In the last few weeks, something extraordinary is happening in Israel. A pastor from a village near Nazareth has been invited by different media outlets to share his beliefs and is freely sharing his faith in Jesus. His videos are going viral and people from different religious backgrounds are sharing them online. How did all this happen?

Shadia Qubti writes how the heart of Hillsong Worship impacts the lives of Palestinian Christians, as a follow-up to the open letter she wrote after she felt Palestinian Christians were excluded at a Hillsong worship concert in Israel.

A local Palestinian Christian writes an open letter to Hillsong after she attended their Israel Concert in Caesarea

While the world celebrates Easter, Bader Mansour reflects on how Easter was celebrated by Arab Christians in the Middle East, where Christ himself was risen from the dead almost 2000 years ago.

The statement calls for a renunciation of violence in all its forms, both military, political, social, psychological and spiritual, and condemns both the recent spate of attacks on citizens and use of force to maintain the occupation.

Maurice Gerges is the most influential evangelist in the Arab world for the last 60 years and was even referred to by some as "the Billy Graham of the Middle East". He passed away on March 26 at the age of 85

The Scenic Drive Baptist Church could not survive its dwindling congregation and disbanded. The new church is the Arabic Baptist Church in Tennessee.

Jesus, Christmas, and the Arab Spring-By Botrus Mansour, Christianity Today 23rd December 2011

Karen Jones writes about Yohanna Katanacho for Bible Study Magazine published by Logos Bible Software. She writers about his spiritual pilgrimage as a Palestinian born on the eve of the 1967 war, learning how to love his enemies and hoping to find a framework for interreligious dialogue as well as presenting the Christian faith to Jews and Muslims in a non-threatening way.

Karen Jones, Special For Come and See

After serving as a pastor in few Baptist churches in Britain for the last 35 years, Rev. Philip Hill moved with his wife Angela to Nazareth, Israel. Recently he became the pastor of the Local Baptist Church in Nazareth.Rev. Hill writes about his experience celebrating Christmas in Israel.Special for Come and See, December 24, 2010