ABTS Lebanon

What are we to make of this complex and volatile pandemic experience? This topic was on the hearts and minds of theologians Martin Accad, Rima Nasrallah, and Gary Nelson during the first MEC 2020 webinar. Read the report here -abtslebanon.org/2020/06/24/m…

"Today, I challenge Evangelical pastors and leaders in the United States to listen to Palestinians just as they are listening now to their African American brothers and sisters." - A blog post by @walsaliby abtslebanon.org/2020/06/18/f…

لمعلومات إضافية، اضغط هنا: abtslebanon.org/ar/mec-2020 التسجيل مجاني ولكن ضروري للحصول على رابط الدخول الى المحادثة.

After an intensive period of reflection and action among ABTS faculty and leadership, we received the green light from our Board of Trustees to move forward with 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Read our 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 here - bit.ly/2zF9r3U

#Stories hold the power to #transform us as listeners; they take us on a journey that changes how we think, feel, or act. Read this week’s IMES #Blog by Walid Zailaa -abtslebanon.org/2020/06/04/t…

What does the price inflation of tuna have to do with faith? Read this week’s IMES Blog by Wissam Nasrallah - abtslebanon.org/2020/05/28/o…

Our May #newsletter is out! In this issue, ABTS President Elie Haddad describes the journey on which God is currently taking ABTS. Our graduate Elias also tells us about his ministry in unreached areas of Lebanon. God is still working! Read it here -bit.ly/2WXViGC

This global season of sheltering in place indeed mitigates the #COVID_19 crisis, but it also grants insights into a human #crisis running much deeper than any #pandemic: a crisis of home. Read this week’s IMES Blog by Brent Hamoud - abtslebanon.org/2020/05/07/h…

"Whether we fast or practice any other spiritual discipline, we do it because Jesus and the New Testament invite us to practice human solidarity, the only valid response to empathy, this deep groan of compassion placed inside of us by the Holy Spirit." abtslebanon.org/2020/04/30/i…

It is not #viruses or impurities that define us, but rather our own responses to them. Read this week’s IMES Blog by Nabil Habiby- abtslebanon.org/2020/04/23/c…

الحجر المنزلي أعادني للمذبح العائلي والله فتح لي باب الخدمة مع أهل بيتي. اقرأ مدوّنة معهد دراسات الشرق الأوسط لهذا الأسبوع بقلم ربيع الحصباني bit.ly/3ctnF5L

The lockdown brought me back to the family altar, and God has opened the door for me to serve my family. Read this week’s IMES Blog by Rabih Hasbany - abtslebanon.org/2020/04/16/a…

Our April #newsletter is out! Join us in prayer as God teaches us to serve the Arab Church in creative ways. Read it here - abtslebanon.org/portfolio-it…

Christ did not promise us immunity but he did promise us that He is in control. Read this week’s IMES Blog by Wissam Antoine Nasrallah - abtslebanon.org/2020/03/25/c…

هل يمكن لهذا الوباء العالمي أنْ يجعلنا أكثر إنسانيّة... لبرهة على الأقل؟ اقرأ مدوّنة معهد دراسات الشرق الأوسط لهذا الأسبوع بقلم بقلم مارتن عقاد - bit.ly/2IWtQ5h

Could it be that this global #pandemic is making us more human...for a time at least? Read this week’s IMES Blog by Martin Accad @marzaatar abtslebanon.org/2020/03/19/l…

#MEC2020: Work is currently underway to reconceptualize the consultation in response to the coronavirus crisis. It is no longer safe to organize a global gathering at the seminary. Accordingly, we intend to craft MEC in a way that will allow for remote participation. Stay tuned!

This week we had to make the decision of sending our residential students back home and continuing the academic year online. Read about this and more in our March Newsletter - abtslebanon.org/portfolio-it…

تتصرّف الكنيسة كمجتمع رائد عندما تكون متقدّمة أمام العالَم، وهي تقود العالَم في ضوء تجاوبها مع مشيئة الله وارشاده. اقرأ مدوّنة معهد دراسات الشرق الأوسط لهذا الأسبوع بقلم بقلم إيلي حدّاد. bit.ly/2TJeJlT

The #Church acts as a pioneering community when it is ahead of the world, leading the world, in response to God’s will and direction. Read this week’s IMES Blog by @ElieHaddad_ABTS - abtslebanon.org/2020/03/12/c…