'Vicar of Baghdad' visits Southeast Georgia

From Jacksonville FLA-

His parishioners are routinely slain and he lives under constant threat of death himself. Such is the lot of Baghdad's Anglican priest, the Rev. Canon Andrew White.

But White, known as the Vicar of Baghdad, said the good his church does in the region makes the danger worthwhile.

"I love it," he said in a heavy English accent of the good his St. George's Anglican Church does in Iraq.

White was in Southeast Georgia on Thursday to raise money for his church and the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, which he leads. He said he also wants to praise the United States for what it has accomplished in Iraq.

"There's no mistake it was a wonderful act in history," White said.

Here's what else he told the Times-Union.

Tell us about your church.

Our church is not just a church. We employ four doctors, four dentists, pharmacists, a full clinic, a school, a kindergarten and we give all of our people food every week. And we have a congregation of 3,700 people.

Is the church part just for Westerners in Iraq?

We have the U.S. chapel, with military mainly and some diplomats. And we have the Iraqi church. But we consider ourselves as one. And every week we meet as one. It's a very real and substantive relationship.

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