Ministries Helping "the Least of These" in Middle East

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American Family News: Ministry helping forgotten 'least of these' in Middle East

With a gospel mission to help the least of these, a ministry is helping young Christians overseas with Bible study and education courses.

Jeff King, of International Christian Concern, says many young people overseas are subjugated, meaning they are victims of a class system that leaves them at the bottom. "That's how human oppression works," says King. "You take away education, you make them so they can't advance in jobs, and then you have a permanent underclass.”

To combat this, ICC takes young Christians and disciples them in biblical literacy while also training them in their native language. Another course teaches them English. "They're a rock star if they can speak English," says King. "So these guys can then advance in their later years, and get into the college, and get hired, if they can speak English and know mathematics, etc."

The Middle East is an area of focus for ICC at the moment, where one participant told the ministry how the Bible study is helping in a land where biblical knowledge is rare. “The Bible study helped us to recognize things that were vague and mysterious in the Bible,” the participant said. “For example, God's union with mankind and how man should be impressed by the image of God's creation.”

ICC, headquartered in Washington, D.C., fights Christian persecution across the globe and raises awareness about the issue in the West.