Summary

SummaryI’m Elias from Beit Sahur, just minutes from the Shepherd’s Field and the Nativity Church. Even as Christians in the Palestinian Territories drop below one percent, my wife Dana and I chose to stay for the sake of our three children. We worry about their future amid economic hardship, political instability, and the fallout from COVID, but we believe this is our placeβ€”the living stones of the church. We’ve enrolled our kids in Sunday school and teach them at home what it means to follow Christ. It’s not easy, but if all Christians leave, only stones will remain. So we stand firm, trusting God to sustain us and grow His church here. πŸ™πŸ½πŸ•ŠοΈ

Elias lives in the Christian-majority town of Beit Sahur, close to Bethlehem. He shares why, even though the number of Christians in the area is declining, he and his family are determined to stay.

Open Doors Prayer News 288 (January-February 2022)

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