{"id":1471,"date":"2012-09-25T14:26:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2012-09-25T14:26:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:26:04","slug":"syrian-and-lebanese-christian-partners-of-pcusa-speak-about-recent-violence-and-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/syrian-and-lebanese-christian-partners-of-pcusa-speak-about-recent-violence-and-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian and Lebanese Christian partners of PCUSA speak about recent violence and unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presbyterians\u00a0have had partnerships with Christians in Syria and Lebanon since the early 1800s. Two of their partners recently spoke in New York about how the church is responding to the current crisis in Syria, a crisis that impacts Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXK_lGa4B9o&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the 30 minute video <\/a>featuring\u00a0the Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh,\u00a0Associate General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches and the PC(USA) Regional Liaison for Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Gulf, and\u00a0the Rev. Fadi Dagher,\u00a0the General Secretary of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presbyterians\u00a0have had partnerships with Christians in Syria and Lebanon since the early 1800s. Two of their partners recently spoke in New York about how the church is responding to the current crisis in Syria, a crisis that impacts Lebanon. Watch the 30 minute video featuring\u00a0the Rev. 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