Photo: araraadt/Depositphotos(Not a photo of the actual church.)
Church services are known for bringing people together.
Sometimes, they can also rally behind a community member in need of help.
Photo: araraadt/Depositphotos(Not a photo of the actual church.)
But few efforts are as unique as that ofBethelkerk(Bethel Church), in the Netherlands.
Facing deportation, a refugee family took shelter at the Protestant temple.
The heartwarming effort took place at the end of 2018 and January 2019.
After fleeing Armenia due to political prosecution in 2010, the Tamrazyan family settled in the Netherlands.
After a years-long process, the government denied their final request for asylum.
As a last resort, the family first took refuge in a church in Katwijk.
When the temple ran out of resources to help them, Bethel Church gladly stepped in.
Luckily, everything worked out in the end.
We have had sad but also very beautiful moments.
Facing deportation, a refugee family took shelter at a temple in the Netherlands.
A church service to protect an Armenian refugee family from being deported in the Netherlands just ended.
It lasted 96 days, and involved 1,000 priests and pastors.
Dutch law forbids police from interrupting services.
