About One Body in Christ

 

One Body in Christ is an urgent response to the ongoing persecutions of Christians in the Middle East in our time.

 

Persecution of Christians in the Middle East is not a new phenomenon.  In fact, it has had a long history of massacres, conversions, and subjugations.  As a result of this, Christians have come to be reduced to being minorities in the Middle East.  This is striking in view of the fact that the region, the cradle of Christianity, is where they had once constituted the majority.

 

In addition to their weak and tolerated status, Christians in the Middle East do not enjoy the political backing of Christian nations abroad, making them particularly vulnerable to local persecutions.  Denominational and doctrinal differences between American Protestants and the indigenous churches of the Middle East have further led to a disconnect and a culture of indifference.