80% of the world’s evangelical Christians live in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Over the last 50 years, God’s church has grown exponentially in these areas.

These regions have tremendous mission sending potential to help bring the gospel to unreached peoples, but they currently send only 20% of the world’s cross-cultural missionaries!

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From Ashes to Beauty:&nbsp;

Debris from an abandoned church in Egypt

Replanting Churches Destroyed by the Muslim Brotherhood

The startling photo above shows debris inside a shuttered church that has been abandoned for over a decade. It was destroyed, along with many others, when the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23727404" rel="follow">Muslim Brotherhood ruled Egypt</a>. But today, Christian churches in Egypt are teaming up with Via to reopen, revitalize, and replant them in the Delta region (where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea).

For generations, the concept of a missionary was shaped by an image rooted in Western tradition. A Jordanian partner with Via once said the image of a missionary looked like tall, blue-eyed men with long-skirted wives and well-behaved children. This perception reflected a larger issue: a longstanding dependence on the West for mission work. In the 19th and 20th centuries, foreign missionaries laid the foundations for churches in the Arab world. Still, their primary focus was maintaining Christian communities rather than reaching the majority population. Even as priorities shifted, one crucial element remained missing&mdash;equipping the Arab Church to take ownership of the Great Commission.
Without intentional discipleship and mobilization, many local congregations remained unprepared to raise and send their own missionaries. Today, that reality is changing in Egypt. The face of missions is no longer foreign but local, with Egyptian Christians stepping forward to reach their neighbors. However, many churches are hesitant to engage in missions, unsure of how to step beyond their walls to bring the gospel to the unreached, especially within a country hostile to Christianity.

One of the most spiritually neglected regions in <a href="https://www.vianations.org/mobilization-index/profiles/egypt" rel="follow">Egypt</a> is the Delta. Historically known as the Land of Goshen, it is home to nearly half the country&rsquo;s population. Yet, it remains one of the poorest and most spiritually desolate areas, with radicalized ideologies taking root where the Church once thrived. Many churches in the Delta region are small, struggling, or <a href="https://www.vianations.org/articles/from-ruins-to-revival" rel="follow">entirely abandoned</a>. Some were locked for years, their doors closed due to a lack of believers. Despite this, only a small fraction of mission efforts and Christian resources are directed toward it. Jesus says in John 4, &ldquo;The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.&rdquo; Through the Delta Project, local churches are reclaiming their biblical role as multiplying communities of faith. By equipping leaders with practical training and mission-focused discipleship, Via is helping churches go beyond maintaining congregations, we are igniting church-planting movements that can transform entire regions.

Hope Church: A Community on Mission

Via Nations: Equipping the Church for the Task

Via's commitment is to mobilize and equip indigenous leaders to take the gospel to the unreached. The mission is clear: identify and train church planters, strategically place them where they are needed most, and provide ongoing coaching and support to help them flourish. One of the most effective tools in this effort has been the Explore study. Since 2019, this initiative has reshaped the way the Arab Church understands missions. Through this program, 1,720 believers have been mobilized for missions, and 30 Explore Trainings have been conducted across 13 locations in Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. As churches and individuals step into their calling, the Arab Church is beginning to rise&mdash;not just as a recipient of mission work but as a sender of missionaries.

There are many ways to engage with Via&rsquo;s calling to equip indigenous church planters and missionaries in the Delta region:

For the ongoing efforts of the various mobilization ministries in Egypt.&nbsp;
 For believers to find their most strategic role in seeing Christ proclaimed among the nations.
 For gospel renewal among the Coptic church in Egypt. As one of the oldest churches in the world, it has great importance, but many in the church are nominal. &nbsp;

<a href="https://www.vianations.org/give/egypt-delta-region-project" rel="follow">Give</a> to support church planters pioneering in unreached areas.&nbsp;
 Go step out in faith and join the mission.
&nbsp; Visit the <a href="https://www.vianations.org/give/egypt-delta-region-project" rel="follow">Delta Project</a> page to learn how to get involved.

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Revitalizing Shuttered Churches in Egypt

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