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Central Asia | Middle East | North Africa
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Central Asia
Stretching from the eastern coastline of the Caspian Sea to the mountains of western China, Central Asia is host to some of the least-reached corners in the world. Using media, TWR aims to overcome barriers of isolation and persecution to reach communities and individuals across this region with the good news.
Middle East
In 1961, TWR began sharing the gospel with people in the Middle East in their heart languages via radio programs. Today, in addition to radio, we’re leveraging the latest tools and technology in our ministry to individuals across the region affected by war, trauma and displacement, comforting them with the peace and hope that only Christ brings.
North Africa
With Christians making up less than 1% of the regional population, North Africa consistently ranks among the toughest places to follow Jesus. Yet, many are coming to Christ, and we are providing the encouragement and guidance they need to bear lasting fruit.
Updates from CAMENA
Apr 14, 2025,
Four Ways to Pray for a Minority People Group in Pakistan
Joshua Project considers this minority people group in Pakistan 100% Muslim, but we are reaching them with...
Apr 1, 2025,
Plowing Tough Spiritual Soil in Pakistan
TWR MOTION is using their animated series, Share the Story, to minister to an unreached people group in...
Mar 19, 2025,
Five Ways You Can Pray for Farsi Speakers
As disillusionment towards Islam is on the rise amongst Farsi speakers, how can we be praying for them to...
Mar 3, 2025,
The Farsi Road to Faith Through Innovative Media
Of the 42.8 million Farsi speakers in Iran, only 1.6% know about Jesus. And with disillusionment towards...
Feb 24, 2025,
The Five Pillars of Islam
How can we share our Christian faith with those who come from a Muslim background? It starts with...
Dec 19, 2024,
Joining the Lord’s Work in Israel
TWR hasn’t had a direct ministry to Israel in recent years, but the tides of ministry are shifting and...
Dec 16, 2024,
In an Uncertain Time, TWR Still Brings Hope for Syria
After Syrian rebels claimed control of the capitol city of Damascus on December 8, the nation's people are...
Oct 2, 2024,
CAMENA Newsletter – October 2024
By God's grace, the Farsi media ministry has developed in amazing ways since 2022. Despite the many...
Jun 4, 2024,
CAMENA Newsletter - Spring 2024
In Central Asia, God graciously empowers TWR teams to spread the message of God's love and hope found in...
Feb 12, 2024,
Five Ways to Pray for the Hazara People
Of the world’s 4.4 million Hazara people, fewer than 1 in 3,000 know that Jesus came to earth for them. At...
Feb 1, 2024,
Reach the Last: Unparalleled Hazara boldness amid adversity
The Hazara people knew persecution long before the Taliban gained control of their native Afghanistan in...
Jan 23, 2024,
From Listeners to Leaders: The Impact of Kurdish Radio Programs
Radio plays a crucial role in shaping spiritual narratives for the Kurds, recognized as the world's largest...
Dec 4, 2023,
CAMENA Newsletter - December 2023
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa on video animations for Deaf...
Sep 26, 2023,
Radio Is a Christian Witness in Remote Sudan
For many years, TWR has been bringing hope to the Sudanese people through media. In the old days, a...
Sep 7, 2023,
CAMENA Newsletter - September 2023
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa on how we use digital media in...
Mar 9, 2023,
CAMENA Newsletter - March 2023
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — hear how online radio has come to...
Feb 24, 2023,
Syria Needs Hope
In a nation fragmented by civil war, the recent earthquakes unearthed fresh memories of trauma. Since the...
Dec 9, 2022,
CAMENA Newsletter - December 2022
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — hear how hope is overcoming...
Jun 15, 2022,
CAMENA Newsletter - June 2022
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — hear how online radio has come to...
Mar 24, 2022,
CAMENA Newsletter - March 2022
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — hear how online radio has come to...
Feb 22, 2022,
TWR Reaches Countries Where Persecution Is High
A persecution watchdog group’s annual list of the most dangerous places to practice Christianity contained...
Feb 21, 2022,
TWR Adds Stories for Children To Reach Young Listeners
More than 2 billion of the earth’s population are 14 and younger, according to the 2021 CIA World Factbook....
Jan 22, 2022,
Responding to Growing Spiritual Hunger in Iran
The fascinating complexity of the history and associated cultures and religions of Iran, as well as the...
Sep 22, 2021,
Program Plans for Kurds, North Africa Are Growing
The new work on The Way of Righteousness is part of the flourishing of production underway for TWR...
May 21, 2021,
Missionary With Early Ties to TWR Now With Jesus
The Franco regime ruled Spain in 1952, when Helmut Gaertner was sent there to serve as a missionary. The...
May 20, 2021,
Partners or Staff? TWR Workers Are Both
Service with TWR looks a lot more like partnership than ordinary employment. Support-raising missionaries,...
May 20, 2021,
TWR Builds This Gospel Partnership on a ROCK
The Way of Righteousness, now available in more than 36 languages, was originally developed by Bramsen as a...
Mar 16, 2021,
The Lord of Joy: A Story of Persecution in Algeria
Born and raised in a non-Christian household, Illi (a pseudonym) accepted Jesus as her Savior without her...
