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How We Reach
Muslims for Christ

Ministry to Muslims for more than 100 years…

For over a century, Call of Hope has been making the Gospel accessible to Muslims through creative media, relational evangelism, discipleship, Humanitarian aid and church planting initiatives. More than 200 indigenous Muslim background believers, all theologically trained, and all leaders in their ministries and communities, carry out the work of Call of Hope in 26 Muslim countries from the Middle East to Africa to Southeast Asia.

Where We Work

MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, & EUROPE

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Iran

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Israel

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Lebanon

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Turkey

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Jordan

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  • We broadcast Biblically-based radio programs on stations heard by over 200 million people across the region. This is accompanied by follow-through on the ground, church planting, and providing safe houses for Muslim background believers.

  • We demonstrate the love of Christ by providing food, medicine, Bible based literature, discipleship and church planting.

  • We minister to the physical and spiritual needs of countless refugees who have fled their countries.

  • We operate a medical, vocational skills training and spiritual mentorship program for the disabled.

  • We operate a center for literature production and distribution, as well as engage in relationship building and follow-through with readers. This includes visits to disciple interested readers regularly, as well as organizing discipleship Bible study groups in cities across the region.

AFRICA

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Ghana

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Morocco

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  • We produce and distribute Scripture and Biblically based literature (print and digital).

  • We hold evangelistic meetings and outreach ministries. These include discipleship training, sports and youth outreach, food distribution, shelter, and fellowship ministry to persecuted women and children who were divorced and abandoned because of their faith in Christ.

  • We broadcast Biblically-based radio programs, and provide follow-up on the ground through trained pastor evangelists who live and serve in hostile areas controlled by Muslim terrorist groups.

  • We help new converts from Islam who undergo severe persecution and threats of death from terror groups and other Islamic zealots. Many homes are burned and Call of Hope provides assistance with rebuilding, and new Bibles and hymnbooks.

  • We engage in livelihood programs such as distributing fertilizer to farmers, providing agricultural training, and offering micro-grants to enable the opening of shops to provide income.

  • Numerous churches have been planted throughout Africa in order to strengthen and grow newly converted Muslims in their faith in Christ.

ASIA

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Bangladesh

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India

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Indonesia

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  • We produce and distribute Scripture and other Biblically based literature in mother tongues. (print and digital).
  • We collaborate with local Bible societies to conduct training seminars.
  • We provide safe houses to persecuted Christians in the region.
  • We respond to natural disasters with emergency supplies, food and shelter.
  • We offer vocational training programs to help lift families out of poverty.

Timeline

1887
1887

Mission house on Mount Carmel

German settlers Fritz Keller (German Vice Consul, Haifa), and Minister Johannes Seitz constructed an outreach ministry facility on Mount Karmel in Israel/Palestine. Facility construction was made possible by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire AbdulHamid Khan II and Pope Leo the 13th.

1904
1904

Broadening the missionary perspective

Martin Schneider assumes leadership, expanding ministry focus beyond the German settlers  in the Holy Land to include Jews and Muslims.

1923
1923

Foundation of a mission center in Germany

Mission support headquarters established in Germany.

1948
1948

Establishment of the State of Israel

The State of Israel is founded. The Israeli government seizes the Mount Carmel property on the grounds that it was German. Call of Hope workers relocate to Lebanon.

1951
1951

Continuation of work in Lebanon

COH ministry continues in Lebanon through humanitarian help for Bedouins and refugees, radio programs, literature publication, distribution, discipleship, and correspondence. COH work begins in Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, and Jordan.

1974
1974

Expansion of literature work

COH opens an English literature department.

1979
1979

The work begins in some countries in Asia

COH literature and discipleship work begins in southern India, Bangladesh, and other Asian countries.

1980
1980

Asia: radio work begins

The work expands in Asia. In Indonesia a vast Radio work starts.

1987
1987

Literature and evangelism in Africa

Literature work and agricultural evangelism efforts began in Nigeria and Ghana.

1990
1990

Start of internet work

Literature and outreach work begins in other African countries like Kenya and Tanzania. Call of Hope begins its international Internet work in many different languages.

2003
2003

Expansion of radio work in Africa

Radio work begins in Northern Nigeria as well as  in Ghana and Kenya.

2008
2008

Call of Hope USA

COH-USA is founded

2013
2013

Work begins among refugees

OH begins working among refugees fleeing ISIS, providing humanitarian aid and the hope of the Gospel.

2014
2014

Starts working in Bulgaria

COH starts working in Bulgaria and Azerbaijan among Muslim gypsy communities.

2015
2015

Earthquake in Nepal

COH responds to the massive earthquake in Nepal, providing aid and shelter to survivors.

2019
2019

South Africa

COH South Africa is founded.

2020
2020

Covid 19 pandemic

COH provides extensive aid to underprivileged affected by the Covid-19 global pandemic and lockdown measures.

From its beginnings in the Holy Land and Lebanon, the work of Call of Hope spread to 27 Islamic countries spanning the Middle East, AfricaAsia and Europe. Though thousands have been reached, much remains to be done. There are currently an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims who do not yet know God’s love.

2019 – Call of Hope expands to South Africa with the name Call of Hope SA.

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