Following a U.S. missile strike against Syria, Southern Baptists pledged prayer and claimed the action was appropriate retribution for deadly chemical attacks allegedly carried out by the Syrian military.
Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines said he "completely support[s]" President Trump's authorization of the attack. Former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Douglas Carver said the strike "met the 'just war' criteria for military actions." Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore said the Syrian regime's "murderous terrorism ... threatens to further unravel the already precarious situation in the Middle East."
American warships fired 59 Tomahawk missiles April 6 at a Syrian government airbase believed to have been used two days earlier to launch a chemical attack against a northern Syrian city held by rebels in the nation's six-year civil war.
