• FEATURES \ Apr 15, 2002
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    A new generation of potential missionaries needs to hear the fearless voice of Finlay Graham, Southern Baptists' first missionary to Lebanon. Graham, founder of the Arab Baptist seminary in Beirut, served nearly 40 years in the always-volatile Middle East

    Baptist Press News, April 12, 2002
    Finlay Graham followed God despite Mideast challenges
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 15, 2002
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    According to Rev. Alex Awad: "Christian families who never thought of leaving the country will now seek a way out, thus endangering the very presence of Christianity in the city that witnessed the birth of Christ".

    By United Methodist News Service, April 10, 2002
    Christians in Holy Land send letter to Powell
  • ISRAEL \ Apr 15, 2002
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    Among the evangelicals to sign off on the letter to Bush were Pastors Jerry Falwell and John Hagee, Marlin Maddoux, founder of the USA Radio Network in Dallas -- and Gary Bauer of American Values.

    By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown, Agape Press, April 12, 2002
    Evangelicals Want Bush to Back Israel's 'War on Terrorism'
  • FEATURES \ Apr 15, 2002
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    Israel's Artutz 7 reports that a red Heifer was born in Israel. This heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers, chapter 19. "This is a prerequisite for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple"

    Arutz 7, April 9, 2002

    Red Heifer Born in Israel
  • TOP STORIES \ Apr 11, 2002
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    The statement, drafted by a Washington-based grassroots organization called Churches for Middle East Peace, calls for recognition of a viable Palestinian state alongside Israel and an end to Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.

    By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press, April 8, 2002

  • FEATURES \ Apr 11, 2002
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    Israeli followers of Christ worry about the daily threat of suicide bombings and cast anxious glances at Arabs who move freely in their midst. Palestinian Christians can't travel to jobs that provide for their families and cringe when the Israeli army begins another round of shelling.

    April 3, 2002, By Mark Kelly, Worthy News

  • PALESTINE \ Apr 10, 2002
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    The Monk was shot and seriously wounded in Bethlehem, most likely by Israeli fire, in the Church of Nativity Compound.

    Haaretz, April 10, 2002

  • TOP STORIES \ Apr 10, 2002
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    Former Cabinet Member said that Israeli forces should employ gas to force Palestinian militants out of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.
    The statement was made on Wednesday, the same day Israel marks the rememberance day of the Holocoust.

    By Ha'aretz Service, April 10, 2002

    Lieberman: Use gas to force gunmen from Bethlehem church
  • FEATURES \ Apr 09, 2002
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    Bader Mansour, Co-Editor of "Come and See" together with D. Michael Hostetler, Executive Director of Nazareth Village, speak to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review about life in Nazareth.

    By Jennifer Reeger, Pittsburg Tribune Review, March 18, 2002