Source: Mission Network News, November 29, 2024
Crises can happen in a moment, but they can also drag on beyond all expectations. Yet God has sustained his people in the Middle East to be his hands and feet during years of tumult.
Take Lebanon. It has endured decades of conflict and economic collapse. The current war no one wanted has displaced an estimated 1.3 million people.
“Crisis, wars, disruptions [are] nothing new to this region. We’re used to difficulties and hardships,” says Loulwa Maalouf with the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary.
“But at the same time, we are used to seeing God at work, and we are called to be here and be part of his work.”
Today [ABTS] not only provides biblical education to around 240 students, but it also shelters a couple hundred displaced people.
“With every crisis in Lebanon, we are used to taking a step and saying, ‘Okay, how does God want us to respond now?’” Maalouf says.
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