by Martin Accad | Jan 9, 2019 | Opinion
The single most important issue for the church today will be addressed at the Institute of Middle East Studies’ Middle East Consultation, taking place June 17-21. For the past 14 centuries, Christians have been interacting with Muslims through a vast array of...
by ABTS Staff | Dec 14, 2018 | News
The purpose of the Institute of Middle East Studies’ (IMES) Middle East Consultation (MEC) is to equip participants to respond in prophetic and Christ-like ways to the many challenges facing Christians and Muslims in and beyond the Middle East. The MEC is held yearly,...
by Martin Accad | Dec 10, 2015 | Opinion
With the church of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on life support and fingers regularly pointing at Islam as the cause of its demise, there are three challenges to be faced: 1. Widespread negative views of Islam and Muslims. 2. The possibility of Christianity...
by Martin Accad | Dec 9, 2015 | Opinion
The church of the Middle East is on life support, and fingers regularly point at Islam as the cause of its demise. Some, like influential popular historian Philip Jenkins, have already begun to toll the funeral bells. How do you prepare future leaders for the Arab...
by Martin Accad | Nov 12, 2015 | Opinion
Would you believe it? It turns out that more than 12 conferences and consultations have already been organized by international Islamic bodies in order to condemn the behavior of ISIS in the year following the group’s emergence in the summer of 2014. Even though...
