Posts from Middle East

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    The Seamstress Who Planted a Business — and Found 200 Churches Already There

    She crossed a border with nothing but a needle, some thread, and a pair of hands that knew how to work. Ten years later, she leads a network of over 200 house groups spanning two countries — and she’s just turned her survival skill into a growing business. This month’s story from the Middle East is about how one mime skit, seven envelopes, and one refugee’s faith are quietly multiplying both businesses and churches across a region that needs more trainers than it has.

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    From trainee to trainer: Mary’s inspiring journey in business education

    “Do you want to be part of the training team this year?”, we asked an 18-year-old girl who attended our business training last year. “YES!” she said. Mary (not her real name) taught 2 teachings during the week. One on the Cycle of Planting, where she brought a plant and some pictures to engage…

  • Middle East · Story

    Starting businesses among Arabs in the Middle East

    “You should check this out…”, said one of our team members two weeks ago during our business training in the Middle East. She showed me a collage of the 16-year-old girl Farousha (name changed) on leadership we taught the previous day. She had captured the difference between a servant leader and an authoritarian leader…

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