Sanusi, a 30-year-old man, climbs the cement stairs leading to his compound’s flat roof. Several cousins are already gathered there, enjoying the night’s breeze. They lie on woven mats and tell stories about childhood adventures in the desert. Mahmadou, Sanusi’s younger cousin, makes mint green tea on a portable gas […]
No Matter How Bad It Gets
Richard and Ellen wanted to give up. They’d been serving in a Muslim country for eight years and had seen no visible fruit from their efforts—until they started coaching national Christians to share the Gospel with Muslims. Once Richard and Ellen and their teammates began helping groups of local believers […]
How I Was a Lot Like a Muslim
At age 9, I went to a church camp and learned that I needed to invite Jesus to come into my heart so that my sins would be forgiven. Later, I heard a Sunday school teacher tell my class that Jesus leaves our hearts when we behave wrongly. Sadly, I […]
Khaled and the Power of the Word
Khaled, a young man from a poor Muslim family, dropped out of elementary school to help his family earn money. He spent his childhood waking up every morning between 3:00 and 4:00 to haul a heavy cart of produce down a dirt path, through a small alley, and to the […]
The Miraculous Power of Recall
It’s one of the most humiliating exercises an adult can experience: language learning by immersion. I’ve endured countless frustrating moments when my mouth and brain defy my best efforts to recall the right words at the right time. But then comes the rare miracle when an unfamiliar word or phrase […]
Nyaush: Women’s Style in the African Sahel
I live in the Sahel, a semiarid region stretching across Africa just south of the Sahara desert. My daily uniform here is called a lafai, a thin sheet of starched fabric fifteen feet long and five feet wide. A lafai isn’t the easiest thing to wear. First I tie it […]
Cracks in the Ground of Strategic Cities
Frontiers workers Daniel and Karla were the first known workers to live in their sprawling South Asian city. Their new home is a strategic city that serves as a regional hub of commerce and trade. People from villages around the region are drawn to the city for work. Many of […]
Students Respond to the Challenge
The large hall throbbed with activity. College students milled about, collecting swag from almost 200 booths representing various missions and educational organizations. This was the scene at Urbana 18, InterVarsity’s year-end student missions conference, where Cassie and other Frontiers team members were sharing about God’s heart for Muslims. “What are […]
A Marriage Transformed
For ten months, Ahmet had watched the transformation of his wife, Ranya. As a new follower of Jesus Christ, her anxious and manipulating ways were disappearing. Ahmet saw joy and peace blossoming in their place. It had started when Lisa, a Frontiers worker, started sharing the Gospel with Ranya. The […]
Two New Brothers
Khalil wanted to read the Bible—but living in a Muslim country, he had no idea where to find one. While searching online, he came across Bible passages on a Facebook page managed by Frontiers worker Jason and his teammates. Khalil sent a message to the page owners, asking them for […]