The Alliance Church rings no bells in the backstreets of the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. But the joyful singing of hymns by its congregation, accompanied by a drum and a guitar, echoes through the narrow alleys on Sundays and Thursdays. Inside, Arab Christians, mostly young families, pray fervently. They have turned from being Catholic, Greek Orthodox or members of other older Christian denominations. So far, this Pentecostal church has around 120 to 150 members, but, as in Brazil and other countries, converts grow each month. “We are born-again Christians,” says Pastor Jack Sara. “We believe in changing the heart so that people are renewed by God himself.”
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