Nik Ripken, Muslim Background Believers, and the West: “Should Christians Pray for Persecution to Stop?” (Part One of Six)
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Nik Ripken, Muslim Background Believers, and the West: “Should Christians Pray for Persecution to Stop?” (Part One of Six)

“The church must stop doing what it’s doing. The church continues to pray for persecution to stop, but the only way God can answer that prayer is to stop people from coming to Christ.” Nik Ripken, a veteran missionary and author of The Insanity of God among other resources, said these words to me after…

Series Preview: “Nik Ripken, Muslim Background Believers, and the West”
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Series Preview: “Nik Ripken, Muslim Background Believers, and the West”

Persecution is normal for many Christians around the world. This is especially true for Muslim background believers living in countries where Islam is the main religion and the system of rules and laws prohibit the practice of Christianity and evangelism. Nik Ripken, a veteran missionary and author of the “The Insanity of God,” wants us…

Join Us in Prayer for the Soninke People
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Join Us in Prayer for the Soninke People

The Soninke have a substantial presence in New York City and Cincinnati. Many of them come from the country of Mali. There might be only one Soninke church in the world (and Islamic militant activity in the area prevents Christians from frequently meeting). Join us in prayer today for the 20,000 that live in North…

Join us in prayer for the Somali Bantu communities of Toronto and Columbus, OH
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Join us in prayer for the Somali Bantu communities of Toronto and Columbus, OH

Somali Bantu have suffered for generations from slavery, abuse, and mistreatment. Today, many are in the United as refugees along with Somalis. These two groups–Somali and Somali Bantu–are distinct. Somali Bantu need people to focus on reaching them specifically. Pray against fear among the Somali Bantu. There are many things to fear. Some are afraid…

Your Next Overseas Mission Trip: LA
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Your Next Overseas Mission Trip: LA

La La Land–home to Hollywood, tourists, and countless aspiring actors/waitresses. It also happens to be home to 17 of the most unreached people groups in North America. Notably, Los Angeles has the largest population of Iranians in North America–numbering well over 100,000 with substantial populations of Tehrani Persian Jews and Persian Muslims.  A Taste of…

Join us in prayer for the Afghan Hindu/Sikh community of New York City:
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Join us in prayer for the Afghan Hindu/Sikh community of New York City:

Many of these people fled harsh persecution. Pray for release from that trauma and freedom to experience Christ who bears even our heaviest burdens.  Pray for God to raise people up who talk about Jesus with this unique population, especially in Hicksville and Flushing. There are no known churches or believers among Afghan Hindu/Sikhs. Pray…

Your Next Overseas Mission Trip: Detroit
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Your Next Overseas Mission Trip: Detroit

Michigan is home to the largest population of Arabs in North America. Detroit is home to seven significantly unreached people groups. Two of them are Indian Hindu groups: Hindi-speaking Indians (concentrated in Troy) and Gujaratis (concentrated in Farmington). Muslims from around the world make up the other five. These seven groups number at least 191,000…

Unreached Within Reach in Montgomery County, Maryland
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Unreached Within Reach in Montgomery County, Maryland

Just outside the nation’s capital beyond the monuments and museums lies another world – Montgomery County, Maryland. Engaging the Nations Through Eating and Shopping Visitors to the Washington D.C. area don’t normally include suburban strip malls in their tourist bucket list, but a visit to one in Montgomery County displays the D.C. metro’s attraction to…

Your Very Brief Guide to Some World Religions
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Your Very Brief Guide to Some World Religions

Many in North America don’t think of religion as their favorite dinner table topic. Yet for many newer arrivals, their religion is the reason they choose the food on their dinner table. For a majority of the world religions, faith is a part of daily discussions. It can dictate what they wear, what they eat,…