Hany and Joanne work in church planting and leadership development with Impact Middle East. Hany founded a training center, the Noor Center (Noor in Arabic, meaning “light”), to work with refugees. The Noor Center’s mission is “Bringing Healing, Light and Hope to Refugees and the Hurting.” In the region where the center is located, there are approximately 2 million refugees, most under 18. All these children and their mothers are at high risk of being exploited into slave labor, sex trafficking, or recruited into regional militias or even ISIS. Joanne works with abused women, bringing the hope of wholeness into broken lives. She also leads the Whole Woman Initiative.
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Pray For
- protection for Hany and Joanne in a region where spiritual warfare is fierce
- a spirit of wisdom and discernment for choosing and developing new local leaders and church planters
- emotional health and strength in dealing daily with the trauma so many refugees have experienced
- the Noor Center
- the midwives being trained, and mothers and babies being cared for through the Whole Woman Initiative
Sana’s Story
On a visit with her family, Sana revealed her feelings and distrust of the new faith that brought her and her family so much trouble. Sana is a young Syrian refugee who is part of a church for majority background believers. She and her extended family moved to...
Encouraging One Another
Fatima, a believer for many years, was disappointed and discouraged with the church. She was part of a women’s ministry, and we went to follow up with her. During our visit to her, she also revealed her deep disappointment with her lifelong friend. They worked as...
A Journey To Awakening
Although I was born to a family of the majority background and grew up in Syria, I had an extraordinary attachment to the church and loved being among Christians. I loved the sound of the church bells ringing from the church near my home, while the morning call for...
Partnering for the Sake of the Kingdom
The global church and the FMC-USA are better as we partner for the sake of the Kingdom. We are also better and more effective as the work of Free Methodist World Missions (FMWM) partners with other movements and organizations for the cause of Christ. Partnerships are...
The Cost of Following
Often, we serve God in our communities and churches without any thought to our safety or the danger we could encounter just by sharing the message of Jesus Christ. This is not the case in many areas of the Middle East. One worker, Mike*, was called to go into a very...
One Woman’s Journey to Belief
My name is Nina.* I was born in Iraq, but in 2014 ISIS attacked our village. The entire village, including my family, became refugees. We moved from place to place with no clothing or possessions — and often little food. Finally, we began living in a refugee camp. My...