“I will bless you… and you shall be a blessing…And all the peoples of the earth will be blessed by you”
Genesis 12:2 (NIV)
“Blessing MENA” is a special project of NORTH AFRICA PARTNERS which expands its regional focus to the 400+ MILLION Arabic-speakers living in the 21+ countries across MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region.
“MENA” is the acronym for the entire Middle East & North Africa region.
“Blessing MENA”, the Arab peoples across this region, has been on God’s heart from the beginning.
The following Bible references highlight God’s priority in reaching the descendants of Ishmael who are now referred to as “Arabs”:
- Ishmael’s descendants are the FIRST of the non-covenant peoples (non-Jewish people) to receive a divine blessing (Genesis 17:20).
- The Arabs, Ishmael’s descendants, are among the FIRST of the nations to come to the New Jerusalem to present their gifts on the temple altar in the New Jerusalem (Isaiah 60:7). They are also alluded to in Isaiah 42:10-11.
- The Magi from the East (Arabia) were among the FIRST Gentiles to bring the Christ-child gifts and worship (Matthew 2:1-2).
- The Arabs were among the FIRST to receive the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:11).
- The Arabs were perhaps the FIRST Gentiles to whom Paul preached the gospel (Galatians 1:17-18; 2 Corinthians 11:32).
This coming “FIRST” and “going to FIRST” represents God’s special blessing on Arabs according to his providential plan.
Our LORD JESUS and His disciples used their lips and feet to spread the GOOD NEWS. Now, print, art, radio, TV and the Internet are also being used spread the GOSPEL. “Blessing MENA” is a critically important project because the vast majority of the more than 400 million Arab-speakers in today’s world communicate, study, share information & enjoy entertainment via video media on their smartphones, rather than through print media. The Create International family of ministries is our chosen partner for addressing this need.
Due to this shift away from reading printed material toward watching videos, video media needs to become an important primary medium for evangelism, discipleship and multiplication, making it a key ingredient for improving the fruitfulness of our online and in-person evangelism, discipleship and leadership development.
IN ADDITION TO being very engaging, sharable, cost-effective and efficient, sharing video media online uses direct, invitational approaches to evangelizing, discipling & multiplying, thus minimizing defensive or aggressive responses to the more confrontational evangelistic approaches.
Our project partners, YWAM’s Create International and Create Mobile, have already made the Gospel accessible to over 2 BILLION people by producing more than 250 evangelistic films in the languages & cultures of the largest UPGs over the past 35 years.The VISION for “Blessing MENA” is to produce thousands of relevant, engaging videos to be used for evangelizing and discipling millions of Arabic-speakers across the MENA region.
The MISSION of “Blessing MENA” is to equip and empower local Arabic-speaking followers of JESUS CHRIST to use their own smartphones to produce and distribute relevant, engaging video content for communicating the love, forgiveness and new life that results from receiving JESUS the MESSIAH as SAVIOR and LORD.
OUR SPECIAL FOCUS:
The red dots in the map below show the locations of only some of the 408 million souls living in over 389 “Frontier People Groups” across the 21+ countries of the Middle East & North Africa region.
Due to the almost total lack of Christians, churches or Bibles, these 389+ “Frontier People Groups” have less than a 1/1,000 chance of ever hearing the GOOD NEWS of our LORD JESUS CHRIST in their lifetime… unless people of faith like us take action to change the status quo!
Your partnership in prayer and giving is an essential part of spreading the GOOD NEWS of our LORD JESUS the MESSIAH to the MENA region in these next few years.
To help support this project, contact us today using the form on the “CONTACT US” webpage in order to learn more about the opportunities that are available to you in helping “North Africa Partners” foundation in the most appropriate manner for you.
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