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The Importance of the Local Church for Church Growth in the Middle East (Part 2)

October 31, 2024October 21, 2024 Hikmat Kashouh

This is Part 2 of this article. Read Part 1 here. 3. Servant leaders emerge from within the congregation   In Acts 6:3 we read, “Brothers and sisters, choose seven men […]

 Random Reflections  church, Middle East

The Importance of the Local Church for Church Growth in the Middle East (Part 1)

October 24, 2024October 30, 2024 Hikmat Kashouh

I will outline here four factors from the early church, alluded to in Acts 6, that contributed to the growth of the early church. These factors have also contributed to […]

 Random Reflections  church, Middle East

Listen to the Stories of Believers in the Middle East

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 Scott Gustafson

A new statement issued by an esteemed group of Middle Eastern Evangelical leaders across theological traditions from Baptist to Presbyterian, Alliance, Nazarene, Church of God and non-denominational from Syria, Jordan, […]

 Current Events  church, Middle East, peace

Indulgences Are Still for Sale

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Scott Gustafson

The selling of indulgences did not stop with the Reformation. Originally, indulgences linked prayer and repentance with forgiveness: specified actions of good works or penance drew on the ‘treasury of […]

 Articles, Current Events, Random Reflections  christian nationalism, church, crusade, indulgences, politics, power

Preparing for Two-Way Transformation

March 19, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 3 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. We must not forget that the gospel (the good news) transcends both the preacher and […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  church, growth, Middle East, transformation

Visiting, Serving and Listening as Missional Methodology

March 10, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 2 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. Visiting When people in the West ask me, “What should we do to reach the […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  church, incarnate, listen, serve

Supporting Churches in the Arab World

February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 1 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. In 2011, when the war in Syria broke out and Syrians started to flee to […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  Arab, church, partnership, West

4 Christian Responses to Supremacist Ideology

April 18, 2019July 8, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

The recent massacre of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand was the manifestation of a growing global phenomenon which has been described as nationalist populism, white nationalism, extreme supremacist ideology, xenophobia, […]

 Articles, Current Events  church, fear, Islamophobia, John 17, unity

Priesthood of All Believers or Priesthood of the Ordained?

August 2, 2018July 30, 2018 Elie Haddad

This article is adapted from a post on the ABTS blog on July 26, 2018. In my last blog post in February, I wrote about women in seminary. I based my main argument on the […]

 Random Reflections  church, ecclesiology, missions

Jerusalem’s Impact on Middle Eastern Christians

January 25, 2018July 8, 2020 Martin Accad

This post first appeared in Jordan Brief – January 2018 which was posted on the IMES blog on January 5, 2018. On Sunday 17 December, King Abdullah of Jordan met with top leaders […]

 Current Events  Christian, Christmas, church, israel/palestine, Jerusalem, Jordan

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