Presbyterian Mission Agency National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon Archives

PC(USA) offers assistance for the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria and Turkey

Posted February 22nd, 2023

Amid news of a devastating earthquake on Feb. 6 in Syria and Turkey, the Presbyterian Mission Agency has reached out to offer assistance to partners in the area, where thousands have died, and is asking Presbyterians to pray for those impacted by the quake and its aftershocks.

Arab Institute for Women was the first of its kind in the Arab world

Posted March 25th, 2022

The Arab Institute for Women (AiW) in Beirut, Lebanon, describes itself as an organization at the intersection of academia and activism.

Global partner works to eradicate systemic poverty by stabilizing families

Posted March 23rd, 2022

Like many global partners of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Compassion Protestant Society (CPS), the diaconal arm of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL), is working to cultivate thriving lives for vulnerable families. In 2021 alone, CPS assisted nearly 2,000 families.

An unvarnished look at the Middle East opens the Presbyterian Week of Action

Posted August 24th, 2021

The Rev. Ashraf Tannous introduced himself to viewers of the first panel discussion of the 2021 Week of Action Monday by saying, “I am a human being.”

Financial collapse in Lebanon pushes half the population below the poverty line

Posted August 13th, 2021

On August 4, the people of Lebanon observed a National Day of Mourning to mark the anniversary of the port explosion in Beirut that has been called the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded, killing more than 200 people, injuring 7,000 and causing an estimated $4.6 billion in damage.

Aleppo’s Children of the World Medical Center addresses the Syrian city’s severe health care shortage

Posted May 7th, 2021

After 10 years of ongoing war in Syria, the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL) and the Presbyterian Church in Aleppo created the Children of the World Medical Center in Aleppo to address the scale, severity and complexity of the humanitarian needs in the country.

Finding a way forward in Syria

Posted March 5th, 2021

Since conflict and violence began in Syria in 2011, at least two-thirds of Christians and two-thirds of health professionals have left the country, according to the Jinishian Memorial Program (JMP), a long-time partner of World Mission and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA).

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