Indigenous Church Planters: Ministering Within Cultural Contexts

Pray for the four indigenous church planters we support as they follow God’s call to Be Light in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East.

Charbel Khoueiry is planting a church in Tabarja, Lebanon. Every month he visits around 100 households, including refugee families, to distribute food parcels, food vouchers, and medicine. Relationships develop naturally with them as they share the Good News in word and deed. Basel Kanso is in Al Shouf, Lebanon, and you can pray for his family and church as they continue to deal with Covid and with a volatile economy. Pray for them as they work in a community which includes different religions.

In Strumica, Macedonia, Dimitar Janevski’s church plant sees around 30 people each Sunday. They host Thursday night Bible studies in local homes and do activities together, such as hikes. Our most recent church planter is Samuel Skrzypkowski in Bydgoszsz, Poland. Samuel has been a full-time pastor for eight years, but this church plant started in April 2022. Samuel is also involved in ministering to the many Ukrainian refugees who have come to his country.