The third Episode of Christian Daily International’s podcast Faith Without Frontiers featured a wide-ranging conversation with Carla Miller, who serves churches across the Middle East from her base in Lebanon, helping young people build resilience in the face of pressure and persecution.
Do Iranian Christians welcome the bombing campaign? Are they praying for an end to the regime? Do they think things will worsen for the exercise of their faith? Three local Iranian pastors share their perspectives.
From his ancestral home in Old Jerusalem, Jack Sara laments the relentless rhythm of violence that rises, devastates, and returns again to wound people and their future. Nevertheless, he holds fast to his faith in God and God's vision for a peaceful world—for shalom. He calls us to pray for peace, speak up for peace, be reconciliatory, and hold on to our ultimate hope.
War broke out in the Middle East during the Movement Day Evangelical Church conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The world changed and the conversation shifted. From his lock-down, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, an Arab Israeli from Nazareth, Rev. Botrus Mansour reflected on what remains important for followers of Jesus.
What we have seen recently within Iran is a symptom of a deep desire for change, yet change is already happening. The Spirit of God is moving and Iranians are responding. 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques have closed, reportedly as a result of Christian influence. As change continues, may Iranians coming to Christ become a blessing to all nations.
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 1,500-year-old monastic complex in the Nile Delta, including a fifth-century building believed to have served as a reception facility for pilgrims, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced.
As sirens warning of possible missile strikes echo across parts of the Middle East, a Jordanian animation company has released a short video aimed at helping families cope with the emotional strain of the ongoing conflict involving Iran.
Conditions in Iran for Christians imprisoned for their faith and other inmates have deteriorated dramatically since the U.S. and Israeli bombing of the Islamic regime in the past month, according to human rights groups.
The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary near Beirut is sheltering displaced people who fled their homes as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah forces hundreds of thousands of civilians across Lebanon to seek refuge.
“In the Middle East, the image of a leader is autocratic and authoritative; otherwise, people think he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” says Henri Aoun, a leading evangelical leader in the region.
Northern Iraq, specifically the city of Erbil, has experienced constant military operations amid the current escalation in the region. A member of the leadership of an Ibero-American missionary movement serving in Iraq spoke with Diario Cristiano, the Spanish edition of Christian Daily International, about the situation on the ground. His name is being withheld for security reasons.
A 2025 book investigating the power behind the commercialization of pornography argue that "people don’t use pornography: it uses us. And you don’t have to watch it to be one of its victims." This review affirms the authors' critique of pornography and those who control it as a dangerously powerful, globalized industry that is (re)shaping desire, relationships, and social norms. Followers of Jesus need to guard ourselves against this attack on our relationships and our souls.
