Mansour and his family have few possessions. They live in a slum surrounded by other Muslim families living in poverty.

But Mansour has a priceless inheritance. As a follower of Jesus Christ, he knows that God has accepted him for eternity.

Mansour was the first in his family to follow Christ. A Frontiers worker discipling Mansour encouraged him to share his new faith with other family members. Several of them, including his granddaughter Aisha, became believers. Aisha shared the Gospel with her friends and started leading a small Bible study in the slum.

Recently, Aisha was asked to pray for a friend’s sick relative. As she prayed in the name of Jesus, the relative was healed. Now, those who witnessed the healing are meeting to study the Bible.

The faith that God first planted in Mansour has multiplied through four generations. And according to Frontiers workers in this community, fruit like this is becoming more and more common.

But it wasn’t always so.

“Not a single person came to faith in the first several years of our work,” says Beth, a long-term Frontiers worker.

Her team runs a non-profit organization in the slum, where they offer after school clubs and several programs for job skills development, literacy and education, health, and nutrition.

Each program was started in response to the needs of local Muslim families. And through these programs, Beth and her teammates have had abundant opportunities to share the Gospel.

“In many of our programs we discuss personal character, biblical principles for business, and relationship with God,” says Beth. Students in their after school club play games, develop job skills, and can also participate in small group Bible discussions.

The team’s holistic approach to ministry looks at people’s physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual health. “We try to identify what can help men, women, and children become the people God created them to be,” says Beth.

Her team has also discovered that leadership development is essential for the Gospel to take root in the community. As they cultivate local leadership, they see more families moving out of extreme poverty.

Furthermore, hundreds of Muslims have embraced Jesus.

“One of our most promising leaders is a young woman named Sharifa,” Beth shares. “We first met Sharifa many years ago when she entered our program for malnourished children. She was from the poorest family in the slum.”

As a young girl, Sharifa participated in several programs. Team members stayed in touch with her after she completed these programs and continued helping her develop her leadership potential.

Recently, Sharifa started following Jesus. She’s been sharing the Good News boldly. And because of her witness, several family members are very close to entering the Kingdom.

• Praise God for the witness of young believers like Aisha and Sharifa who set “an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).
• Pray that more believers like Mansour will lead their families to transformation in the Kingdom.
• Ask God for more workers, like Beth and her teammates, who will go and reach Muslim families living in slums.

**This account comes from a long-term worker. Names and places have been changed for security.**

Original article: https://www.frontiersusa.org/blog/article/bringing-good-news-to-the-poor