‘… by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God…’ Revelation 5:9-10 (ESV)
Have you ever wondered how you’ll feel when you’re part of the great multitude before the throne praising God? Just imagine being side by side with brothers and sisters in Christ speaking different languages, from across the nations – all coming together to glorify Christ. What an awesome picture!
Church leaders from across North Africa and the Middle East had a foretaste of this a few months ago. The gathering brought together church leaders from traditional denominations and believers from Muslim backgrounds (BMBs). Sung worship was led by Kuwaitis and Egyptians.
This special event was organised by AWM-Pioneers’ PALM ministry. PALM stands for Preparing Arab-world Leaders for Ministry and was born out of a heart to see Arab Christians discipled and equipped for spiritual leadership within their own context.
As well as having bible-based materials designed and refined by those closest to ministry among Arab people, PALM has facilitators experienced in discipling people from the Arab world who can deliver the trainings either in-person or online. By equipping Arab believers in-country, PALM is able to encourage believers to serve in ministry where they are rather than pursue formal theological training in western nations. Experience shows that many who relocate out of the Arab world for study, never return to serve the Arab Church.
When you support PALM, you help to provide culturally-relevant materials to disciple new believers, as well as in-depth biblical courses for those seeking to lead churches. People of the Arab world are finding Christ and these resources enable biblical discipleship that equips them to face many challenges. It is vital that their faith grows deep roots to withstand the storms.
Hadi grew up in the Arab world but became an atheist. He became interested in the Christian faith, when he was in prison serving a long sentence. Whilst in prison, Hadi became a believer and continued to explore Christian websites and social media on a phone that he had managed to sneak into prison! He met North African believers online, including a PALM trainer. After his release from prison, our trainer continued to mentor Hadi using the Progressing Together course. Last year, he participated in a PALM training event and is preparing to start his own discipleship group. He visited PALM’s most recent training event and shared his testimony, demonstrating that, ‘if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old has gone, the new is here!
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*Names changed to protect identities and library images used for illustrative purposes only.
