Tag: MENA

FEASTING ON GOD’S WORD!

When Biblica was producing our contemporary Farsi Bible in 2020, we consulted more than 800 Iranian believers from 40 different churches and a wide variety of backgrounds. They were thrilled and grateful to be a part of the process and love the new translation. “We never believed that we can

HOW YOU’RE SHARING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

The lightning takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August shocked us all. As we continue to struggle with the consequences, a story from nearby Kyrgyzstan highlights the stark difference between the impact of radical Islam and the impact of the Gospel.  Kyrgyzstan is another predominantly Muslim nation and shares

HOW YOUR SUPPORT IS UNLEASHING GOD’S WORD AROUND THE WORLD

VENEZUELA Ricardo’s mother struggled to provide for her five children. Ricardo’s older brother, and his role model, was in jail. In frustration, Ricardo often lashed out at others. Then, through one of our partner ministries, he saw a film about the life of Jesus using Biblica’s Spanish Bible translation. Ricardo’s

The Book on the Bus

An amazing story of how God uses faithful hearts Mina and his friends wanted to reach the people in their community with the Good News of Christ—something that isn’t always easy or safe to do in Egypt. They took copies of Biblica’s Luke Explained resource in Arabic and rode on

From Bombs to Bibles: Refugee Stories

The civil war taking place in Syria has been in the news since it erupted during the Arab Spring of 2011. We often see video of bombed-out buildings and people in ragged clothing trailing along war-torn streets, carrying their possessions as they flee the ongoing violence. What we seldom see is the rest of the story: how God is working in the lives of displaced people and refugees of war.

Penetrating Spiritual Darkness

When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia in December 2010 to protest police corruption, neither he nor anyone watching his act of self-immolation could have predicted the result: a tidal wave of protest that swept from country to country across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling regimes