Pakistan (MNN) — Christians make up 1% of Pakistan, a Muslim-majority nation. They are often forced into menial labor, mistreated, as well as denied justice. But God is moving to raise more leaders among them!
Fadi Sharaiha with the MENA Leadership Center says their team is prayerfully building a network with Pakistani Christians.
“We’re working with them to provide a good and needed training program that is especially made for the Pakistani Christian leaders. We are in the process of building such a program in cooperation with the different ministries in Pakistan.”
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They’ve recognized their target: the next generation. Emerging leaders need mentorship in matters such as spiritual leadership, organizational management, and more.
“We are looking at some type of mentorship training program, rather than just training,” Sharaiha says.
He strives to explain the challenges the Pakistani church is going through with wisdom but also with truth.
“I’m not an expert in Pakistan, but from my own experience and my own observations, even from speaking with different leaders over there, I would say one of the things that they are facing is [a] leadership crisis,” he says. He also says there’s a need among the churches for greater biblical theological training.
He adds, “But also I’ve seen some ministries that are on fire for Christ, on fire to pray and to search and listen to the Lord. Beautiful, beautiful people.”
Find your place in the story! Ask God to guide every step in the MENA Leadership Center’s beginning partnerships in Pakistan. Pray also for gospel zeal in the Pakistani church as they endure persecution.
“Please pray for discernment and wisdom how to approach those opportunities. [It’s] very important that we are with the right people. Pray for the church to be more empowered — we don’t need to be empowered by people, but empowered by the Lord, and empowered by themselves as well.”
Header photo courtesy of Abdul Rehman via Unsplash.
