Turkish Community Center Outreach

Mert* had never heard the gospel. This precious senior adult had never heard of the hope, love, and salvation Jesus offers.

But there’s another chapter to Mert’s story.

Thanks to your generosity, we launched a series of electronic ads that offer prayer, a Bible, and the opportunity to meet with a believer face-to-face.

Like many others, Mert reached out via the internet. A believer in his area meets with him regularly, introducing him to the hope Jesus offers.

Many gospel seeds have been planted in Mert’s life and the lives of others, and we trust God to bring the growth (I Corinthians 3:6).

In addition to the new digital engagement initiative, we continue to share the gospel face-to-face and focus on discipling believers. What began as a simple weekday Bible study has grown into a weekly Sunday gathering.

Your sacrificial gifts offer good news to the lost, disciple growing believers, and start new churches. Thank you for your compassion for the Central Asian diaspora.

Please join us in prayer:

• Pray for Mert to accept Jesus as his personal Savior and Lord.
• Ask God to provide the right space to serve as a hub for outreach and training.
• Pray for open hearts to the gospel and for many Central Asians to respond to Jesus.
• Ask the Lord of the harvest to raise up workers willing to share the gospel boldly (Matthew 9:37-38).
• Pray for discipleship and spiritual growth among believers here.

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and gifts; they are a constant blessing. Your faithfulness encourages us when we grow weary, and we are grateful for you!

*Name changed

Thank you so much for your generosity to this ministry and the Turkish people God calls us to reach with the gospel. Your prayers and sacrificial giving provide an identifiable space for gathering in an area of the city heavily populated with Turkish people so our team and its church partner can engage the community with the gospel in unique ways.

Opportunities Abound. We look forward to establishing a Community Outreach Center, a space to house our nonprofit focused on the Turkish community, host and launch community evangelistic outreach projects and prayer events, and provide space to gather small groups for meetings, trainings, and Bible studies. This center will also give us space to operate online and social media efforts and store printed material. We pray the Outreach Center will be the beginning of what will one day become a more expansive Community Center with the capability of hosting larger numbers of people and events. We can reach this goal as we partner together with you.

In June, we began searching for a rental property to meet our needs, fit our budget, and strategically poise us to engage the Turkish community. However, rising rental prices caused us to adjust expectations and raise our budget. We need $35,000 to cover the cost of one year’s rent, ready the property for use, and fund ministry needs for the first year.

Please join us in prayer:

• Please pray the Turkish diaspora in Europe will hear the gospel and respond in faith.
• Pray we can find a rental space that fits our needs and budget and puts us next to or in a Turkish neighborhood.
• Pray the Lord provides the remainder of our funding as we step out in faith and look for a place to rent. Ask that we will find favor and “renters of peace” as many stand opposed to religious entities and refuse to rent property for religious purposes.
• Ask the Lord to bring our team a new family to work directly with the Outreach Center.

Thank you for your generosity and prayers. Your sacrificial gifts and intercession are truly transforming lives as we partner together to solve the world’s greatest problem, lostness.