CAMENA
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
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...
Apr 22, 2021,
Speaking Hope to the World in More Than 300 Languages
Now more than ever, it’s essential to reach people around the world for Jesus in their heart languages....
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
Algeria, and actually the region of North Africa in its entirety, is a challenging place to live as a Christian believer or...
The Prophets is an evangelistic program that shares the stories of the Old Testament prophets and shows how they point toward...
Most unreached peoples of Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa (CAMENA) live in countries or communities where...
Most Farsi speakers live in countries or communities where social, cultural, and political obstacles hinder church growth. This...
In the Arabic-speaking world, a lack of deep knowledge and understanding of the Bible is common among official and underground...
The Oasis of Hope series consists of four programs specifically produced for four distinct audiences in the Middle East. Each...
Although TWR Women of Hope was founded in 1997, we were able to begin broadcasting Women of Hope in Arabic only a few years...
The Persian-speaking world is made up of countries whose religious and traditional beliefs make it extremely difficult to...
A listener in Morocco wrote to TWR: “When I asked Jesus into my life, he brought with him inner peace, understanding, and pure...
On July 1, 2013, TWR launched a program in the Arabic Syrian language called Hope for Syria. More than two years later, the...
We’re currently broadcasting Christian-based programs into this region through our existing transmitter in Central Asia, but...
A significant number of people in Central Asia live in rural areas. Despite the geographic distances, they still seek to be...
In the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, expressing interest in...
In these days of great turmoil and change taking place in Afghanistan, we have the opportunity to be God’s instrument to...
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...
Evan, a Mechanical Engineering student at San Diego State University, will be serving as a short-term engineering missionary in...
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The Kennedys have been with Trans World Radio (TWR) since 2002. They have served in North Africa and in various West African...
The Lamberts are missionaries to the TWR station in Eswatini, Africa (formerly known as Swaziland). From that station, TWR...
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...
Allan and Theresa sensed God's call to serve in foreign missions for several years, but it was during a global missionary...
A Computer Engineering major at Cedarville University, Zoe joins the TWR team in West Africa for an internship this summer.
Originally from Pennsylvania, but an Electrical Engineering student at LeTourneau University in Texas, Austin is joining the...
Jacob, a sophomore at Morehead State University, will join the Africa Technical Services team for an internship in South Africa...
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A Mechanical Engineering Technology major at Northern Michigan University, Anthony will join the TWR family at WATS as an...
Zeke will embark on a journey across the globe from Indiana to use his God-given skills in journalism.
Darin and Linda will be serving on Guam to ensure that our broadcasts to believers and unreached peoples throughout Asia and...
The Brunsons are appointees to TWR’s station on the Pacific island of Guam. Steve will serve as a Transmitter Engineer, working...
I felt God’s call into missions in 2005 when I joined Korean Christian Church in Japan as pastor with one of its churches in...
Cody and his wife, Chelesse, along with their four daughters – Cecilya (14), Chamberlyn (11), Cora (6), and Camrie (4) – were...
Grant, Jenna, Rachel, and Matthew serve with TWR on the island of Guam in the western Pacific. Grant is the...
Do you remember what happened to you on 2 May 2002? Eddie does, because it was the day he joined TWR. Starting out...
Mike and Janelle will be volunteering on Guam to help with a variety of engineering projects.
Mark and Nancy Nelson, after owning their own electrical contracting business in upstate NY and then serving for nine years on...
Since the beginning of 2012, Daryl and Gaynelle Renshaw have been serving through TWR. Following assignments in...
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....
Aid the station director and leadership team with administrative tasks!
Come and help the TWR Africa transmitter site team with their existing property and community development plan/stewardship...
Help execute new strategies to revive the ministry in the Lusophone countries of Mozambique and Angola!
Assist our teams team in the day-to-day operation of various program-related distribution networks!
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!)
Aid our missionaries and local workers with administrative tasks!
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!
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.
Give your IT skills to the gospel!
Take your passion for service into the world of missions!
Use your experience in leadership, ministry and missions to help transform lives across Africa!
Administrate, operate and maintain systems and related infrastructures for the continued broadcast of the good news!
Come and tell the story of TWR's part in God's redemptive work in 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!
Utilize your trade skills at one of our global transmitter sites to help reach the world with the good news of Jesus!
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...
Assist with planning and executing projects at our various transmitter sites and office facilities all over the world!
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!
Communicate the story of God's redemptive work through our ministry in Africa!
Install, operate and maintain all broadcast-related equipment to keep the gospel on the airwaves!
Aid our team in being wise stewards of funds God has entrusted to us!
Plan and launch projects across our global mission!
Come work on our powerful 100,00-watt transmitters in Eswatini that speak to the needs of people within the country and beyond!
Apply and refine your IT skills – all while making an impact for the gospel!
Be a part of what God's doing around the world while using your God-given accounting and finance gifts!
Develop, negotiate and maintain purchasing contracts for products and services, preparing final contract information.
Assist the project manager to ensure the efficiency of LinguaDMS, our in-house database management system.
Develop and maintain TWR Japan’s corporate and ministry website(s); develop online ministry platforms.
Serve under the guidance of engineering staff and assist in maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing electronic and...
Join our team of professionals to design mechanically well-functioning equipment.
Join our ministry teams, conducting research on demographics and worldviews of people groups.
Assist in all phases of planning, development, construction and remodeling projects at facilities.
You might be just the person our team needs to communicate the Gospel using social media, digital platforms, branding, videos...
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.
Assist the Chief Engineer in providing reliable and timely technical services for the station broadcast equipment.
Wondering how you could use your proficiency in Japanese and English, along with web design/editing skills to share the Gospel?
Help missionaries unfold their God-given potential and thrive where God has planted them!
Serve as the link between media listeners interested in the Gospel, and TWR!
Every person
has a story
Stay connected with our team
Email:
twre@twr.org
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12
82002 Bratislava 22
Slovak Republic
twre@twr.org
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12
82002 Bratislava 22
Slovak Republic
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