Recent News and Prayer Request
Prayer Request | July 31
Please pray for:For our ministry's strategies to spread God's kingdom in Middle East.For wisdom to fill our ministry leaders as they serve with love and faith..For the 7 women in the Candles program, for their confidence and faith.For trainings in all over the country to be fruitful.For strength, guidance, and blessings for our MBBs disciples.
Update | July 30
In an MBBs family, Mariam, an 18-year-old young girl, actively participates as a disciple, joining home visits with some of our leaders in a safe environment where she feels the Holy Spirit guiding her. Known for her heartfelt prayers, Mariam inspires those who listen and bravely shares the message of Christ, especially reaching out to muslims. Mariam believes that inviting Muslims to Christ should be with friendliness, respect, and understanding, offering support and love. She said: "Despite facing rejection, being expelled from some homes, losing friends, and experiencing isolation from neighbors, we're determined to keep serving the Lord. We'll put all our effort into it and trust in God for the results." God worked through Mariam to connect with a woman. Though the woman had questions, her heart was open, Mariam patiently answered her questions, and together they prayed for God to reveal the truth.
Update | July 15
Mohammed used to be a devout Muslim who strongly refused to even consider Jesus, despite our repeated attempts to share the gospel with him. His mother, a faithful believer, prayed for him earnestly, yet his heart remained closed. Mohammed desired to marry a Muslim woman, but his mother objected. Instead, she encouraged him to pray sincerely to the true God in his room. Because the timing of the Lord is always perfect, he has the power to touch hearts, this marked the beginning of a change for Mohammed. He married the woman he loved who became a believer, and through his wife, he began to learn about the gospel. When a friend shared the 3-circles with him at work, Mohammed decided to go home for the day to discuss it with his mother. Their conversation lasted until dawn, touching on topics of faith, tolerance, and the love of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, Mohammed decided to surrender his life to Jesus and transition from darkness to light. Now Muhaamed and his wife are building a new identity as a Christian family.
Update | July 15
Yar, a MBB young lady, shared thegospel with Mun, a Muslim woman who is on the verge of embracing the Christian faith but is struggling with trauma. Yar provided a safe space for Mun to express her feelings and offered comfort. Yara built a positive relationship with Muna, showing understanding and empathy without judgment. Yar extended her support by sharing Bible stories and offering prayers for peace and light in Mun's life.
Update | July 1
Was, who is a MBB man, attends church meetings, he spent over two years searching for the truth. He found it when Jesus appeared to him in a dream and baptized him, showing boundless mercy and love. Since then, he has experienced amazing growth with Christ, actively bringing souls to the Lord and sacrificing his time, effort, and money to serve without concern for obstacles. He uses his talent for teaching math throughout the year for 4 MBBs teenagers. He said “I want to serve in God’s kingdom in every way possible whatever it takes”.
Update | July 1
Training CenterUnder the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and because of the needs, we re-activated the training center. Our vision is to train believers to be more active and fruitful in the field by providing the biblical vision and cast the vision. The goal is empowering believers to become active disciples to serve the kingdom of God.We organized a 4-field training sessions for a group of 7 MBBs men and church’s ladies, after the training sessions, the team began the follow-up process by hosting workshops to reinforce the vision and address some questions that might be arise during sharing the gospel.
Update | June 1
Strategical renewalRelying on God and the guidance of the holy spirit in every step we take through strategic renewal and improve our strategies and programs. We re-activated the training center and created a program for MBB’s women to develop disciples and leaders to work in the field for God’s kingdom and share the gospel with love and tolerance. This year, strategies were renewed in the ministry to bring a positive shift towards making the programs more efficient and effective.
Update | Mar 12
We have begun investing with our top eight women leaders among MBBs. This is the "candles program" that WBC is helping us support. The ladies are very excited, and are looking forward to learning how to encourage their new believers even more as their groups grow, and multiply reaching new Muslims for Jesus. Also, Osama has also done 2 new H4F trainings and scheduled 4 more coming months... He is very excited with the doors. God is opening as he trains Arab churches to reach Muslims with a message of Christ.
Prayer Request | Jan 1
Pray for open doors and opportunities to share the gospel with new people in new areas.
Update | Jan 1
Our desert ministry to young ladies has been a season of deeper discipleship and mentoring each girl individually and collectively. We worked on the critical points each girl was experiencing that made spiritual growth difficult. Some needed a doctor visit for health issues, counseling support for trauma, and spiritual encouragement by a new deeper way of Bible study. We ended this year with happier, healthier and stronger girls who bloom for Christ.
Praise Update | Jan 1
Praise the Lord! We reached around 2000 kids and more than 500 adults through 20 Christmas programs in 11 different cities in the Middle East. We bought and distributed gifts for the kids that contained Jesus’ story, socks, candies, and toys. Challenges were there and the real enemy was trying to stop us, but Jesus was with us. Every program ended with stories of kids and adults who received Jesus or were touched by the program. Please pray for all the kids and adults that received Jesus and for all seeds that were planted in the hearts.
Update | Jan 1
A woman named F, whose life was full of difficulties and challenges, discovered her true strength and happiness through putting her faith in Christ. She embraced the Bible and it has become her inspiration and strength. However, F has suffered persecution and violence from her family members, yet she still shares the happiness and healing she found in Jesus with people she meets.
Update | Jan 1
M visited with a mother of two daughters who walked to the free clinic because she couldn't afford transportation. M shared the gospel, and she gave her life to Jesus. She wants to know more about Jesus so she can witness about the salvation He gave.
Prayer Request | Dec 1
Please pray for our ministry leaders and volunteers as they travel and visit those the Lord is leading them to, and share the good news of the gospel with them. Pray that we would find a good soil.
About Abu John & Umm John
Abu John & Umm John, along with their small children, live and work in the Levant. The Levant region is comprised of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, and Jordan. God has placed them in the middle of a special work that has a strong focus on seeing Syrians come to faith in Jesus and start new groups of believers among them.
God has given them much fruit and a growing number of laborers out of the harvest field in the Middle East over the last few years. They use the same ministry tools that we are learning to use at WBC (3-Circles, 3-Thirds Process, and Heart and 4 Fields) and we are blessed and excited to join them in this partnership and ministry. We look forward to many more years celebrating what God does through their team in the Middle East.
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