The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part I: Can Christianity Disappear from the Land Where It Was Born?

By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette On a Sunday morning somewhere in the Middle East, an old church bell still rings. It may sound across a neighborhood in northern Iraq, an ancient quarter of Damascus, or a village tucked into Lebanon’s mountains. Inside, families gather beneath stone arches worn smooth by centuries of worship. Some recite… The post <a href="https://persecution.org/2026/09/30/the-disappearing-christian-middle-east-part-i-can-christianity-disappear-from-the-land-whe

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”