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Yazidis 'Mark Time' By Genocide Attempts on Them

09-08-2014
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About 1.5 million people have been displaced by fighting since the rapid advance of ISIS in Iraq began in June.

Iraq's Christian and Yazidi minorities have been running for their lives as the terrorists have swept across Northern Iraq.

Community Harvest Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been reaching out to the Yazidis, a people group that has faced 74 attempted genocides in their 4,000-year history.

The church has been working with RUN Ministries to provide emergency food, water and shelter to Iraqi Christians and Yazidis.

What do the Yazidis believe? And how has the terrorists push to annihilate them affected their faith? CBN News Reporter Mark Martin spoke with Pastor Mark Jones about the church's ministry and how you can help.

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