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What Monks, Mystics and Mosaics Teach us about Religion, Politics and Mission
Um al Rassas and the witness of Byzantine Christians.... Read More
Research on Religious Freedom and Security: What We Know—and Don’t Know
Here’s my latest on Religious Freedom on the Portico blog of the Institute for Global Engagement: Religious freedom is more... Read More
War in Lebanon: Letter from the President of ABTS
March 10, 2026 Dear friends and partners, Once again, Lebanon finds itself in a war it did not choose,... Read MoreQuotes to ponder
“Instead of creating bridges between the various members of the Body of Christ, end-times prophecy obscures the existence and role of the Arab Church and results in withdrawal of the Western church from the church in the MENA region during a time when more engagement is needed.” Read More
Wissam al-Saliby
Advocacy officer with the World Evangelical Alliance“Probably the biggest difference, between how the Middle Eastern church has conceptualized their role in evangelism and mission and how the Western church typically does is the the idea of wholeness or integral mission—a holistic practice of mission.” Read More
