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Article: Who Are the Christians in the Middle East?(Book review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2006
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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.
So who are these Christians of the Middle East? Martin and Betty Bailey have written a helpful reference. They write from the ...