After seven years of harassment, graffiti, sabotage and physical assaults by Muslims, a Christian church has left their building in East Jerusalem.

Calvary Baptist Church moved out of their building in the Shofat area of Jerusalem looking for a safer, permanent home.  The Islamists went from threatening the church to threatening the landlord who allowed the church to meet inside his property.

“It was very emotional, because a lot of our people really started to grow there,” Pastor Steven Khoury said. “Most of the growth happened in Shofat because of the persecution.”

The pastor said within 10 days of moving in, a Muslim attempted to stab a church member outside a worship service.

Their playground area was destroyed when Muslims threw molotov cocktails in an attempt to burn down the building.

The church was Pastor Khoury’s second attempt to plant a church in Jerusalem.