Please Pray! ISIS Only 6 Miles from Baghdad—May Attack Anytime, Says Canon Andrew White

Mark Ellis : Oct 3, 2014
God Reports

In spite of the dangers, his ministry continues apace: "I Have baptized five people today. One of the Christian politicians came to me and pleaded with me to baptize a mother and her four children. I listened to them and it was clear they all loved Jesus. I therefore baptized them all. Afterwards the 11 year old boy came up to me and said I feel new, I said you are."

(Iraq)—The terror army that calls itself Islamic State is within six miles of the capital of Iraq and may attack at any moment, according to the Rev. Canon Andrew White, sometimes called the Vicar of Baghdad.

Rev. White is vicar of St George's Church, Baghdad, the only Anglican church in Iraq, located just outside the Green Zone.

"People are very fearful. The nation looks as if it has collapsed," White reported on his Facebook page September 30th. He said 1,000 Iraqi troops were killed by ISIS over the weekend.

Baghdad, the bustling city along the Tigris with 7 million people, is unusually quiet, anticipating the worst. "The usual hectic and crazy streets were this morning almost empty," he observed. Baghdad is the second largest city in the Arab world after Cairo.

White's friends and contacts surrounding Baghdad are apprehensive, while a veil of confusion seems to hang in the air. "Islamic State, ISIS, or DAASH as they are known locally, are very close to Baghdad. We do not really know what is happening. All we know is that people are very afraid."

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