This service is a foundation of First Presbyterian’s Arabic ministry, which seeks to witness to God’s love by walking with the members of the local Arabic-speaking community. The ministry offers spiritual resources and social services, and promotes cultural understanding within both the Arabic and non-Arabic communities.
Church services in Arabic are offered on a weekly basis and on holidays, and are conducted by Moufid Khoury, a commissioned lay pastor in Lehigh Presbytery and FPCA’s Director of Arabic mission and ministry.
About Our
Arabic Ministry
A strong community of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants and their descendants has become an integral part of the fabric of the community and has been important to the life and ministry of our church.
Approximately 20,000 people of Middle Eastern origin live in the Lehigh Valley with about 10,000 of those living in Allentown and Lehigh County.
With our friends in the Arabic community, First Presbyterian seeks to reduce antagonism and suspicion by providing education about Arabic customs and language.
The vision of the congregation is to absorb established immigrants into the greater English-speaking church in as many ways as they are comfortable rather than to establish a separate Arabic-speaking congregation.
In addition to church services in Arabic, FPCA’s Arabic ministry provides help with social services for recent immigrants
Arabic Ministry Leadership
Commissioned lay pastor Moufid Khoury is the primary contact with the Arabic congregation. He has extensive connections to the local and national Arabic communities and provides both spiritual resources and social services.
