Who Are the Christians in the Middle East?(Book review)

Currents in Theology and Mission | August 1, 2006| | Copyright

Who Are the Christians in the Middle East? By Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003. 215 pages. Paper. $20.00.

The American church is becoming increasingly aware of the presence of Christians in the Middle East: Lutherans living in Bethlehem; Presbyterian worshippers packing Easter services in the midst of a bombed-out Baghdad; Coptics living in tension with Egyptian fundamentalist Muslim neighbors; and one of the fastest growing congregations, the 70,000-member St. Mary's parish, in Dubai.

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