Join us as we go the distance, crisscrossing the country to see an increase of believers among NAME refugees in Europe, growing in faith and sharing Christ wherever they find themselves.
In 2015, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, recorded the largest number of refugees across Europe since World War II, forever changing the face of this continent. Millions fled war, violence, and hunger, bearing immense trauma and desperately seeking refuge in new, unfamiliar countries.
As believers, we have an unprecedented opportunity to share the love and salvation of Jesus Christ. Many refugees come from communities with little Christian witness. Europe provides the first opportunity most have to hear the message of hope freely. We invite you to join us in lovingly, joyfully, and boldly proclaiming the love of Christ to people in desperate need of hope. Our team seeks to meet refugees’ emotional, physical, and spiritual needs as more people arrive each year. We do this in community, sharing the good news of Christ as we live life side by side, discipling new believers, bringing them together into healthy new church groups, and equipping leaders to shepherd them well.
The harvest field stretches out far across our country! Most refugees move many times and often settle in towns far away from anyone they know. The only solution is to work hand in hand to create an extended community of believers across countries and continents.
Our team strives to see international believers come alongside us, investing in the lives of refugees so the reach of the gospel may multiply. Join us! Your gift will help us be present among the lost, engaging people right where they are, as Christ does. Your generosity enables us to share with those waiting to hear and worship with believers who find themselves alone in new cities. We desire to see Christ’s name known among refugees living in Europe, which will only happen when we partner together!
Gifts toward specific efforts show us what you are excited about. Occasionally, we may redeploy gifts as we follow God's leading with urgent opportunities or changing international contexts. Any gifts received beyond the goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
Weekly Outreach Supplies
One way we meet new families and spend time with those we know well is through outreach activities around the community and at different refugee camps. Your gift will purchase craft supplies, games, sports equipment, and other supplies for these weekly activities and provide for specialty community events at Easter, Christmas, and summer holidays.
Expanding the Gospel's Reach
Our desire is that those seeking the Truth will not be hindered in finding it. We strive to bring the gospel to everyone, wherever they may be, so we find ourselves constantly on the go every day, from the edge of one town to another! Your gift will provide funds for local transportation and regional travel for our team for the sake of evangelism, discipleship, and bringing believers together to w
Cross-Country Gospel Expansion
Thousands of refugees live in towns and cities spread throughout this country. Even in areas with evangelical churches, language, culture, and other barriers arise that result in few opportunities for the refugees to hear the good news. Your gift will fund cross-country travel for evangelistic events, discipleship, and training for new believers, and also help us develop and maintain partnerships
Bibles and Discipleship Materials
For both new and mature believers, there is no more precious gift than access to the Scripture in a way one can truly understand! The people we meet with have significant variety of language and literacy levels, and your gift will help purchase both print resources – Bibles and discipleship materials – and digital media tools for these believers to grow in their faith and understanding of Scriptur
'Advancing the Gospel Task' Training Resources
Every Christian is called to share the gospel to those around them! We wish to see many believers here in Europe catch the vision of sharing Christ’s love with North African and Middle Eastern refugees. Your gift provides training materials on topics such as culture, language, and trauma healing resources, for believers and churches that desire to partner with our team to make Christ's name known
The Khaled* family is just one of over 300 Syrian families that your generosity has touched over the past decade, as together, we shared Christ’s love with those in need.
Your sacrificial gifts have helped provide:
exercise, Taekwondo, and English classesEach of these opened doors to share the gospel with the lost, pray with the hurting, and disciple local believers who partnered with us.
The community center enabled our team to lead a number of people to Christ, plant many gospel seeds, and meet innumerable needs.
Many Syrians you helped us minister to said they felt peace when they came to the community center or when we visited their homes. They also thanked us for not forgetting them, as other groups often did.
Thank you for being an essential “partner in the gospel” by giving and praying for this ministry, our team, and the Syrians God calls us to serve (Philippians 1:5).
Please join us in prayer:
Praise the Lord for using the community center to impact people’s lives.We praise God for the ways He used our partnership to advance His kingdom.
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The Al Baghadadi* family had heard parts of the gospel along the route from their homeland through several countries to a refugee camp where we serve.
Because of your generosity to this ministry, we ministered to the family, sharing Christ’s love and explaining the message of salvation.
Both husband and wife accepted Jesus! Now, they are part of a weekly Bible study in their heart language, where they are growing in Christ, learning to relate to one another as believers, and building relationships with other Christians.
This Bible study continues growing as refugees from nearby camps express interest in the gospel.
Your giving enables our team to visit refugee camps and areas where refugees live daily, so that we can share the good news and study Scripture together in person.
Another aspect of our ministry here is meeting refugees’ physical needs. When we drive someone to the hospital or translate in an emergency, it opens the door for gospel conversations and helps people see God’s great love for them.
Whether providing materials for a Bible study, after-school program, trauma healing group, or English class, your sacrificial gifts help refugees hear the gospel.
Please continue joining us in prayer:
Thank you for joining us in the task the Lord has given us, to make His name known among North African and Middle Eastern refugees in Europe.
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The goal represents the cost of our team’s ministry activities for this calendar year. The Cooperative
Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO) fully fund our living expenses. The goal amount resets
every January 1st. All gifts completed through this form are directed to our team’s ministry strategy.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made possible through
the Cooperative Program.
Giving to one of our specific team efforts allows us to know what you are excited to see God complete within
our ministry. Occasionally, we may need to redeploy gifts within our team strategy as urgent opportunities
arise, as we do our best to follow God's leading, or adjust to changing international contexts. Any gifts
received beyond the posted goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made
possible through the Cooperative Program.
Our living expenses are fully provided by generous churches and individuals participating in the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO). These gifts enable us to remain on mission without interruption. Your support is a partnership with these churches, providing for us and our colleagues through LMCO. Our team receives recognition when partners give below to make our presence here possible.
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is a registered trademark of WMU.
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