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Manara Ministries
Over 100,000 Egyptian Christians have fled Egypt since the so-called Arab Spring revolutions broke out this year. Churches have been burned and believers have been attacked and killed. Persecuted throughout the Middle East, Christians are leaving places like Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine in droves, often ending up in refugee camps in Jordan. Manara Ministries is actively involved in helping such people. Right now a 20 foot long container full of rice, pasta, canned food and clothing worth over $60,000 is ready for shipment to Aqaba, Jordan, in time for Christmas. These are believers pushed out of their homeland due to their faith in Christ. $6000 is needed to cover the shipping costs. In Bangladesh and Pakistan, countries where believers are often targets of terrible oppression, native missionaries are carrying out successful evangelical campaigns. 156 new believers recently came to Christ in such meetings and were baptized, shown right. These new believers long for their own Bible and songbook so they can know the Lord more deeply. $10 covers the cost of a Bible and Songbook. Donate here. |
Amani Mostafa has been speaking into the lives of Muslim women through a satellite TV show for over two years. Coming out of Islam herself, Amani is intimately acquainted with the issues Muslim women face and has the courage to tackle them head on with a team of other brave women in her bi-weekly TV show "The Muslim Woman." The show is then rebroadcast many times with fantastic response. The goal is to make the show weekly. HBI is seeking 50 donors who will commit to $100 a month and 50 who will commit to $50 a month over the next year to help cover the costs. You can support Amani's ministry here.
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Iraq is a country of 28 million people, 65% of which have no access to the Word of God and have not heard the gospel clearly. Amidst the turmoil, uncertainty, and fear, people are clinging to anything that provides hope and peace. The Word of God being the most powerful instrument in our hands today, we believe in providing it to those in the Middle East so that we begin to witness change. Therefore it is our desire that from now until the end of the month, we present 75 Iraqi churches with resource libraries containing Bibles, commentaries and Christian books. Read more.
This report recently was sent to our office from our ministry partners in the Middle East. More than 300 families have fled from the Dora District in Baghdad following the imposition of Sharia law by Islamic militants in August. The gunmen are especially targeting Christian families who are forced to convert to Islam or pay huge taxes...
Hope for a Middle East in CrisisDaily news reports remind us that the Middle East has become a place of perpetual crises. As Christian believers, it is important that we look beyond the headlines to find out how these dramatic events are affecting Christians living in the cradle of our faith. In such momentous times, Hope Builders International partners with Christian ministries in the region to socially and spiritually uplift our fellow believers in the Middle East...
Bibles for SyriaThere is a shortage of Bibles in Syria. The difficulties between Syria and Lebanon have made Bibles less accessible in Syria. Syria has a growing church and a much higher percentage of Christians than many of the surrounding Arab countries except Lebanon. It also has a growing influx of refugees from Iraq...
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