David Kerr of the University of Edinburgh and Riad Jarjour, executive director of the
Middle East Council of Churches, on "A Western Christian Appreciation of Eastern Christianity" and "The Future of Christians in the Arab World." Part Two provides a catalogue of churches arranged according to the families of Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical/Protestant, and Assyrian.
The
Middle East Council of Churches, which is the voice of Arab Christians, places major emphasis on the spiritual universal meaning of Christian faith and seas that the secularization of the state resolves the confusion of religious faith with Political citizenship, that has plagued the monotheistic religions for several centuries.
His Holiness Aram I (Keshishean), Catholicos of Cilicia, was one of the founding members of the
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) and was elected in 1983 member of the Standing Conference of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Moderator of its Central and Executive Committees, the first Oriental Orthodox and the youngest person ever named to those responsibilities.
Bernard Sabella runs the Palestinian Affairs department of the
Middle East Council of Churches. He estimates between 500 and 600 Christian Arabs have been leaving the West Bank each month since the latest Palestinian uprising erupted a year ago.
"In the strongest language possible, we would like to emphasise that as Palestinians we reject these abhorrent acts and we identify with the thousands who fell victim to these atrocities" - Director of the
Middle East Council of Churches' programme for Palestinian Refugees, Dr Bernard Sabella.
Harold Vogelaar spent more than twenty-five years in church work in the Middle East, first in Bahrain, then in Oman, and finally in Cairo, Egypt, where he taught on the faculty of the Evangelical Theological Seminary and served as liaison for the
Middle East Council of Churches. He is now Professor in Global Mission and World Religions at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.
Souraya Bachealany is making her first official visit to Egypt -- Egypttoday/Ashraf Fawzy CAIRO -- 17 December 2018: Souraya Bachealany, the first lady to serve as the secretary-general of the Beirut-based
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), is making her first official visit to Egypt since taking office in January to speak about the role of the council in relieving afflicted communities.
During a meeting in Al Husseiniya Palace on Wednesday with members of the
Middle East Council of Churches in the presence of HRH Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammad, Chief Advisor to His Majesty King Abdullah II for Religious and Cultural Affairs and Personal Envoy of the King, His Majesty said that Arabs, whether Muslims or Christians, face the same challenges in light of the current situation in the region, and share the responsibility in addressing these challenges.
He added that the idea was not new, "the council will be a national version of the
Middle East Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches."
Primary among them were the World Council of Churches, the
Middle East Council of Churches, the All Africa Council of Churches, and various churches from Asia, Latin America, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia.
--Constantine Dabbagh of the
Middle East Council of Churches visiting a clinic that his organization runs in Gaza.