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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: US-Israel ties complicate Gospel work in Lebanon
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is affecting Gospel work in neighboring Lebanon.
Documents like the Evangelical Statement in Support of Israel create an impression that all U.S. evangelical Christians agree on supporting Israel unconditionally and how the U.S. government should approach the Israel-Hamas war.
In reality, Christian thought varies widely regarding the war and how the U.S. government should respond. On November 9, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and 30 American Christian leaders asked the Biden administration to “support an immediate ceasefire, de-escalation, and restraint by all involved.”
Former Vice P...