Mar 13, 2021,
Reaching Through the Ruins of War
Talib (a peudonym) grew up in Iraq, where his family taught him the Quran and he went to the mosque nearly...
Mar 12, 2021,
Hope Knows No Barriers Amidst the Pandemic Woes
“When the global COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020 I got more messages from Italy!” Lorraine...
Mar 11, 2021,
Hope Spoken in the Language of the Heart
When her husband abandoned her to the perils of poverty, Nahal (a pseudonym) was forced to take her...
Mar 9, 2021,
From a White Lie to a Clean Heart
When Farhad (a pseudonym) consulted a lawyer to navigate the legalities of claiming refugee status from...
Mar 6, 2021,
Fishing in the Desert
The Aral Sea is a desert in more than one sense. Not only is it mostly dry soil and sand covering the...
Mar 4, 2021,
The Power to Stand Firm: A Story from Uzbekistan
Conditions for Christians in Uzbekistan have improved somewhat, but life can still be very challenging. On...
Mar 2, 2021,
The God Who Talks to Women
Asal (a pseudonym) lives in the Middle East with her husband, in a nation where the Christian church...
Feb 11, 2021,
Through Radio, TWR Ministers to Persecuted Listeners
The words of Makhset, a Central Asian pastor who was forced out of his homeland, is one of many reasons TWR...
Jan 22, 2021,
Violence Against Christians in Africa is Increasing
“We are calling for prayer for TWR Women of Hope in Central Africa. The security situation is serious as we...
Dec 8, 2020,
TWR Begins Broadcasts of Hope for Distressed Sudan
TWR has launched a radio series aimed at bringing the hope and peace of Jesus Christ to Sudan, a nation...
Jun 5, 2020,
Speaking Hope via Media to a Lockdown World
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world, governments clamped down with pervasive restrictions,...
May 27, 2020,
Called to Serve: Peter Fuss, Senior Systems Administrator
Peter and his wife Raquel live in Cyprus where Peter serves as senior IT system administrator for the...
May 15, 2020,
Finding Hope as War Drums Pound
Where does one find hope amid unending civil war, where hundreds of thousands have died and millions have...
Apr 12, 2020,
The Dawn Will Come: Easter in the Days of Coronavirus
Pondering the events of Holy Week is timely, of course, with Easter season upon us. Perhaps you, too, are...
Mar 23, 2020,
Turning Fear Into Hope: 10 Ways You Can Respond to COVID-19
With the onset of the coronavirus, it can be difficult to know how to respond as Christians, but there are...
Jan 12, 2020,
Remembering Betty Jane Freed, Wife of TWR’s Founder
Betty Jane Freed, a North Carolina native who played an essential supporting role in the pioneering career...
Jan 1, 2020,
Thank You: 2019 Year-in-Review
As TWR moves into a new decade, may we take a moment and reflect on where we have been and what lies ahead?...
Jul 30, 2019,
Lasting Fruit - A Missionary in Africa for Africa
During the years of partnership between TWR and ERF, the truly remarkable journey of Reverend Stephen...
Join the Ministry in CAMENA
Although TWR Women of Hope was founded in 1997, we were able to begin broadcasting Women of Hope in Arabic only a few years...
Gifts to Hope for the Middle East keep a wide variety of Arabic programs on the air by radio, Arabic Internet Radio, and...
Life in Syria is challenging with shortages of food and basic services, and an entire generation has grown up with constant...
In these days of great turmoil and change taking place in Afghanistan, we have the opportunity to be God’s instrument to...
TWR’s ministry to the Persian-speaking world (PSW) includes programming in the Farsi, Dari, and Tajiki languages. Programs are...
Israel is a nation of rich ethnic and religious diversity with Jews, Arabs, and other groups making up the cultural mosaic. In...
The unreached peoples of Central Asia live in countries or communities where social, cultural, and political obstacles hinder...
Sara is excited about her new step and how God will lead her in this digital ministry to reach women in the Middle East.
Anthony and Karen serve in our Africa Region office, in Kempton Park, South Africa. They joined TWR on December 1st, 2001, and...
The Burnetts are a South African family and have been with TWR since 1982, serving in the Africa region. They spent 12 years in...
Greg was called to missions at a young age and responded by joining TWR in 1995 after completing an electronics technician...
The Dunlops, from High River, Alberta, have a heart for missions and are excited to continue to serve with TWR. Nathan has a...
The Kennedys have been with Trans World Radio (TWR) since 2002. They have served in North Africa and in various West African...
The Schieles have been with TWR since 1992, beginning in the Swaziland office. Having spent a few years in the Cary, N.C....
Steve joined TWR Swaziland in May 1977 as an electrical engineer. In 1978 he met Lorraine. They returned together to...
David and Linda Bijleveld live and work in Eswatini, serving with TWR to help reach the people of Africa.
Tyler and Beverly are excited to partner with TWR in service at the Eswatini transmitting station.
Zavier is following the Lord's leading and using his skills in mechanical engineering to serve the people of West Africa.
Grace will be using her engineering skills this summer to help reach the people of West Africa for Christ.
