Middle East Blog

HeartCry continues to pray for opportunities to assist Pakistani churches in proclaiming the authentic gospel and planting biblical churches. Previously, we funded Urdu translations, and we are delighted to presently support a Pakistani church planter/intern named... Keep Reading

A video interview with David Zadok and Paul Washer. Brother Zadok is a pastor in Tel Aviv, Israel and the director of Ha Gefen publications.... Keep Reading

Student Leaders WeekPrior to each new academic year, ‘Middle East Student Fellowship’ holds a ‘Student Week.’ In late August, 50 students from all over the country gathered for in-depth Bible study, prayer, talks about being a student leader on campus, and listening to testimonies from students a... Keep Reading

Of the 200 million people in Pakistan, approximately 99% of the population is Muslim and unreached. Sadly, Christians are marginalized in society and the blasphemy law is a tool used to persecute believers by the Muslim population. Furthermore, the church is small in number and suffers spiritual malnouri... Keep Reading

Due to intense persecution, Lucas was exiled from his home country years ago. He still resides within the Greater Middle East region, devoting himself to ministry in his local church, the translation of good biblical resources in his mother tongue, and conducting online training with house-church pastors... Keep Reading

Brother Leonid serves a congregation in Jerusalem. He wrote about the struggles of a woman who seems to have come to faith: “Recently in Jaffa, an elderly woman from Bulgaria by the name of ‘Virena' has repented. Her parents baptized her as a child in the Orthodox Church. Twenty years ago, ‘Virena' married a Jew and moved t... Keep Reading

“Dr. Andrew” is a HeartCry-supported missionary from a protected country in the Eastern Mediterranean. Some months ago, HeartCry funded a conference for pastors in his home country. “Dr. Andrew” gave an encouraging report on the conference. Unfortunately, for security purposes we cannot show photos. “I recently tra... Keep Reading

David Z. is the pastor of Grace and Truth Congregation, the largest Reformed Baptist church in Israel.  David also serves as the director of HaGefen, a Christian publishing ministry.  In July, I had the wonderful privilege of spending a week with David, watching his life and ministry firsthand.  In this video interview, he shares about the situation in his local church, the publishing ministry, and the current state of the church in Israel. ... Keep Reading

David, delighted and confident in God’s Word, described the sacred text as more desirable than gold and sweeter than honey as he reflected upon the Bible’s attributes and its effectiveness (Psalm 19:7-10). In light of the value and blessings of God’s Word, HeartCry Missionary Society was overjoyed and thankful to fund and participate in a recent training opportunity with pastors from the area of the Greater Middle East (GME) in an undisclosed location. The training focused on ... Keep Reading

Dr. Andrew has been working with HeartCry since 2012 to coordinate the work in his country. For the last 2 years he has been in the U.S. working on his M.Div and will finish this spring. He is eager to return home and the need there is pulling on him strongly. However, he knows that ... Keep Reading