Bible study Bible study Reflection: Mary’s voice Reflection: Mary’s voice Reflection: Mary’s voice Reflection: Mary’s voice Wednesday 6 December Read / Listen to Luke 1:26-38 Mary’s voice is a powerful response. In a commentary on this passage, Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing says, “An ordinary, young, poor, oppressed woman gets to play a significant, breakthrough role in the redemption of the world. […]

Country profile: Türkiye Country profile: Türkiye Country profile: Türkiye Country profile: Türkiye Freedom of religion may be recognised in Türkiye’s constitution but non-Muslims face restrictions, especially those not named in a 1923 treaty that includes only Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Christians, Greek Orthodox Christians and Jews. Public opinion, reinforced by the state, is that to be Turkish is to be Muslim. […]

Country profile: Algeria Country profile: Algeria Country profile: Algeria Country profile: Algeria Christianity flourished here between the fifth and seventh centuries but gradually disappeared after the Arab invasions. Since independence in 1962 a new church was born, chiefly among the Berber or Amazigh people. Until recently, several thousand new believers were baptised every year. Although the Algerian constitution guarantees freedom […]

Country profile: Egypt Country profile: Egypt Country profile: Egypt Country profile: Egypt Christians account for around 10% of the Egyptian population. The majority belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church. While the Egyptian constitution guarantees freedom of belief and practice for Islam, Christianity, and Judaism – these freedoms are not equal in reality. For example, conversion to Islam is permitted, but […]

Country profile: Iran Country profile: Iran Country profile: Iran Country profile: Iran Friday 1 December It is striking that Cyrus the Great, the founder of the first Persian Empire, was the ruler who allowed the Jews to return from exile and who drafted a declaration of religious tolerance that was unprecedented in the ancient world. In modern times, Iran signed the Universal […]

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Welcome to Advent Prayer 2023 Voices of the Middle East and North Africa “Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright.” These are familiar words to many of us. They beautifully set the scene for what was happening that night as Jesus came into the world. Silence had fallen in a lowly stable; the rush to find a […]