Learn about the founding of an Arab American Christian church in Indianapolis. Using this video, teaching tips, and discussion questions, students discover why it was important to the first Arabic-speaking immigrants to establish religious congregations and the role these congregations played in their cultural and social lives.

The video features Arab Americans Barbara Fisher, Ken George, Thelma Hoover, and Diana Najjar in conversation with author and historian Edward Curtis about the origins of the church in the 1920s. It includes discussion of the role of grocers in helping to build the church and the discrimination they sometimes faced.