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Will Egypt Empty Out?
I was having dinner recently with a group of Copts who had just moved to the United States. I asked one of them whether he missed Egypt. “I miss my life in Egypt,” he responded, “but that Egypt is gone. That train has definitely pulled out of the station.” That really...
How Evangelicals Can Help Copts: Response to Brian Stiller
Last Friday, Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance rightly wrote that “Egypt is a bellwether for the Middle East. If Christians (12% of the population) walk away, the power and presence of Christian ideals will lose by default.” Despite the pervasive social,...
Raising Generations for Egypt’s Future
The following is a guest post from Serve to Learn alumnus Mariam Magar, who talks about how Coptic Orphans goes beyond handouts to help address the lies that trap children in poverty, and so works to strengthen Egypt as a whole. I was blessed to join Coptic Orphans’...
4 Ways Sponsors Can Reflect God’s Fatherhood
One of my favorite verses in the Bible these days is Hosea 11:1: “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.” (ESV) I find so much in this verse about the fatherhood of God and the story of my own adoption in Christ through the Holy...
A Widow Gains the Advantage
In Iman’s village near Assuit in Southern Egypt, it is not considered acceptable for a woman, let alone a widow to start a public business. But for Iman, depending on someone to support her family was not an option. Since her husband’s death, Iman had struggled to...
Miriam of Imbaba
Miriam had a chronic problem. Before exams, she would cry all night and sometimes even faint in anticipation. Her reaction was not surprising. She lost her father to drugs and alcohol and her mother was left with 11 children to support. School wasn’t much of a haven...
Not Without My Daughter
The interrogation had been going for six hours. The questions were relentless. "Where is your daughter!?" But Om Marina would not give in. She had hid her daughter and coldly replied to the police, "Over my dead body." Her husband had left her to convert and he had...
Child’s “Head Held High:” Anba Lukas on Coptic Orphans
H.G. Bishop Loukas of the Diocese of Abanoub & El Fateh has had a tremendous ministry to orphans. In the excerpt below from the Diocese Anniversary Book, he talks about his involvement with Coptic Orphans. Actually I found this service [Coptic Orphans] better than...
Fr. Domadious on Orphans and Spiritual Adoption
Late last week Fr. Domadious of St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, DC came to give a spiritual word to Coptic Orphans staff. He opened Romans 8:14-17. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back...
Copts Got Talent A Rousing Success in Sydney!
The Coptic Orphans talent show, “Copts Got Talent," was a rousing success in Sydney last weekend. Over 275 attended on May 5 to share their talent and to raise support for fatherless children in Egypt. As a result of the event, 50 more children in Egypt will get...
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