TROY – America or Uncle Sam’s country as they like to call it in the Middle East for it’s a lot of people’s dream to enter and enjoy the benefits that come with being here.
According to Franklin Roosevelt’s famous speech “The Four Freedoms Speech”, there are four freedoms that every person in the world can enjoy. These freedoms are freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear, and freedom from constriction.
But there is a fifth freedom that only God can give to Arabs in America. It is the freedom from sin. This is granted not by the law or any human constitution, but only the Lord can grant it to each man through the ministry of his local church. Here was born the necessity for planting Arabic churches in America.
You can find Arabic speakers who have fled from different wars in their countries, and many have lost the most precious things. Some have lost their family through death or separation. Many have lost their money, and others have lost positions. Due to that, they have gained the most precious thing in the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. He covers all the necessities and needs that any man can have, and here lies the local church that the Lord instructed us to complete before his ascent back to heaven.
Here begins the importance of what started last month in Alpharetta, Georgia. More than 60 men and women gathered who account for church planters, leaders, and their wives to achieve their mission in America which is the proclamation of the grace of Christ and his salvation that he has gifted to all people.
For this movement is not the goal or achievement of one, but it’s a community that is being built to have churches that are honest in proclaiming the Word of Christ to the millions who are in America and have made it a shelter. Now, may they also find shelter in Christ, and safety in what he has done on the cross.
We must acknowledge the role of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM), and more specifically of Dr. Tony Lynn and Pastor Tim Patterson. They have supported this movement from the moment it was launched.
Dear brothers, sisters, believers, and shepherds from our convention, I plead with you to pray for the continuation of the movement, just as the first church prayed and the ground shook. We believe that through your support in prayer that the ground of this ministry will shake as well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amgad Beshai is the pastor of Evangel Arabic Church of Troy, Michigan. He and his wife, Eman, have three wonderful children. Amgad is also an Arabic Consultant for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan.
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