Middle East News
Hope Incarnated: The Church in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
Walter Brueggemann Changes His Stance on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East will train young Christians
Initiated by the World Student Christian Federation, the Institute aims to promote and nurture ecumenism and interchurch collaboration in the Arab world, Some 40 students participating this year come from Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Iraq, representing diverse Christian traditions and denominations.
Could Christianity be driven from the Middle East?
Can Christianity survive, in the face of persecution and conflict, in the region of its birth?—BBC News
Observing the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
A letter from the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
As our Armenian brothers and sisters are commemorating the Hundred Anniversary of the massacre inflicted on them in early 20th century, we watch with great sadness and are stunned by the news of Christian villages in the Northeast of Syria being criminally attacked by ISIS. We appeal to all who love peace and justice to cry with us to the God of life and hope for this tragedy to come to an end.
PC(USA) mourns and condemns the killing of Egyptian Coptic Christians
Can Christianity Survive in the Middle East?
Seeking Peace: A Christian Response to Increasing Violence in the Middle East—Doug Leonard, RCA minister and Executive Director of Al Amana Centre, Muscat, Oman
Urgent Appeal from the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon
PCUSA General Assembly decisions on Israel-Palestine
National Council of Churches issues urgent calls for human rights, peace, and security for Christians in the Middle East—Israel/Palestine, Syria, Egypt—and Sudan and South Sudan
PC(USA) Stated Clerk signs an open letter to President Obama from Religious Leaders calling for “Aid, Not War in Afghanistan.” Read the letter.
