{"id":679,"date":"2023-12-19T16:58:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T09:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.110cities.net\/?post_type=cities&#038;p=679"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:53:32","slug":"baghdad","status":"publish","type":"cities","link":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/cities\/baghdad\/","title":{"rendered":"BAGHDAD"},"featured_media":680,"template":"","class_list":["post-679","cities","type-cities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BAGHDAD_Page_1_Image_0001-1200x1805.jpg","ams_acf":[{"key":"country","label":"Country","value":"IRAQ"},{"key":"writeup","label":"Writeup","value":"<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"682\">I live in <strong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"278\">Baghdad<\/strong>, once known as the <em data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"316\">\u201cCity of Peace.\u201d<\/em> The name still echoes through history, though its streets now bear the marks of war, division, and pain. As I walk through its crowded neighborhoods, I see remnants of what Baghdad once was \u2014 a flourishing center of learning, culture, and faith. My heart longs to see that peace restored, not through politics or power, but through the Prince of Peace, <strong data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"679\">Jesus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"1109\">Here in the heart of Iraq, the Church still endures. Among the ruins and rebuilding, about 250,000 of us continue to worship, serve, and hope. We come from ancient Christian traditions, yet we share one faith \u2014 holding fast to Christ in a place where fear and uncertainty still linger. Our city grows, but its soul aches for healing. Every day I meet people longing for stability, for forgiveness, for something that lasts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1568\">I believe this is our time \u2014 a window of grace for God\u2019s people in Baghdad. He is calling us to rise as His hands and feet, to serve the poor, comfort the broken, and speak peace where anger once ruled. Each prayer we lift, each act of kindness, feels like a seed planted in dry ground. 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