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 Jesse Wheeler | Apr 7, 2015 | Opinion
I consistently encounter the same myths about the modern Middle East and its peoples. Some myths are seemingly innocuous, others less so. And because the world is now so interconnected, such long-standing myths must no longer have a place within our global discourse....
by Robert Parham | Mar 18, 2014 | Opinion
Syrian refugees present an abundance of humanitarian and economic challenges to Lebanon – all well recognized by the global community. Unrecognized is the challenge they present to Lebanese churches. “The number of registered refugees from Syria is approaching 1...
by Terry Smith | Feb 26, 2014 | Opinion
For nearly 10 years (1991-99), the country of Algeria was plunged into a horrific civil war. The brutality was unimaginable as an estimated 60,000 to 200,000 people were killed. Ironically, few in the Western world were aware of what was happening until Cistercian...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion
The North African region of Sudan – governed by British and Egyptian authorities until 1956 – has long been a hotbed for Muslim-Christian tensions. Embroiled in a conflict that spans two civil wars, it comprises a predominately Muslim Arab North Sudan and a...