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'''Edgar Michael Feghaly''' (born February 11, 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/edgar-feghaly/e198441513486|title=Edgar Feghaly|publisher=Mylife.com|access date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> is an [[Independent Baptist]] [[missionary]] whose work has been primarily in his native [[Lebanon]] and other portions of the [[Middle East]], including [[Iraq]] but also various parts of [[Africa]]. He preaches the personal message of [[salvation]] through the shed blood of [[Jesus Christ]] and its power to overcome the temporal and to change the direction of people's lives. He has planted many churches in what his book jacket describes as "dark, needy places throughout the [[Muslim]] world."  

'''Edgar Michael Feghaly''' (born February 11, 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/edgar-feghaly/e198441513486|title=Edgar Feghaly|publisher=Mylife.com|access date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> is an [[Independent Baptist]] [[missionary]] whose work has been primarily in his native [[Lebanon]] and other portions of the [[Middle East]], including [[Iraq]] but also various parts of [[Africa]]. He preaches the personal message of [[salvation]] through the shed blood of [[Jesus Christ]] and its power to overcome the temporal and to change the direction of people's lives. He has planted many churches in what his book jacket describes as "dark, needy places throughout the [[Muslim]] world."  

Feghaly accepted Christ in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, at the age of seven at a [[Sunday school]] operated by a missionary from a nearby church. His mother, of the [[Greek Orthodox]] faith, encourage him in his conversion, but his father, a merchant and a [[Roman Catholic]], was at first hostile to his son's decision. In time the parents became active Baptists through years of war and devastation in Lebanon. In 1974, Feghaly accepted a scholarship offer from Dr. Robert Reynolds "Bob" Jones, Jr. (1911-1997), to attend [[Bob Jones University]], the Baptist liberal arts institution in Greenville, [[South Carolina]]., from which he graduated in 1980. With his formal education, Feghaly returned repeatedly to Lebanon carry out his mission which began with the planting of the Bible Baptist Church in Haddath, Lebanon. He reaches out to Lebanese Arabs and persons of African descent. He is joined on the mission field by his wife, Rosann Mary Feghaly (born August 9, 1956), who was reared in upstate [[New York]]. The couple has two children, Mitchell E. "Mitch" Feghaly (born 1984) and Julie A. Feghaly, who at times had to be returned from Lebanon to the United States for personal safety in the midst of unyielding [[terrorism]] and warfare.<ref name=biog>Edgar Feghaly, ''Forward in the Face of Fear: My Life for Christ in the Muslim World'' (Lancaster, [[California]]: Striving Together Publications, 2016, pp. 189.</ref>

Feghaly accepted Christ in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, at the age of seven at a [[Sunday school]] operated by a missionary from a nearby church. His mother, of the [[Greek Orthodox]] faith, encouraged him in his conversion, but his father, a merchant and a [[Roman Catholic]], was at first hostile to his son's decision. In time the parents became active Baptists through years of war and devastation in Lebanon. In 1974, Feghaly accepted a scholarship offer from Dr. Robert Reynolds "Bob" Jones, Jr. (1911-1997), to attend [[Bob Jones University]], the Baptist liberal arts institution in Greenville, [[South Carolina]]., from which he graduated in 1980. With his formal education, Feghaly returned repeatedly to Lebanon to carry out his mission which began with the planting of the Bible Baptist Church in Haddath, Lebanon. He reaches out to Lebanese Arabs and persons of African descent. He is joined on the mission field by his wife, Rosann Mary Feghaly (born August 9, 1956), who was reared in upstate [[New York]]. The couple has two children, Mitchell E. "Mitch" Feghaly (born 1984) and Julie A. Feghaly, who at times had to be returned from Lebanon to the United States for personal safety in the midst of unyielding [[terrorism]] and warfare.<ref name=biog>Edgar Feghaly, ''Forward in the Face of Fear: My Life for Christ in the Muslim World'' (Lancaster, [[California]]: Striving Together Publications, 2016, pp. 189.</ref>

In 2016, Feghaly published a short [[autobiography]] highlighting his Christian experiences in the Muslim world. He recalls how he and his family were repeatedly spared from imminent danger through what he is convinced was divine intervention. Affiliated with the World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions, Feghaly maintains a [[United States]] address in [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]], having previously resided in South Carolina and [[Michigan]] as well<ref name=biog/>

In 2016, Feghaly published a short [[autobiography]] highlighting his Christian experiences in the Muslim world. He recalls how he and his family were repeatedly spared from imminent danger through what he is convinced was divine intervention. Affiliated with the World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions, Feghaly maintains a [[United States]] address in [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]], having previously resided in South Carolina and [[Michigan]] as well<ref name=biog/>