The pastor of Middlesex Presbyterian Church has returned from the Middle East with stories of shocking violence in the Syrian civil war and a plea for Americans not to stand by during what he said could be “the worst humanitarian disaster of our generation.”
Returning from the trip to Egypt and Lebanon in late May, the pastor, Neal Presa, who is moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, said he had a deeper understanding of the conflicts and an awareness of the kind of shocking violence that has become commonplace in this region.
During his trip, Presa met with Presbyterian Synod leaders, some of whom traveled dangerous roads from Syria.
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