Three Dead as Churches Bombed

01 February 2006

Three people died and many were injured when car bombs clearly intended for six churches exploded in a coordinated attack on Sunday, January 29 in Kirkuk and Baghdad.

Three people died in the northern city of Kirkuk after coordinated car bombs exploded outside the Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary and an Orthodox Church. In Baghdad, car bombs also exploded outside St. Mary Chaldean Church, Catholic Church of St Joseph's and an Anglican Church. The Seventh-Day Adventist Church also claims that their church in Baghdad was targeted by a car bomb for the second time in two years. A bomb also exploded near the Vatican Embassy in Baghdad.

Pray that believers throughout Iraq will know the protection, preservation and strength of God. Remember the families of the deceased in your prayers.

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Iraq

Current Ministry Projects
VOMC is partnering to teach and equip persecuted Christian women sewing skills so that they can provide a sustainable source of income for their families and give them the opportunity to be witnesses for Christ through their new businesses. VOMC partners to provide biblical training on discipleship and the theology of persecution to Muslim Background Believers.

Project Funds: Women’s Ministry, Equipping the Saints, Underground Church
Country Information
Population
41,266,109 (2023 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Arab (75-80), Kurdish (15-20), other (5)

Religion (%)
Islam (95-98), Christianity (1), other (1-4)

Leader
President Latif Rashid (2022)

Government type
Federal parliamentary republic

Legal system
Mixed legal system of civil and Islamic law

Source: CIA World Factbook
Pray for Iraq
Pray for the protection of the remaining believers in Iraq during this time of upheaval and danger. May many churches and Christian relief organizations seize the opportunity to provide greatly needed assistance and ministry to the numerous suffering people of this war-torn nation. As God’s work of healing, provision and restoration takes place, pray that a stable democratic government will be established.