Embassy Teams: Why You Should Start One At Your Church

I’ve had a great summer.  One of the highlights has been connecting online with Ali, an Egyptian engineer.  We connect every Monday over lunch and it’s been a joy to get to know him and his family. We have recently started reading through a creation to Christ overview in the Bible.  Next week we’ll tackle Genesis 3 and the fall.  Ali is Muslim.  I am the first true follower of Christ that he has ever met and this is the first time he has read the Bible.
  
This summer I’ve also connected regularly with Mustafa, a young Muslim man in Syria and Mohammed, a Muslim college student in Lahore, Pakistan.  It has been a joy to build a relationship with both of them.  

I’ve been able to connect with them because of Embassy. 

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims living in hard to reach countries speak your language and are going online to find friendship, language partners and answers to their questions. 

Embassy exists so that they will meet a committed follower of Christ. Embassy offers training, encouragement and community and then helps you discover new Muslim friends online.  

“Embassy volunteers use secular, public-access forums to connect with Muslims in closed countries who speak English. As men and women begin to read the Bible and engage in questions about Jesus, we invite them to include their friends and family in the conversation: small seeds growing  to something great (Matthew 13:31-32).” *

Embassy is an amazing opportunity for the North American church to be on the front lines of the great commission.

• How many Muslims in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Indonesia or Nigeria could be connected with the first true follower of Jesus they have ever met? 
• How many in Egypt, Turkey, India or Iran could begin reading the Bible for the very first time?
• How many Muslims in Kazakhstan, Syria, Algeria or Somalia could have groups of believers in North America regularly praying for them by name? And how many in Morocco, Iraq, Pakistan or China could have an opportunity to respond to the gospel?

What could God do through the local church?

Through your local church? 

Imagine if you - yes you reader - were to go back to your home church and help form an Embassy Team. 

Imagine if you could gather a group of friends who would begin reaching out individually online while also meeting regularly as a group to pray together, encourage one another and continue with ongoing equipping.

God is on the move in the Muslim world and this is an opportunity to join in that work.

Steps to Forming Your Embassy Team

1. Stop by the Embassy website and become an Embassy Volunteer.  Get started building relationships online with new friends from the Muslim world.  
2. Begin sharing about your experiences with friends and invite them to join you.  Then encourage them to become Embassy Volunteers (you can coach them along). Make sure and have a conversation with your pastor or missions committee about your plans.
3. Find a time when your Embassy Team can meet regularly to share testimonies, encourage and pray for one another and to do ongoing equipping.  This could be weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
4. Help other local churches form their own Embassy Teams.

“The Great Commission is for every church in every culture in every generation.  There are no exclusions. But . . . every church in every culture in every generation must determine the way in which they respond to this responsibility -- in a way that is appropriate to time and context."​
                                                                                         -Doug Birdsall

Forming an Embassy Team is your opportunity to respond.

You can learn more about Embassy and sign up to volunteer at their website: https://www.crescentproject.org/embassy​

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Stories About Embassy Encounters​

• Coffee and Conversation
• Simon's Story Part 1
• Simon's Story Part 2

* This quote is from the Embassy homepage.