A Guardian interview shocks the UK's Jewish community:

"Israel is adopting a stance "incompatible" with the deepest ideals of Judaism, and the current conflict with the Palestinians is "corrupting" Israeli culture".

Jonathan Freedland, August 27, The Guardian

According to Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena: "This letter is going straight to the political authorities and saying: 'Hey, there are some of us who are not quite in sync with the loudest voices. And if you're motivated by a desire to please the evangelical community, you've got to know that some of us are not pleased by the heavy-handed favoring of the Israeli side in all of this.' "

Washington Post, July 28, 2002

Some observers believe a Muslim nation -- where the New Testament church flourished -- may be the key to reaching all of the Middle East. There has been a renewed and accelerating interest in Turkey as a mission field, although sharing the gospel is strictly forbidden.

Charisma News, July 10, 2002

The Presbyterian Church which includes 2.5 Million Members in the USA elected Fahd Abu-Akel for the its highest position. He had spoken movingly to the Presbyterian Assembly of his memory of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, when he was a 4-year-old child living in the Galilean village of Kuffer-Yassif, when Israeli troops drove his family from their home.


Presbyterian News Service, by Bill Lancaster, June 15, 2002

B'nai Brith Canada, a pro Israel Jewish Group, and Christians for Israel, an international pro-Israel evangalical group, have formed a "historic alliance" aimed at improving inter-faith relations and boosting support for Israel within the Canadian government

By NOAH SARNA, The Jerusalem Post, June 13

East Jerusalem Baptist Church, the Jerusalem Alliance Church and the Nazarene Church wish to extend an invitation to you to join with various congregations from Jerusalem in an Easter service that will be held on Sunday, May 5th.

Hopes and Prayers are made that Bethlehem area congregations will join too.

Special for Come and See, April 28, 2002

SAT-7 continues to broadcast a message of hope to a region that is in "grief and shock"

By Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service, April 18, 2002

The people of Afghanistan are seeing the demonstration of Christ's love firsthand as Christian relief agencies are helping the needy.

Mission Network News, January 22nd 2002

On November 4, 2001, over 100,000 U.S churches are expected to join with thousands of churches in 130 countries to observe the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, mainly in the Muslim World

Anis Shorrosh was speaking at Houston Baptist University. University officials denounced and apologized for Shorrosh's statements: "Unfortunately our 'guest' insulted our students, faculty and staff"

By John Hall, ABP News, September 25, 2001