How to help victims of the Israel-Hamas war
As a Christian community, the conflict between Israel and Hamas is heartbreaking and deeply concerning. It involves incredible human suffering and is creating a massive humanitarian crisis along with further global instability.
As the people of God, we weep for all of those who are weeping and mourn with those who are mourning (Romans 12:15). We pray for a prompt end of the tremendous suffering and hardship the region is experiencing and for lasting peace to be established.
We recognize that this is a region of great historical and religious significance that has held peace and conflict in constant tension and complexity for many years. We join alongside millions of other Christ-followers around the globe praying for faith, hope, and love to be made known more fully and for supernatural intervention to end this conflict. May God, in his sovereignty, bring many people to discover the hope and reality of Jesus Christ during this time of crisis.
It is important to remember that as Christians, we are part of a global family of Christ-followers. The local Church has always been, and will continue to be, God’s agent to bring hope, healing and restoration in times of pain, suffering, and crisis. As in any crisis, be it local or global, we want to champion the local Church and believe that God is calling us to do just that.
If your church is supporting ministries serving on the front lines of this crisis, we ask that you pray and sacrificially give in support of those efforts. If you would like to lend your resources to strengthening churches in the midst of this crisis that are benevolently caring for those suffering in their communities, we have activated our Disaster Relief and Crisis Fund and are committing 100% of every dollar raised to go in support of local churches and vetted ministry partners laboring to spread faith, bring hope, and provide healing to a community experiencing unspeakable hardship. Alternatively, learn more about charities and organizations that have stepped in to provide aid and help alleviate suffering, and consider making a gift to one or more, of them. These charities are approved NCF grantees and are ready to receive grants immediately.
Make a gift to NCFSF’s Disaster Relief and Crisis Fund using the button below. If you have a Giving Fund with NCF, you can make a fund-to-fund transfer by logging into your fund and going to the transfer page from the top navigation. Be sure to include the fund name and number: Disaster Relief and Crisis Fund, #294210 when completing the form. Please contact Lycet Corbo by phone (954.334.1874) or email (lcorbo@ncfgiving.com) if you need assistance.