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“Bibles for Mideast” is an underground ministry serving the Middle East and several nearby countries. A total of 17 nations make up the Middle East, with an estimated population of 411 million (as of 2016). While Islam remains the largest religion, thousands of people secretly believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Living in mostly highly restricted areas, they hunger and thirst for the Word of God.

By God’s grace, we distribute bibles free of charge and establish house churches for new believers. We have volunteer ministers and a number of gospel teams in the Middle East and some other countries in Asia and Africa.

Many of our gospel team members have converted to Christianity from Islam, and operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Experienced in effective personal evangelism, they also conduct crusades and pastor house churches.

April 05, 2016

Indian Christian abducted in Libya

April 05, 2016/ Bibles for Mideast

Tripoli, April 5, 2016: An Indian Christian, Reji Joseph, has reportedly gone missing in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Mr. Joseph, 43, has been working as an IT professional attached to the CRA (Civilian Registration Authority) in Libya. He is a native of Kozhikodu in Kerala State, India. He has not has been heard from for four days.

Reji’s friends and relatives suspect he and three others were abducted. According to information received by his relatives, a gang abducted them from their workplace in Tripoli.

Reji along with his family had moved to Libya two years ago. His wife Shinuja is serving as a nurse in Tripoli. Their three children are in Libya as well.

Reji serves as a voluntary minister with Bibles for Mideast.

Reji’s relatives are communicating with the Libyan authorities. They complain that his employer is reluctant to share sufficient details.

Please pray for Reji Joseph and his family.

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[July 6, 2016] UPDATE: REJI JOSEPH RESCUED!

Bibles for Mideast

We are an underground ministry serving the Middle East and a number of nearby countries. A total of 17 nations make up the Middle East alone, with an estimated population of 411 million (as of 2016). While Islam remains the largest religion in the region, thousands of people secretly believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Living in mostly highly restricted areas, they hunger and thirst for the Word of God. By God’s grace, we distribute bibles free of charge, and establish house churches for new believers.

We have volunteer ministers and a number of gospel teams in this area and other countries in south Asia and Africa. Many of our gospel team members have converted to Christianity from Islam, some from Hinduism, and all operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Experienced in effective personal evangelism, they also conduct crusades and pastor house churches.

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ALL AT A GLANCE: ARCHIVE OF BIBLES FOR MIDEAST STORIES

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What did Jesus do for us?

Jesus was born, that
we might be born again.
He became poor, that
we might possess wealth.
He became homeless, that
we might have a mansion.
He was stripped, that
we might always have clothes.
He was forsaken, that
we always should have friends.

He was bound, that
we might have perfect liberty.
He was saddened, that
we might have full joy.
He descended, that
we should be lifted up.
He became a servant, that
we might be sons forever.

He was made sin, that
we should share
His righteousness.
He died, that
we should not taste
eternal death.
He will come down, that
we might go up.

All of this—that
He might display in us
the riches of His grace,
and so we can dwell
with God in heaven.

Have you given
your heart to Jesus?
If not, allow Him
to come into your heart.
Accept Him
As your Lord and Savior
with your heart and mouth.

Our Lord Jesus’ return
is very near.
Be ready to receive Him.
Even so, COME, LORD JESUS.
Amen! Amen! And amen!

From a faithful friend of the ministry:

“I praise our God for what He has done through Bible for Mideast, through all the pastors and the co-workers Ike you. God will see them through. We will continue to pray for brother Surcaf and his family.
Thank you also for praying for me and my family.
God bless, Asher Toh”

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Pastors and church leaders who stayed behind serve as if every day might be their last
—from Christianity Today

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“I plant secret house churches because I was saved into one.”
How an Iranian teenager found Christ and launched a mission to equip persecuted believers. [Christianity Today]

Four things persecuted Christians can teach us about gratitude — Open Doors

Christian devotees pray during Easter Sunday at a church in Chennai, India in April/Getty Images

“I grew up a fervent evangelist for Islam. Now I’m living out the Book of Acts.” —An astonishing story of the son of an Imam, as told to Christianity Today.

OUR LIFELINE: “The Bible is the rope God throws us in order to ensure that we stay connected while the rescue is in progress.” [Revisiting an old article by J.I. Packer, new citizen of heaven — Christianity Today]

He prayed for the death of Christians and Jews then learned to love Jesus and others through Christians’ love for him — Christianity Today

‘He was so shiny and bright’: Muslim details miraculous conversion after Jesus visited him nightly ‘for weeks’ — Faithwire

Transformed! Former drug smuggler now Bible smuggler and secret pastor — Open Doors

Verse of the Day

“The numbers of God’s people who are suffering should mean the Church is dying—that Christians are keeping quiet, losing their faith, and turning away from one another,” stated David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA.
“But that’s not what’s happening. Instead, in living color, we see the words of God recorded in the prophet Isaiah:
‘I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert’” (Isa. 43:19, ESV).

Muslims in Northern Iraq embracing Christianity thanks to witness of their young children — The Gospel Herald

Kenyan boy and his mom find ‘a love that does not exist in Islam’ — Samaritan's Purse

Jesus rescues Christians AND Muslims: an astonishing tale from the Middle East straight from the book of Acts — three Bibles for Mideast stories in one, from a Canadian Anglican site