Stories from the Field

In most Middle Eastern countries, Christians are a vanishingly small minority. They face constant pressure to convert back to Islam, and this comes hand in hand with a great deal of persecution.

God’s love always extends to those who are often unseen and undervalued by the world, as he chooses what seems foolish to the world in order to make his kingdom known. 

Before she came to know Jesus, Grandma Fon was believed to be disturbed by a malicious ghost.

She was very sick and went to treatment everywhere she could, but she wasn’t recovering. Each treatment or doctor seemed to have no affect on her sickness. That was why neighbors and friends said it must be an angry spirit.

Jesus told his disciples that the harvest is ready but the workers are few, and World Challenge is working to equip more believers for that harvest. 

People who have never heard the gospel and often don’t even know anyone who is a Christian belong to ‘unreached people groups’ and are often called ‘frontier people.’ Many live in countries where the culture or government is hostile to Christianity.

For nearly 3.5 billion people, Christ’s church is absent…

Out of the world’s 14,000 unique ethno-linguistic people groups, 6,700 have never heard the gospel.

Prayer is one of the most powerful tools when we’re starting work to bring the gospel to unreached people, so please join us in lifting up our Egyptian partners and the Nubian people.

Growing up in Sudan, Biaankhi* was a Muslim. Why on earth wouldn’t he be? His homeland was the largest country in the Arab League. 

The Nubian people can be traced back to Moses and even Noah, and yet the vast majority of them today have never heard the gospel.

Most any Sunday school class features the story of Noah and the ark at some point. The familiar words are “Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.’” (Genesis 7:1, ESV).