World Missions: Ministering to Muslims
Ministering to Muslims
Vance Massengill, education coordinator for the Mediterranean and Middle East shares:
I recently returned to Croatia after a summer of classes. In the coming months, we are planning on making trips to Israel, Greece, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and hopefully Lebanon.
Although school was really tiring, it certainly recharged my batteries. One of my classes focused on Muslim evangelism and church planting. The Muslim world is growing so fast, even in the United States. During the class, we visited a mosque... in Springfield, Missouri. It was absolutely full of people. Although Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, God is at work and moving in the Muslim world. There is so much to be done, but with the power of the Holy Spirit and a determined church body, the tides can be turned and Muslims can come to understand the love of Christ.
My second class was on using a cultural anthropological approach to leadership training. This fall I will be teaching "cultural anthropology" and "leadership development." We are excited and challenged at the opportunity to work in the Middle East (the front lines of the Great Commission) and help develop and train the leaders, ministers and missionaries of God's future church.
We are excited and challenged at the opportunity to work in the Middle East and help develop and train the leaders, ministers and missionaries. To be able to minister to the Muslim world today and prepare others to do it tomorrow is our heart's greatest desire and we thank God for the blessing we have to do both.
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Vance and Kari Massengill
Education Coordinator
Mediterranean/Middle East
Project Number 0650069
I recently returned to Croatia after a summer of classes. In the coming months, we are planning on making trips to Israel, Greece, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and hopefully Lebanon.
Although school was really tiring, it certainly recharged my batteries. One of my classes focused on Muslim evangelism and church planting. The Muslim world is growing so fast, even in the United States. During the class, we visited a mosque... in Springfield, Missouri. It was absolutely full of people. Although Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, God is at work and moving in the Muslim world. There is so much to be done, but with the power of the Holy Spirit and a determined church body, the tides can be turned and Muslims can come to understand the love of Christ.
My second class was on using a cultural anthropological approach to leadership training. This fall I will be teaching "cultural anthropology" and "leadership development." We are excited and challenged at the opportunity to work in the Middle East (the front lines of the Great Commission) and help develop and train the leaders, ministers and missionaries of God's future church.
We are excited and challenged at the opportunity to work in the Middle East and help develop and train the leaders, ministers and missionaries. To be able to minister to the Muslim world today and prepare others to do it tomorrow is our heart's greatest desire and we thank God for the blessing we have to do both.
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Vance and Kari Massengill
Education Coordinator
Mediterranean/Middle East
Project Number 0650069