Thousands of women watch the premier showings of Magdalena Film in Galilee. The film, produced by Life Agape (Campus Crusade for Christ) and targets women. It talks about the life of Jesus concentrating on several encounters of Jesus with women.

Mrs. Alia Grayeb, a teacher on pension and who was among the 1000 women watching the film in Nazareth told "Come and See” that the movie was very touching and it touched her - like it did to many other women who sat beside her who were crying during the Film. "I am very proud of Jesus Christ who dealt with women in respect, released them from fear and gave them the privilege to be the first one to see Him after the resurrection"

Special For "Come and See", April 2, 2007

Some 200 Christian leaders representing hundreds of thousands of Bible-believers from different nations filed into Israel's parliamentary building (the Knesset) Wednesday to ask for forgiveness for centuries of Christian anti-Semitism.

The visitors were hosted by the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) -- a three-year-old parliamentary caucus established to facilitate close official cooperation between Christian supporters of Israel and the Jewish state.

By Stan Goodenough, Israel Insider, March 29, 2007

After 20 years of requests, and opposition of extremist Wahabbi Muslims, land was granted by the Emir of Qatar for the building of a parish church. Catholics now number 100,000 in Qatar.

Asia News, March 30, 2007

Over the last several days, Nazareth Baptist School was honored to be featured in several newspapers in Israel, encompassing three different languages: in Hebrew in the national paper, Yidiot Ahronot, in English in the Jerusalem Post, and in Arabic in several papers like Hadeeth Elnass and internet sites such as ?Yahala?, ?Panet?, ?Farfesh? and others.

Special for Come and See, March 6, 2007

Jihad and suicide bombers, Osama bin Laden and terrorism: That image of Islam, prevalent in the West, may not be representative of the majority of Muslims in the world.

But neither is it a false image, says Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros, an expert on Christian-Islamic relations who currently serves as eparch of the Melkite Diocese of Newton, Mass., and spiritual leader of all the Melkite Catholics in the United States.

While visiting the Melkite communities in Miami and Delray Beach at the beginning of March, he spoke at St. Thomas University on the "clash of civilizations" between Islam and Christianity.

By Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Miami Gardens, March 5, 2007

Christian leaders of American churches and Christian institutions from a range of traditions ? Orthodox, Catholic, mainstream and evangelical Protestants ? have appealed to President Bush for peace in the Holy Land. The January 23rd letter, signed by 39 church leaders, encourages President Bush to make Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace initiative, an urgent priority for his Administration. The letter states a deepening concern for the welfare and future of the Palestinian Christian community. It also calls attention to the very grave situation of Jerusalem.

Independent Catholic News, Jan 26, 2007

Amid continuing strife in their areas, Baptists in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip requested prayers from their brothers and sisters around the world Feb. 13.

Nabil Costa, director of the Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development, sent an e-mail alert titled "Pray for Lebanon!" to colleagues and supporters.

"This is a critical time for Lebanon!" he wrote, referring to two bus explosions that killed at least 11 Lebanese early Feb. 13. The explosions took place in a majority-Christian area near Beirut.

By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press, Feb 13, 2007

Born in the Holy Land and raised in the Middle East -Nazareth (Nazareth Rizkallah) is the only Middle Eastern Christian comedian in the USA.

The following is an interview that Liz David did with Nazareth, where he tells his story and how he got involved in the ministry of the Gaza Baptist Church

Liz David, Special For "Come and See", Feb 10, 2007

A new Christian publication that intends to write theology on current and relevant issues was recently launched in Nazareth under the title "Al-Kalima" meaning "the Word" in Arabic.

The publication is aimed at the level of church members as the intention is to produce a theology for the people. It is published by the Nazareth Center for Christian Studies (NCCS), the newly launched center of learning in Nazareth. NCCS is an initiative of the Association of Baptist Churches in Israel (ABC). The ABC is the single largest evangelical group in Israel.

Special for "Come and See", Feb 8, 2007