From ABC News (more links below)-The head of the Anglican Church met with Iraqi refugees Tuesday during a visit to Jordan in which he called on the region's embattled Christians to remain in the Middle East, the cradle of their faith.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Christians "are the past in the Middle East, they are the present and they must be the future."
Two dozen refugees from Iraq asked the archbishop to help them leave the Middle East after praying with him at the Anglican church of St. Paul in Amman. Welby also met Jordan's King Abdullah II and visited the Zaatari refugee camp.
The Middle East is home to the oldest Christian communities in the world, but large numbers have fled in recent years to escape war and Islamic extremism.
At dusk, the bells at Amman's Church of the Redeemer rang out in welcome of the archbishop for a prayer service with about a hundred Jordanian, Iraqi and other Christians.
More here-
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/head-anglican-church-visits-christian-refugees-jordan-47156011
The Daily Mail-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4468660/Archbishop-Canterbury-leads-prayers-Jordan-River.html
Christian Today-
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/archbishop.of.canterbury.in.jordan.christians.are.the.past.present.and.must.be.the.future/108308.htm
Huffington Post-
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/justin-welby/iraqi-christians-jordan_b_16405980.html
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