Iraqis Turn To Christianity Despite Persecution And Bloodshed, Missionaries Say
Sunday, 12 August 2007
By BosNewsLife News Center

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Despite persecution and bloodshed thousands of Bibles have been distributed in northern Iraq and "many Iraqis" are becoming Christians, missionaries told BosNewsLife in a statement monitored Sunday, August 12.

Christian Aid Mission (CAM), a US-based organization supporting indigenous missionaries worldwide, said a group, or "ministry" it supports managed to distribute 20,000 copies of the Bible’s New Testament in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

"Millions of citizens have taken shelter [there] from dangerous conditions in Baghdad and other major cities," CAM said.

This year, due to the Bible distribution efforts, a former major in the army of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "accepted Christ as [his personal Lord and] Savior," CAM claimed. “He and his wife have also led their entire family to Christ." the rest