{"id":79030,"date":"2023-10-23T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?p=79030"},"modified":"2023-10-23T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:01:22","slug":"eurasia-region-update-praying-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/eurasia-region-update-praying-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurasia Region update: &#8216;Praying for peace&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"field field--name-field-news-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field-news-body field__item\">\n<p><em>The following update is from the Eurasia Region in light of the Israel-Hamas war and its effect on Nazarene churches in the area.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The local churches in Israel have not been directly affected, but we are analyzing the situation daily. The churches have been helping and supporting their neighbors. As a region, we will continue to support our churches and leaders in the wider Middle East area.<\/p>\n<p>We are praying for peace and an end to suffering for all involved in the tragic circumstances we see unfolding in Israel and Palestine. Please continue to join the region in prayer for the Church of the Nazarene in Israel and throughout the East Mediterranean Field, and also\u00a0for an end to this conflict, hatred, and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt times like these, I take great strength from God\u2019s Word and the reality of his sovereign grace over all circumstances,\u201d said Eurasia Regional Director Jim Ritchie. \u201cSo, I pray from Psalm 46 that God would \u2018Make wars cease to the ends of the earth,\u2019 that we would know him as our \u2018refuge and strength,\u2019 and we would \u2018be still and know that he is God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>Eurasia Region Church of the Nazarene<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nazarene.org\/article\/eurasia-region-update-praying-peace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nazarene.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":79027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,243,2127,260,1575],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caribbean-field","category-central-fields","category-mexico","category-news","category-norcentral-fields"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}