Zeke will be using his skills in electrical engineering to help reach the people of West Africa for Christ.
Will is using his computer skills to help share the gospel, joining our Broadcast Operations team in West Africa this summer.
With over 40 years of radio ministry, Isac uses his gifts in the studio to minister to others in his native language, Umbundu,...
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Lazare first came to TWR when he helped with the construction of our West Africa Transmitter Site (WATS), now he serves as...
Darin and Linda will be serving on Guam to ensure that our broadcasts to believers and unreached peoples throughout Asia and...
The Brunsons are serving at TWR’s station on the Pacific island of Guam. Steve serves as the station's Chief Engineer, working...
Grant, Jenna, Rachel, and Matthew serve with TWR on the island of Guam in the western Pacific. Grant is the...
Since the beginning of 2012, Daryl and Gaynelle Renshaw have been serving through TWR. Following assignments in Singapore,...
At a mission’s conference in their local church, the Lord called Mike and Eli (Elizabeth) to get more involved in missions....
Billy was led to join TWR in 2002 when the 'South East Asia' region needed a project coordinator and audio technician for the...
Following God’s call as a child into fulltime Christian work, Carol arrived on Bonaire in August 1991 to serve with TWR in the...
In 2004 Larry and Barbara were assigned to TWR Southeast Asia and began serving as missionaries based out of Singapore....
Now, faced with the end of commercial working life but never really wanting to “retire,” TWR presents the next challenge for...
Brenic is taking a step in faith and using his engineering skills to help bring the gospel to people all across Asia.
Using her skills in education, Lydia will be joining our team at TWR Korea to help foster English-speaking audiences.
Nate is serving as the interim station director of KTWR and is seeking to build a partnership team for his ongoing ministry...
Aid our team in being wise stewards of funds God has entrusted to us!
Has God specifically gifted you in administration? Join our ministry team in South Africa to put your God-given skills to work...
Come and help the TWR Africa transmitter site team with their existing property and community development plan/stewardship...
Assist the audience relations department with research and streamlining of interactions with listeners and followers.
Come help maintain our equipment to ensure the continued production of high quality FM radio programs!
Play an active role in our commitment to being good stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us!
Put your engineering skills to work at TWR's transmitter site, broadcasting to millions every day!
Speak hope on air to millions (literally!)
Come and tell the story of TWR's part in God's global redemptive work!
Facilitate our radio broadcasts to the world through enabling machinery to function at its best!
Contribute your engineering skills to bringing the good news to millions!
Use your passion for assisting technical equipment work to see God’s Word spread throughout the earth!
Come work at one of our transmitter sites, helping keep equipment and transmission-related software in good shape!
Use your skills in finance/accounting to reach the world for Christ!
Strengthen and grow TWR’s presence in Africa through FM radio.
Take your passion for service into the world of missions!
Use your experience in leadership, ministry and missions to help transform lives across Africa!
Use your administrative, IT and networking gifts to fill a critical role in our ministry!
Oversee maintenance, upgrades, renovations and construction of TWR-owned buildings!
Put your marketing skills towards the gospel as you lead a group of talented communicators for TWR Africa.
Carry out maintenance at our transmitter site in West Africa to enable the continued airing of the good news!
Assist our engineering teams around the world with mechanical and maintenance projects!
Assist our engineering team in southern Africa to bring the gospel to people across the region!
Use your skills in engineering and mechanical maintenance to share Jesus with the world!
Keep our staff informed on the latest media best practices!
Use your gifts in strategic planning and ministry expansion in direct furtherance of the Kingdom of God alongside our national...
Aid the station director and leadership team with administrative tasks!
Assist the Chief Engineer in providing reliable and timely technical services for the station broadcast equipment.
Come and tell the story of TWR's part in God's redemptive work in Africa!
Assist with planning and executing projects at our various transmitter sites and office facilities all over the world!
Install, operate and maintain all broadcast-related equipment to keep the gospel on the airwaves!
Join our regional office for West and Central Africa as they work to launch a new FM station.
Assess audience needs, network and evaluate appropriate content for our media outlets in Africa!
Plan and launch projects across our global mission!
Lead the technical activities to support ministry operations, providing oversight and hands on support to technical operations...
Utilize your trade skills at one of our global transmitter sites to help reach the world with the good news of Jesus!
Develop and maintain TWR Japan’s corporate and ministry website(s); develop online ministry platforms.
Provide administrative support and work with multiple projects to ensure efficient operation of the office.
Lead IT support services/service desk functions in the Singapore office and Asia region.
Serve as the link between media listeners interested in the Gospel, and TWR!
Give your spare weekdays to the Great Commission to serve the people of Australia!
If you are interested in putting your administrative and relational skills to use, join our incredible team in Singapore!
If you love helping others learn English, and you have a desire to serve overseas, this is the internship for you!
Produce Gospel-focused content to share Christ with the people of China so that lasting fruit is produced.
Coordinate, drive, and oversee operations activities that enable TWR to fulfill its calling & mission and meet commitments made...
Make a meaningful impact in the ministry and lives of others in Asia and beyond.
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