{"id":9319,"date":"2020-05-20T08:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2020-05-20T08:16:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:16:17","slug":"saudi-arabia-a-tiny-church-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9319","title":{"rendered":"SAUDI ARABIA: A Tiny Church Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-9320\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rub_al_khalid_sunset_nov_07-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Rub_al_khalid_sunset_nov_07\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rub_al_khalid_sunset_nov_07-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rub_al_khalid_sunset_nov_07-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rub_al_khalid_sunset_nov_07-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><em>The small Church in Saudi Arabia needs mature believers to translate Scripture and to lead churches.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: Mission Network News, May 7, 2020<\/p>\n<p>The small Church in Saudi Arabia needs mature and committed believers to translate Scripture and to lead churches. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like the early Church in the book of Acts,\u201d says Abd Al Fadi about Christianity among certain language groups in Saudi Arabia. He works with Hijazi Arabic in Western Saudi Arabia, Najdi Arabic in central Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi Gulf dialect in the East.<\/p>\n<p>These groups have few Christians. Finding mature and committed believers to translate [Scripture] is difficult. Abd Al Fadi says, \u201cSometimes they\u2019re busy with a job or concerned about being caught by their family or the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if the translators complete their work, that doesn\u2019t mean it can be distributed easily. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to produce the product. It\u2019s another to deliver it to the right church or group that can benefit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abd Al Fadi asks Christians in the West to pray that Christians in Saudi Arabia will join together in house churches and that the right materials will get to the right people.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, pray that like the early Church in Acts, the Church in Saudi Arabia would grow and multiply. Abd Al Fadi says he hopes within the next decade \u201cWe will hear about many Saudi believers who are out in the open, doing media or doing ministry and partnering with others as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/a-tiny-church-grows-in-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/a-tiny-church-grows-in-saudi-arabia\/\">Full story<\/a> includes links to more in a series about unreached people groups. Consider tuning in to join them (and others) online for <a href=\"https:\/\/event.webinarjam.com\/register\/1\/y87lxtq\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/event.webinarjam.com\/register\/1\/y87lxtq\">International Day for the Unreached<\/a> on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Also read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\/blog\/posts\/5-reasons-why-google-cant-translate-the-bible\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\/blog\/posts\/5-reasons-why-google-cant-translate-the-bible\">Five Reasons Why Google Can\u2019t Translate the Bible<\/a> (Wycliffe USA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The small Church in Saudi Arabia needs mature believers to translate Scripture and to lead churches. Source: Mission Network News, May 7, 2020 The small Church in Saudi Arabia needs mature and committed believers to translate Scripture and to lead churches. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like the early Church in the book of Acts,\u201d says Abd Al &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SAUDI ARABIA: A Tiny Church Grows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9325,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions\/9325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}