This volume is based on a special double issue of Exchange: Contemporary Christianities in Context (volume 49, issues 3–4) that I edited in 2020. The nine original articles have been updated and supplemented with two additional chapters that help reflect the richness of contemporary Middle Eastern Christianity. Mitri Raheb’s foreword brings the volume up to date as of November 2024, one month prior to Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in Syria—an event that opened a new chapter in the lives of Christians there. Christianity in the Contemporary Middle East offers valuable insights on diverse Middle Eastern Christian communities, especially in the years preceding the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, while also documenting key developments in the study of Middle Eastern Christianity through the year 2025. It has been my pleasure to work with the contributing authors, from whose groundbreaking research I have learned so much over the past several years. Numerous peer reviewers made the initial journal issue possible, and I am grateful for the time and expertise they shared during the early months of the pandemic. I am grateful also to Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Mari Shiukashvili, and Hannah Philipp, who assisted with the bibliography and index. My deepest gratitude is due to Martha Frederiks, editor-in-chief of Exchange, who invited me to serve as guest editor and partnered with me in reviewing and preparing the articles for publication. Her support for emerging scholars in the field of World Christianity has already been felt across multiple continents and is now apparent in this book featuring the work of Middle Eastern Christian Studies, another budding field of research connecting scholars in the Middle East, Europe, and North America.