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One million to one. One million lost people for every one gospel worker.<\/p>\n

When Brother David heard the million-to-one ratio of population to gospel workers in the Arab world, he and his wife knew that was where God needed them to serve in missions.<\/p>\n

Today, Muslims in North Africa and the Middle East are more open to asking questions and seeking information about Jesus, the Bible and Christianity\u2014especially through the internet. Brother David leads Operation Mobilization\u2019s<\/a> North African and Middle Eastern work and emphasizes the need to have more workers reaching Muslims for Christ.<\/p>\n

David\u2019s leads OM workers across 20 countries as they reach out to Muslims and disciple new believers. His teams also work to train Muslim background believers to reach, disciple and lead their own people and churches. He knows there will be Christian persecution as the church grows; he\u2019s seen persecution directly on members of his team and his own family. But, from his own experience, he\u2019s also seen how God uses persecution of His followers for His glory and purpose.<\/p>\n

David will advise listeners who want to reach out to Muslim friends and coworkers with gospel conversations. He has seen the insecurity many Christians have engaging with Muslims, but encourages us to jump into conversations about faith and beliefs. He says stories from the Bible and our witness to God\u2019s hand in our own experiences are powerful ways to plant gospel seeds with our Muslim friends.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll also help us know how to pray for gospel work in the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast<\/a>. Or you can listen each week in the new VOM App<\/a> for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One million to one. One million lost people for every one gospel worker. When Brother David heard the million-to-one ratio of population to gospel workers in the Arab world, he and his wife knew that was where God needed them to serve in missions. Today, Muslims in North Africa and the Middle East are more open to asking questions and seeking information about Jesus, the Bible and Christianity\u2014especially through the internet. Brother David leads Operation Mobilization\u2019s North African and Middle Eastern work and emphasizes the need to have more workers reaching Muslims for Christ. David\u2019s leads OM workers across 20 countries as they reach out to Muslims and disciple new believers. His teams also work to train Muslim background believers to reach, disciple and lead their own people and churches. He knows there will be Christian persecution as the church grows; he\u2019s seen persecution directly on members of his team and his own family. But, from his own experience, he\u2019s also seen how God uses persecution of His followers for His glory and purpose. David will advise listeners who want to reach out to Muslim friends and coworkers with gospel conversations. He has seen the insecurity many Christians have engaging with Muslims, but encourages us to jump into conversations about faith and beliefs. He says stories from the Bible and our witness to God\u2019s hand in our own experiences are powerful ways to plant gospel seeds with our Muslim friends. He\u2019ll also help us know how to pray for gospel work in the Middle East and North Africa. Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast. Or you can listen each week in the new VOM App for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nMISSIONS WORKER: \u201cWe Will Never Stop Fishing\u201d - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/missions-worker-we-will-never-stop-fishing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MISSIONS WORKER: \u201cWe Will Never Stop Fishing\u201d - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One million to one. 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