by Rebekah Schouten | May 25, 2024 | Middle East, Stories of Impact
Last month, Melanie*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators in the Middle East, went out to share the Gospel in her area with two of her local partners. They met two young women; one was very friendly and excited to talk, while the other hung back and was more shy and...
by Rebekah Schouten | May 11, 2024 | Medical, Middle East, Refugees, Stories of Impact
Did you know you can use soapmaking to share the Gospel? Hashem*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators in Europe, uses this tactic to share his faith with refugees there. He uses the soapmaking process as a metaphor for living life apart from Christ and how, when we...
by Rebekah Schouten | Feb 24, 2024 | Middle East, Stories of Impact
Mark*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators in the Middle East, recently encountered a Muslim woman named Samhira*. She had been struggling with depression and self-harm. Samhira had heard stories about Jesus recently, but nothing came of it. Then one night she was in...
by Rebekah Schouten | Nov 11, 2023 | Church Planting, Middle East, Persecution, Stories of Impact, The Unreached
Three years ago, one of our Strategy Coordinators, James*, led a Muslim man named Omar* to faith in the Middle East. Omar was from an unengaged unreached people group, which is a group with a shared language and culture that has no reproducing local church or person...
by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 27, 2023 | Africa, Medical, Middle East, Stories of Impact
On a recent mission trip to the Middle East, e3’s Director of Short-Term Trips and her team offered spiritual counseling to people who came as patients to a medical clinic. “We share the Gospel with everyone, including Muslims and those who call themselves...
by Rebekah Schouten | Aug 14, 2023 | Church Planting, Middle East, Missional Living, Stories of Impact
Less than 2% of North American evangelical believers actively share their faith, and only 1% will ever personally lead someone to faith in Christ, according to recent surveys. That means some believers in the U.S., even if they have known the Lord for decades, will...
