Christianity in the Middle East - Part 3 of 3

Overseas Council's (www.overseas.org) region of the Middle East encompasses the Arabic-speaking nations of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Sudan, Turkey, Iran, Israel and Afghanistan. Despite the dominance of Islam, strong and ancient communities of Christians exist throughout the region. While these churches based in the ancient Christian population of the Middle East function openly in most parts of the Middle East, churches made up of converts from Islam face continual challenges. In most countries, legal penalties for religious conversion make public declaration of faith nearly impossible. Even in relatively open nations like Lebanon, social and family pressures make open conversion difficult or impossible. Even with these difficulties, it is estimated that the "Hidden" Christian population in the region is growing and now numbers nearly 200,000.

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[GoodyearBandit]

Lebanon is the strongest christian country in the middleast

[try2luke]

thanks GOD i am a christian.....

[967princeboy]

thanks a lot,,,I hope you can penetrate too in Saudi Arabia....

[littledolphinsnoopy]

Jesus is the answer to Middle East peace, not war, international treaty, or political arrangement... and pray for your enemies, for that's the command of the Lord.

[jabarelbas]

This is a great ministry and we hope that you can get in touch with the arab christian in israel as there is lot of work such as training leaders like in nazareth evangelical seminary..thank you for your work for arab christians