Middle East
Christian Street Artist Honors Beirut Explosion Victims with 204 Illegal PortraitsInspired by Makoto Fujimura, an American evangelical partners with Lebanese art institute to equally dignify every death.
To Further Religious Freedom Among Muslims, Can Women Succeed Where Men Have Not?Films, courses, and dialogue groups invite—rather than confront—Islamic societies toward greater openness. But will accompanying “intersectionality” undercut support?
Streaming in the Desert: Middle East Discipleship On-DemandChristian broadcaster SAT-7 tries to balance security and isolation in letting the Arab world binge watch programs of hope.
At Mosul Church, Pope Asks Iraq’s Christians to Forgive ISIS and RebuildFrancis’ personal visit to damaged churches in Nineveh Plains caps historic trip.
Iraq’s Evangelicals Use Pope Francis’s Visit to Press for EqualityHistoric papal trip seeks peace between Christians and Muslims. Unregistered evangelicals say peace between Iraq’s Christians is needed first.
Iraq’s Struggling Christians Hope for Boost from Pope Francis VisitLandmark trip will include Qaraqosh, where most families fled ISIS yet some are now trying to restore the Christian heartland of the Nineveh Plains.
Interview: The Middle East Church Must Resemble Salt, not RabbitsNew leader of Middle East Council of Churches says the quality of believers preserves their witness, if not their numbers.
Bethlehem Is More Than a Sentimental Backdrop to Christmas in the WestHow Christians are celebrating the holiday in the town of Jesus’ birth—and across the broader Middle East.
Christmas Unites a Divided IraqParliament’s unanimous vote to make Jesus’ birth an annual holiday succeeds where other national holidays have failed.
France’s Free Speech Makes Arab Christians SquirmIn conflict over Muhammad cartoons, French evangelicals rally behind their president’s defense of secularism. But brethren in the Middle East are torn.العربية
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