The Gaza Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gaza City, Gaza, in the State of Palestine. The church sustained multiple hardships since 2007, including the fatal stabbing, beating, and shooting of staff, the takeover of its building by Hamas and Fatah, and damage during Israeli bombings in 2008. The church's pastor, and many of the congregation, subsequently fled the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Baptist Church
The Holy Family Church of Gaza City is the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, State of Palestine. The parish includes a school which provides a Christian education to children in Gaza, and it works closely with the nearby religious congregations of the Missionaries of Charity, Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of MatarĂ¡, and the Rosary Sisters. The Missionaries of Charity care for the elderly and disabled, and the Rosary Sisters operate a school. The community is served by priests from the Institute of the Incarnate Word.
Holy Family Church
Sanctuary and altar of the church
Entrance to the Holy Family compound