Christians in Iraq have been living under increasing religious persecution since 2003, but the arrival of ISIS last year took the pressure to new heights. Tens of thousands of Christians have left home with nothing but the clothes on their backs, desperately seeking refuge. Bible Societies in the Middle East have responded by providing Christian families on the run with much needed food, medicine and Scriptures.

“The typical Iraqi Christian has, over the last 30 years, been displaced four or five times,” says General Secretary of the Bible Society in Lebanon Michael Bassous. “Many of them will never be able to leave Iraq, for financial reasons.” With support from American Bible Society’s financial partners, Dr. Bassous and Bible Societies in the Middle East are nourishing Iraqi Christians with God’s Word, ensuring that they don’t face their spiritual wounds alone.