Urgent Prayer Request from Anglican Bishop of Egypt
Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis, Bishop of the Episcopal / Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa writes today, August 14, 2013: Dear Friends, Greetings in the Name of our Lord...
View ArticleBookshops of the Egyptian Bible Society Burnt and Destroyed
Dr. Ramez Atallah, director of the Bible Society of Egypt, writes today (August 14, 2013): Dear friends, I have just received the sad news of the complete burning and destruction (by Muslim...
View ArticleLists of Burnt Egyptian Churches
Several lists of churches and other Christian properties that were burnt yesterday (August 14, 2013) are circulating on the internet. Amira Michael's list is well-organized and partly documented. The...
View Article“Death Where Is Your Sting?” Photos Burnt Church in Minya, Egypt
One of the burnt churches in Egypt I visited several times: the evangelical presbyterian Gad al-Sayed church in Abou Hilal in the city of Minya, some 250 km (160 miles) south of Cairo. Last years the...
View ArticleRecommended Articles about Egypt
In this blog post I try to collect links to above-average articles about the current situation in Egypt. Please, note that “recommended” does not mean that I endorse the contents of the articles. It...
View Article“No Hate Was Being Preached” Praying in a Burnt Church, Minya, Egypt
“No hate was being preached: ‘This will teach us to be better Christians.’” Sunday morning a Dutch and Belgian television crew attended the service in a burnt church in Minya (250 km / 160 miles south...
View ArticleBiblical Art in Sohag
Deep down in Egypt, 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo, just outside the province capital of Sohag, at the border of the Nile valley and the Western desert, within a stone’s throw of the age-old White...
View ArticleRick Warren Misinformed about Egypt
Rick Warren wrote the following well-intended but misinformed message on Facebook and Google+: "PRAY for our Christian brothers and sisters being attacked in Maspero, Egypt! In October -over 4 days -...
View ArticleNine Questions and My Answers to Them
John Kenyon of the Institute for Global Church Studies asked me a number of good questions in his Facebook group. Below his questions with my answers. Christians and the Situation in Egypt 1. Are you...
View ArticleMessage from the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo
"Please pray for our students who are doing their summer field ministry now in difficult situations that sometimes includes threats . . ., especially in small villages in the south. We ask your prayers...
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