Pray For
- physical safety of FM church planters and those who gather in house churches in the area ripe for terrorism and political unrest
- the gospel’s success in an area of religious pluralism that includes people of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Yazidi and majority religious backgrounds
- multiplication of leaders to reach thousands of towns and villages in northern Iraq (Kurdistan) without a gospel witness
PRESENT MINISTRIES
The church in Iraq ministers to more than 30,000 refugees, consisting of various people groups and ethnic identities. The church has recently re-entered southern Iraq and has established house churches in a major city. However, most of the ministry in Iraq is centered in the north, in the Kurdistan area.
ORIGINS
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.
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COUNTRY STATISTICS
Mission District
- Established FM Church Buildings: 4
- FM House-Church Planting Projects: 70+
- FM Work Opened: 2003
- Church Planters: 30
- Church Planting Coaches: Aseel, Deler, Hany, Joanne, Simar and Weam
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Church Planting & Development
Support for Iraq Church Planting and Development (CPD) will help resource the following strategic initiatives:
- Pastors’ salary supplements
- Church planting
- Ministry training
- Ministry to refugees