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Although the early church began in the Middle East, the future of Christianity in the birthplace of Jesus is uncertain. Decades of conflict, discrimination, communal pressure and religious restrictions have driven many believers underground, but TWR is meeting them there and guiding spiritually hungry people to the word of truth.
Updates from the Middle East
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...
Jul 29, 2024,
TWR Arabic Ministry Launches Unique Campaign During 2024 Paris Games
We are thrilled to share exciting news about our upcoming campaign coinciding with the 2024 Olympics in...
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 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 10, 2023,
Desperate Conditions Afflicting Syria
Syrians feel alone and isolated from the world. Due to the ongoing civil war, they already lacked security...
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...
Feb 15, 2023,
‘We need God’s help’
It’s been over a week now since the terrible Türkiye-Syria earthquakes took place. Please join with us in...
Feb 13, 2023,
'I will stay'
We are closely following the disaster in Türkiye and Syria through our team and ministry friends who serve...
Feb 6, 2023,
Turkish Christian media group: ‘Please pray for us’
The twin earthquakes that have killed thousands of people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Türkiye...
Dec 9, 2022,
CAMENA Newsletter - December 2022
The latest updates from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — hear how hope is overcoming...
Sep 8, 2022,
Assignment Europe: Every Language
The picture of the body as a redeemed people from every tribe and language and people and nation...
Jul 13, 2022,
It Was Hard to Get Mad at This Leader
When TWR veteran missionary Dick Olson passed away in Cary, North Carolina, on July 2, 2022, we turned to...
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....
Feb 17, 2022,
New Distribution Platform Spreads Hope to the Arab World
TWR and SAT-7 have combined strengths to make the hope found in Jesus more readily available in the...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
Join the Ministry in the Middle East
Although TWR Women of Hope was founded in 1997, we were able to begin broadcasting Women of Hope in Arabic only a few years...
Hope for the Middle East is a media initiative that offers a wide variety of Arabic broadcasts by radio and digital platforms....
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 about 1.2 million Russian-speaking Jews living there. TWR is...
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Use your knowledge about the people of Afghanistan to bring the good news to this hard-pressed people group!
Work on specifically assigned projects for the regional HR team as well as supporting projects on a global level.
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