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A New Study Shows that Sanctions Kill As Many People As War Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 07/28/2025 · 19m

I've heard arguments repeatedly that sanctions are a necessary tool to avoid war. A new study shows that sanctions kill as many people as war - mostly children. Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

A New Study Shows that Sanctions Kill As Many People As War Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 07/28/2025 · 19m

I've heard arguments that sanctions are a necessary alternative to avoid war. A new study shows that sanctions kill as many people as war - mostly children. Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Gaza Baptists show love amid starvation and death “A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to death.

Gaza Baptists show love amid starvation and death baptiststandard.com/news/world/g...

Should churches endorse political candidates? David Koyzis has a better vision. Your church could learn from it.

"how Christians can best participate effectively in corrupt and inhospitable societies. (...) [through] working locally rather than at higher political levels and through nonprofit organizations" brucebarron.substack.com/p/should-chu...

Israel kills 106 Palestinians in a day of attacks on Gaza as people starve Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

Lord, When Did We See You Thirsty in Gaza? Israel has turned God’s most essential provision into a weapon.

Lord, When Did We See You Thirsty in #Gaza?
#Israel has turned God’s most essential provision into a weapon. Jul 30, 2025. By my dear friends Mae Elise Cannon and Ben Norquist
sojo.net/magazine/sep...

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August 14, 1-2pm EST
Rob Dalrymple will host two members– Israeli and Palestinian– from the Parents Circle-Families Forum in sharing personal stories of bereavement and grief and the journey to recognize humanity in ‘the other.’
Register here:
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The situation is just indefensible & catastrophically bad. The suffering is really acute. Press coverage has changed. In past 2 wks, in particular, I feel like there has been a tipping point in terms of how the war is being covered. So I think you’ve seen natural reactions.
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org

At the Baptist World Congress, a Baptist leader serving in a war-torn country shared with me "We want to work for peace and need your support. Everyone wants to fight. We feel lonely. We try to bring groups for talk. But war is more compelling. As peacemakers, we don’t have enough support."

"I sat shoulder to shoulder w/ leaders from Syria, Indonesia, Nigeria, Rwanda & beyond. These were not high-profile speakers or celebrity pastors. They were everyday shepherds & servants—faithful in hard places, often at great cost. Their faith was not shaped by ease..." www.fbca.org/the-church-t...

Bridging our divides to confront persecution together - 21Wilberforce I recently flipped through the pages of Voice of the Martyrs’ valuable 365 daily devotionals on the church and persecution, and I came across the entry about Lebanon. A Lebanese woman shared her exper...

Bridging our divides to confront persecution together - my latest blog post that is the result of recent conversations with church leaders from all over the world
21wilberforce.org/bridging-our...

"In Lebanon, I kept waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel. It never came. Because we are called to be light in the tunnel." Wissam Nasrallah Chief Operating Office of Thimar - LSESD

#BWABrisbane2025 #BaptistWorld Congress

Where is the Police? Burned Homes, Missing State in Kwall Massacre

Where is the police? A Nigerian pastor's question after visiting the site of a massacre in Kwall, a small town in Plateau State in #Nigeria
theosight.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

Swiss government orders end to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Geneva Swiss authorities dissolve US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Geneva.

The controversial Geneva-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is to be dissolved in Switzerland. Investigators at the United Nations called the GHF aid distribution initiative “outrageous” after hundreds of Palestinians were killed during aid distributions. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/geneva-o...

Funding crisis stalls UN probe into possible war crimes in Congo A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR), according to a letter seen by Reuters.

This is upsetting: Funding crisis stalls UN probe into possible war crimes in the DR Congo. The population, including Christian communities, face ongoing violence and attacks by armed groups. We need accountability and to keep the spotlight on the DR Congo.

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Operation Mauling Scripture On Thursday (June 12), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the Western Wall to place a note between the stones.

Grateful for the voice of Brian Kaylor: "Even in a time of wars and rumors of wars, may we hold up the prophetic dream of an end to war. And may we also stand up against those who do violence to Scripture in order to justify violence against people."
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/operation-...

