The Maadi Community Church is a large, interdenominational international Christian church in Maadi

Maadi

Maadi is a wealthy suburb south of Cairo, Egypt. The town is home to the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Cairo American College , Lycée Français du Caire , Misr American College , Maadi British International School , the Cairo Rugby Club, and the national Egyptian Geological Museum.-...

, an affluent suburb of Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

's capital city Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

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History

The Maadi Community Church has been serving the English-speaking community of Cairo since 1947 when primarily Americans met for a periodic Sunday morning community service. This group developed into the present Maadi Community Church and called Pastor Dr. Otto F.A. Meinardus its first pastor. Meinardus served the church from 1957 to 1967. In June 2000, the Maadi Community Church was formally recognized by Egyptian authorities as an independent international church under the name Evangelical International Church.

The church experienced rapid growth under the leadership of David Glen Petrescue, pastor of the church from 1992 to his death in Cairo on September 5, 2006.

Pastor Petrescue discovered a visionary strategy in Judges

Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...

 15:4-5, enabling his congregation to become Egypt’s largest expatriate church. In that passage, Samson set the tails of foxes on fire, making them run like mad, destroying the fields of the Philistines. Following this parable, Petrescue saw as the church's mission to foster evangelism among expatriate Christians in Egypt. Petrescue helped the church grow from around 150 people in 1992 to a congregation of 1,500 in 2006, representing more than 70 denominations and 50 nations. Maadi Community Church is involved in church planting

Church planting

Church planting is a process that results in a new Christian church being established. It should be distinguished from church development, where a new service, new worship centre or fresh expression is created that is integrated into an already established congregation...

, leadership training, and ministries to Sudanese refugees in Egypt

Sudanese refugees in Egypt

There are tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Egypt, most of them seeking refuge from ongoing military conflicts in their home country of Sudan. Their official status as refugees is highly disputed, and they have been subject to racial discrimination and police violence...

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Senior Pastor Steve Flora has been serving the church since May 2008.