Excuse me but this entire are is loaded with Catholic Arabs and there has not been an Evangelical presence their until very recently . Catholics Arabs got outnumbered by Islamic Arabs because they did not share the Gospel . Where the Gospel is preached people come to Christ even former Muslims.
Catholics have had a couple thousand years to do this but chose not to . BTW I know who the pastor is in the article . He is a former Catholic who heard the Gospel in Israel from a Jew.
You wrote:
“Excuse me but this entire are is loaded with Catholic Arabs and there has not been an Evangelical presence their until very recently .”
You need to learn how to read. This is a Syrian woman who has been forced out of her homeland and into a neighboring country. She might not have ever exchanged more than a few words with Christians until these Evangelicals showed up. She probably lived - as most Muslims do in the Muslim world - in almost entirely Muslim neighborhoods, schools, businesses, etc. The Churches - when they share the gospel - are at great risk in such places. Evangelicals are not as hampered by that because they treated more as individuals (since they are not considered part of a recognizable Church).
“Catholics Arabs got outnumbered by Islamic Arabs because they did not share the Gospel .”
No. Catholic Arabs only exist because of Arab Muslim conquest. It is so easy for dumb Americans who know so little about history and geography to forget that the very existence of “Arab” Christians means those very people are descendant from non-Arab Christians forcibly arabized over the centuries by invading, occupying and enslaving Muslims. Also, don’t tell me that there aren’t Christians from the historic Churches sharing the gospel. I guess you’ve never watched Fr. Zakaria Botros: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakaria_Botros What Evangelical can claim he is “Islam’s public enemy No. 1”
“Where the Gospel is preached people come to Christ even former Muslims.”
True. And Catholics do preach it. And every year there are Muslims who are converted. http://www.tfp.org/tfp-home/catholic-perspective/a-muslims-remarkable-conversion-to-catholicism.html Some already know something about the faith: http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=27501 Some are converted in ways no one expects: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/a-muslim-finds-the-catholic-faith-through-geography-and-theology
“Catholics have had a couple thousand years to do this but chose not to .”
No. Muslism only invaded in the 7th century and it was death for Muslims who committed apostasy. But why let actual facts get in the way of your bias right, Lera?
“BTW I know who the pastor is in the article . He is a former Catholic who heard the Gospel in Israel from a Jew.”
No. He heard another gospel from a Christian. No Jew teaches any gospel about Christ. Even “Jews for Jesus” are Christians.