“I really thought Nathan would forget about missions,” Alison says. “I thought we’d get married, just stay in America, and find a church to serve in.” But God had other plans for her and Nathan. They’d met in Bible school, where Nathan was preparing to be a pastor. After a […]
Ramadan for Muslim Women
The end of Ramadan—the Islamic month of fasting—was nearing. So when I recently sat down with my friend Hasana, we naturally started talking about the upcoming feast at the end of the month. We talked about our favorite feast foods, all the people we’ll visit, and the parties we’ll attend […]
The Impact of Movement Training
“When we first arrived on the field, there were no Muslim-background followers of Jesus,” says Joshua, a Frontiers field worker in Southeast Asia. “We did evangelism work for a few years with no visible fruit.” Joshua and his team recognized that they needed to try something different, so they started […]
John and Rachel’s Story
John and Rachel were never interested in missions. Nor were they concerned about reaching Muslims. Simply put, they weren’t the type of couple that most churches consider as candidates for overseas ministry. Neither of them had grown up in the church. They were high school sweethearts who had successfully pursued […]
Discovering Jesus in the Gospels
“I feel like I’m dead inside,” my friend Hamid said to me as we sat in a park. “I need someone to come and make me alive.” I had met Hamid several weeks earlier when he came to our house to fix our stove. He texted me a few days later and […]
The Grip of Religion
Sitting in my Muslim friend’s living room, we chatted about how Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, had just started. Meanwhile I could hear someone muttering in the room next to us. It was my friend’s grandmother, Fatima, praying. I got up and I stuck my head in the […]
Jeremiah’s Story
If prison couldn’t shake Jeremiah’s sense of calling, then nothing could. He had faced persecution before. As a long-term field worker bringing the Good News to Muslims, Jeremiah had been questioned by suspicious authorities more times than he could count. He had even faced death threats in his last country—a […]
When You Feel Hesitant
I’ve enjoyed decades of my life as a missionary. But coming home to the U.S. is also great. It’s so great, in fact, that I always struggle when it comes time to go back to the field. Pressure from other people to stay in America never helped my struggle. “Your […]
The Message and the Mediator
“Come with me to the dargha,” said the man in the café. Alex and his teammate Nathan had only just met the man. But in the hospitality characteristic of the culture, the near stranger didn’t hesitate to invite the Frontiers workers into his life. The three men left the café and […]
The First Person You Meet
Over the course of our years in South Asia, we have seen God move in the hearts of Muslims in our city. Many of them have chosen to follow Jesus Christ. But about 100 miles away, there is a Muslim region that has no Gospel witness—not a single follower of […]