One of the foundational pursuits of the Church of God is unity, best and most often summarized by the hymn lyric, "we reach our hands in fellowship to every blood-washed one."
Egypt has many Christian groups that, as we understand it, have not always partnered well or even recognized each other significantly. One result of revolution and the formation of new democracy is that the various Christian groups recognize they are the minority; they can not afford to ignore each other, but rather connect and have one voice. We have witnessed various results of this realization in the past several months, but this one made a headline in one of the local papers:
Egyptian Churches to Form Council to Unify Views on Critical Issues
Egypt has many Christian groups that, as we understand it, have not always partnered well or even recognized each other significantly. One result of revolution and the formation of new democracy is that the various Christian groups recognize they are the minority; they can not afford to ignore each other, but rather connect and have one voice. We have witnessed various results of this realization in the past several months, but this one made a headline in one of the local papers:
Egyptian Churches to Form Council to Unify Views on Critical Issues
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