{"id":54458,"date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/meet-the-arabic-church-of-the-nazarene-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T05:00:00","slug":"meet-the-arabic-church-of-the-nazarene-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/pt-br\/news\/meet-the-arabic-church-of-the-nazarene-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Arabic Church of the Nazarene in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by Pastor Farag Mikheil and previously published in the July 2018 Where Worlds Meet<\/a> edition.<\/em><\/p>\n

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When I came to France in 1989, there was not any Arabic church in Paris. So with a Christian friend, I organized an Egyptian fellowship, a group of Christians who met on Sunday afternoon in the basement of the French Church of the Nazarene in Paris.<\/p>\n

The group started to grow and many Egyptians came to our meetings. After I finished Bible school, the majority asked me to organize an official church out of this Christian group.<\/p>\n

After studying the Church of the Nazarene\u2019s Manual<\/em><\/a>, we decided to join the Church of the Nazarene.<\/p>\n

Our Arabic Nazarene church was founded in March 1995, one year after I was ordained pastor by the late general superintendent, William Prince.<\/p>\n

The Arabic Church of the Nazarene in Paris is composed of different nationalities among Arabic speakers; the majority are Egyptians, but we also have brothers and sisters from Morocco, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.<\/p>\n

Most of those people came to France to escape war and persecution. Many Egyptians found in France a refuge country where they can be safe and free to worship the living God.<\/p>\n

We meet each Sunday at 3 p.m. for worship; the ladies meet on Thursday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

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We are about 60 persons, including children. The number of children is increasing and we need more space for their activities.<\/p>\n

We also have a wonderful praise team called The Fruit of the Spirit Praise Team. They are a real blessing for the church.<\/p>\n

Last December, the praise team sang outside the church building on the front stairs while another team conducted evangelism by talking with people and giving out Bibles.<\/p>\n

God is building the Arabic Church of the Nazarene in Paris. To Him and Him alone be the glory.<\/p>\n

I came to France for one year, this was my plan. But God had another plan for me. I realized that He sent me to take care of His sheep, represented by the Arabic Church of the Nazarene in Paris. I am so thankful for God who gave me this privilege to be His servant.<\/p>\n

There are many challenges of serving in France. As the ministry is growing, I have to find enough time to do the work of the church while I work teaching English in the university and senior high schools. I continue to pray so that the Lord may open doors for me to be a full-time minister to pastor the church in a better way, and to meet the increasing needs of the Arabic Christian communities in France.<\/p>\n

—Church of <\/a>the Nazarene<\/a> Eurasia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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