The church in Iraq ministers to over 30,000 refugees. The Iraqi ministry works among various people groups and ethnic identities in Iraq. We have recently re-entered southern Iraq with established house churches. Immediately following the ISIS withdraw from northern Iraq, we established new house churches this area. Most of our ministry in Iraq is centered in the north, in the Kurdistan area.
The first Free Methodist Church in Iraq was started in 2003. The intense conflict and persecution of Christians that ensued forced most Free Methodists to flee the capital city for the relative safety of northern Iraq (Kurdistan). Many of those displaced began to meet in house fellowships, and in 2007 the first government-sanctioned Free Methodist church was established. As the political and religious unrest escalated, the FM church there was closed in 2013.
