Recent Articles
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 More
Our New Research on Historic Scope of Conversion Phenomenon in the MENA region
Our new article in IJFM - conversion to Christianity at levels not seen since the 1st century in the... Read MoreQuotes to ponder
“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
Scott Gustafson
Researcher, Extreme Beliefs Group, Director Purpose Global Strategies“Injustice begets injustice, and the oppressed become the oppressors. It’s our human story of cyclical violence played out since the dawn of time.” Read More
