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In Israel: The congregations that stayed

Baptist News Global·Oct 26, 2026 · 1:30 PM CT
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Writing from Efrat, Israel, a Baptist News Global columnist describes Arab-speaking Christian congregations in the Galilee who stayed through two years of war, sirens and evacuations. Pilgrims vanished and local economies went quiet, and the piece asks what their staying says about faith as a minority in a Jewish state.

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