It is telling that the Christians who argued Israel's vengeance after Oct. 7 fit the "Just War" criteria also supported the Israel and US war on Iran, but without any reference to "Just War." Could it be that their support of war was never about Christian ethics?

Israel, Iran, and the End of the World What Should Christians Focus on in these Moments?

We should be focusing on what we can control. We should be loving our neighbors, sharing the gospel, & making disciples. Attempting to manipulate geopolitical events for the return of the Lord is precisely the opposite of what the gospel of the Kingdom is about 👇👍
bezner.substack.com/p/israel-ira...

Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy State media says a suicide bomber in Syria has detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20.

This is tragic and doesn't bode well for the future of minorities in Syria 😢
Today, a suicide bomber opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church near Damascus in Syria filled with people praying, killing at least 20 apnews.com/article/syri...

Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on the situation in Palestine We will not lose sight of the ongoing horrors in Gaza, where the Palestinian population is clinging to life under hellish circumstances. In the face of further displacement, bombardment and starvation...

#Gaza: "In the face of further displacement, bombardment and starvation, new mechanisms for distributing aid have become death traps. Since the end of May, more than 400 people have reportedly been killed while attempting to receive emergency aid." Norway www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/s...

Palestine: Carnage continues at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Jose Mas, MSF emergency program manager, describes the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza as of June 12. Attacks on aid sites leave many dead and wounded, while communication blackouts, overwhelmed...

#Gaza's social order nears collapse due to :

- The disregard of humanitarian principles
- Access restrictions on humanitarian agencies
- Constant displacement of communities

José Mas, Emergency Program Manager in Gaza, describes the crisis.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ca...

The Bible prophesied that there will be war, but did not tell us to cheer for war.
Ezekiel 18:32 says: "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.”

Inside Geneva Politics Podcast · Every two weeks · Inside Geneva is a podcast about global politics, humanitarian issues, and international aid, hosted by journalist Imogen Foulkes. It is produced by SWI swissinfo....

1/2 #Gaza's Aid Crisis: The Failed Militarization of Humanitarian Relief
Podcast podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/i...
Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGh2...
2/2 The Gaza Aid Debacle: Why the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a shambolic & failing aid operation
www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-gaza-a...

An SOS for Gaza, Cast your nets again!
By: A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: An ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace In Palestine/Israel
June 8, 2025
cmep.org/jerusalemvfp...

What the destruction of USAID means in Ethiopia; A detailed case study of the impact in one real-life case; June 09, 2025 brucebarron.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

UN development chief on the ‘life-threatening consequences’ of foreign aid cuts Achim Steiner says risks are mounting of countries ‘imploding’ and ‘economies no longer functioning’

UN development chief on the ‘life-threatening consequences’ of foreign aid cuts

https://www.ft.com/content/8230ac2b-9d3d-4d35-9c78-db9665b74236

24 United Methodists killed in Nigeria attack | UMNews.org United Methodist Bishop Ande I. Emmanuel said fellow church members were among more than 40 killed by attackers suspected to be Fulani herders.

Last month, 21Wilberforce team has the opportunity to meet with United Methodist Bishop Ande Emmanuel from Nigeria, to discuss the situation in his country. We are saddened to read his report this month of 40 people killed, many from his denomination. www.umnews.org/en/news/24-u...

“It’s Genocide”, 17 Parishes Shut Down: Catholic Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria, Decries Persistent Attacks Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria has decried the continued deadly attacks in his Episcopal See as amounting to a “genocide”.

"Between May 27 and today, we have closed down two additional Parishes, bringing the total number of parishes closed down in my Diocese due to killings by herders to 17.” Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria - June 5 www.aciafrica.org/news/15963/i...

21Wilberforce will present the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Award at the dinner held on Monday, Oct. 20 during this two-day event. Previous recipients incl. Pastor Bob Roberts, former IRF Amb. Sam Brownback, Dr. Bob Fu, & former Anglican Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi