 |
|
The oldest
Arabic-speaking Protestant church in the Middle East has survived worse
crises than the recent Lebanon explosion.
Jayson Casper in
Beirut
|
|
Sitting at his desk in the
second-floor office adjacent to the historic National Evangelical Church of
Beirut, Habib Badr calmly filled out the wedding registry. It was a ritual
the almost 70-year-old had performed countless times over the course of his 35-year
ministry.
The next day, there would be
a funeral. A stalwart member of his congregation, the former head of
reconstructive surgery at the American University of Beirut hospital during
the years of civil war, had passed away of natural causes. ...
|
Thursday, August 20, 2020
A Beacon of Hope in a Broken Beirut
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment