraq” to be presented to the 79th Episcopal Church General Convention. The House of Deputies concurred
Feeding a need, funding a grocery store: watch this video from our partners at Etuti Institute about our latest small business redevelopment grant to reopen a grocery store in the