Emmanuel Gharib

Ammanuel Benjamin Ghareeb[1] is a Kuwaiti pastor of the Kuwait Presbyterian Church and the chairman of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait, a campus where nearly 100 Christian denominations gather for prayer.[2][3][4] He is the first Gulf Arab to become head of a Protestant church.[5] His father's family are Assyrians originally from southeast Turkey.[6]

Emmanuel Gharib

References
  1. "Kuwait's Christian Citizens". Newsweek Middle East. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. "NECK | National Evangelical Church Kuwait". www.neckkuwait.com.
  3. Garcia, Ben. "Christians are happy about religious tolerance in Kuwait". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. "Visit of Rev. Emmanuel Benjamin Gharib (NEC Kuwait) to the Seminary. (". Orthodox Theological Seminary. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. Toumi, Habib (2012-02-28). "Kuwait is home to 150 Kuwaiti Christians". Gulf News Kuwait. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. Father Emmanuel and the Christians of Kuwait


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