by Rebekah Schouten | Feb 8, 2025 | Cross-Cultural Ministry, Middle East, Stories of Impact
“What can you say about this brother in Christ! All I can say is I can’t keep up with him!” That’s what Mike*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators had to say about one of his indigenous partners in the Middle East, Cyrus*. “One day we were in a city of 1.5 million; we...
by Rebekah Schouten | Jan 25, 2025 | Middle East, Stories of Impact
Zahra*, a Muslim woman in her 20s living in one of the most conservative cities in the Middle East, ran away from her family because her father had been abusive toward her. “She was at the end of her rope,” said Melissa*, one of e3’s Strategy...
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...
