By Fred Farrokh Christian missiologists are split over whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. In response to the firestorm over this topic which recently engulfed Wheaton College,1 23 missiologists contributed short essays on this question. These responses were published in January Continue Reading
45,000 Christians Who Fled Iraq Now Face Persecution in Turkey; U.S. Churches Urged ‘To Wake Up’ to the Crisis
By Hazel Torres When thousands of Christians fled Iraq to escape the brutality of Islamist extremists who have occupied their land, they must have thought that a better life free from the shackles of fear and bondage awaited them. They were devastatingly mistaken. These Christian refugees Continue Reading
Christians say defeating IS won’t make Iraq safe for them
By Balint Szlanko IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — As operations to retake the militant-held city of Mosul ramp up, Iraqi Christians displaced from the area by the Islamic State group say that even if the militants are defeated militarily, the country will not be safe for minorities. Qaraqosh, the biggest Continue Reading
Podcast: My Father is Muslim and My Mother is Christian: An Iranian American’s Story
In 1979, famous Beach Boys song “Barbara Anne” quickly became a song parody. The lyrics were switched to “Bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb Iran.” Shirin Taber, an Iranian American, shares what it was like to be a teenager during an unstable time for her and all Iranian immigrants in America. It was because Continue Reading