The body of Bonnie Weatherall was found with three bullets to the head inside a two-storey building in the port city of Sidon.

The building was used as a chapel and a clinic

AP, Nov 21, 2002

The leadership of the Egyptian Christian Coptic community has recently begun to express in public positions and complaints in a way uncommon in the past.
The Copt weekly Watani recently ran an editorial criticizing the treatment of Christians in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world in general

Memri Web site, Special For Come and See, Nov 19, 2002

The Greek Orthdox preast was kidnapped in Al-Azariya near Jerusalem, in the town named after Lazarous, brother of Mary and Martha.

A suspect was stopped by the Police. They believe he was planning on robbing the priest.

By Jonathan Lis, Ha'aretz, Nov 15, 2002

Christianity Today intreviews Georges Hormis Sada, 62, the president of the National Presbyterian Church in Baghdad and chairman of the Assembly of Evangelical Presbyterian Churches?Iraq.

He deflects talk of leaving the country (although about one-third of the country's Christians emigrated during the 1990s). "We are praying very hard. We know that one day our Lord will make it better."

By Stan Guthrie, Christianity Today, Nov 08, 2002

Miles has been performing over the past decade relief work that has matched needy Palestinian Arabs with Israeli Jewish doctors and hospitals willing to offer humanitarian medical treatment.
But, Israel's Interior Ministry was not as sympathetic to Miles' initiatives and his family quickly relocated to nearby Amman while he has been permitted to return to Israel for brief three-to-five-day stints in order to oversee the ongoing work of the humanitarian aid group he founded and still heads.

By Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Religion News Service, Nov 14, 2002

Statements spoken by Southern Baptist Pastor Jerry Falwell brought a big headache to Christians in Moslem Countries. Baptists who number around 2,000 at the most in Israel and the Palestinian Authority had to contiously condemn and ask forgiveness for their brother's statement that "Mohammad was a terrorist".

The Following statement by the East Jerusalem Baptist Church was published in Al-Quds, the leading Palestinian newspaper.

Special For Come and See, Nov 1, 2002

Norm Nelson, president and host of "Life At Its Best," returned from a recent Middle East trip

In the heart of Baghdad, Nelson found a vibrant church with a worship atmosphere that was "deeply reverent, conducted with decorum and order." With a membership numbering 400 families, their Sunday evening service "was so packed that some were forced to stand in the back."

Religion Today. October 31, 2002

That remarks made by Jerry Falwell earlier this month describing the Prophet Mohamed as "a terrorist" have caused Christians in the Middle East to feel very uncomfortable.

Egypt's Al-Ahram writes about the reactions among the Egyption Copts, the biggest group of Christians in the Arab world.

Omayma Abdel-Latif , Al-Haram, October 26, 2002

A group of senior Christian clergymen Wednesday refused to undergo humilating security checks at Ben-Gurion Airport and returned to Jerusalem, where they held a press conference to condemn Israel for mistreating them.
The group included Butros Mualem of the Greek Catholic Church in the Galilee, Munib Yunan, the Lutheran Bishop of Jerusalem, Riyah Abu al Assal, Bishop of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem, and Elias Shakour, president of Mar Elias College in Galilee and author of bestseller "Blood Brothers"

By Jerusalem Post, Oct 24, 2002