ICC Note:  An evangelical church in Egypt, founded in 1948, is committed to help and reach out to their community. The church runs several rehabilitation centers, programs for children and single mothers, and special assistance to Syrian refugees and women who are victims of sex trafficking or abuse. The church also broadcasts sermons in a UK-based charity and Christian satellite network that reaches 25 countries.

4/9/2018 Egypt (Christian Today) -To get a flavour of how resilient the minority Christian community is in Egypt you could do worse than attend a service at the Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church (KDEC) on Sheikh Rihan Street in downtown Cairo.

With more than a thousand Copts and Catholics, as well as Protestants of all ages and backgrounds, flocking to the church from all over the country, it becomes clear that churches in the West could learn a thing or two from this, the largest evangelical church in the Middle East.

True, it has all the hallmarks of evangelical worship familiar in the US and the UK, from the band on stage to the lengthy and impassioned sermon to the coffee and cakes after the service.

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