Nearly 700 Christian homes have been rebuilt by Open Doors and its partners in the Nineveh Plains of Iraq following years of genocide and destruction committed by ISIS.
Over three-and-a-half years ago, ISIS jihadis forced Christians and other religious minorities in the region to choose either to convert to Islam, pay a hefty tax to keep their faith or be killed. In the midst of these life-threatening circumstances, hundreds of thousands of believers decided to flee their homes and seek refuge in neighboring countries or in the Kurdish north.
But now that the city of Mosul and surrounding Nineveh Plains have been liberated, members of the Christian community are slowly rebuilding their homes after they were damaged by the terrorist group.
Although resettling Christians haven’t received much aid to date from foreign governments, some have benefited from the help of international humanitarian groups in restoring their homes.
Open Doors, a Christian ministry that operates in over 60 countries worldwide, says it has helped restore at least 678 homes in the Nineveh Plains.
Open Doors says the efforts have resulted in a “new hope for almost 700 families.”
A little less than half of the 2,658 houses on their list to be repaired were restored by the end of 2017.