Jordan
- From Dust to Lunch: Jordanian Christians Decry Cost of Funeral FeastTribal hospitality demands feeding the 500. But believers pinched by poverty call for cultural changes that still preserve honor.Jayson Casper|العربية
- Christians Could Change Adoption Laws in the Middle East. Will They?Some have been reticent to reform, despite the needs of children and would-be parents.Jayson Casper|
- Jordan’s Churches Approve Law on Equal Inheritance for Christian WomenDraft law agreed to by 11 major denominations now needs approval by parliament.Daoud Kuttab|
- The Surge in Arab Seminary StudiesUnlike many American counterparts, evangelical institutions in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine enjoy an influx of students as they serve beyond their ivory towers.Jayson Casper|
- No Singing Christian Carols on December 25, Orders Patriarch of JerusalemOrthodox edict puts holiday unity in the Holy Land—where Christians in Jordan and Israel have long agreed to observe Western Christmas and Eastern Easter dates—in doubt.Daoud Kuttab - Religion News Service|
- Died: Labib Madanat, Who Showed the Bible to Palestinians and Israelis in Word and DeedSon of Jordanian missionaries organized the Holy Land’s Bible societies and demonstrated the gospel’s love and forgiveness amid war and terror.Morgan Lee|
- Died: Evelyn Mangham, Who Convinced Evangelicals to Welcome RefugeesAfter 20 years in Vietnam with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, she saw caring for those displaced by war as simple obedience to Jesus.Daniel Silliman|
- Sodom Destroyed by Meteor, Scientists Say. Biblical Archaeologists Not Convinced.Naturalistic explanation for biblical miracle doesn’t resolve questions of chronology at Tall el-Hammam excavation in Jordan.Gordon Govier|
- Safeguard Gaps Leave Refugees Vulnerable to Sexual Abuse, ExploitationJordan church got hundreds of thousands of dollars in international Christian aid, but little to no oversight.Daniel Silliman|
- Do Flags Belong in Churches? Pastors Around the World Weigh In.Christian cases for yes, no, and flying other nations’ flags as congregations balance love of God, neighbor, and country.Compiled by Morgan Lee|
