Empowering Local Churches for Evangelism

Worshippers at All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo. © Don Brice/ABM 2005

This project needs $36,866 in 2011.

Egypt boasts the largest Christian population in the Middle East (10 Million) but these numbers are decreasing and there are fewer than 20,000 Anglicans in Egypt. Many Egyptian Christians are now emigrating overseas because of better financial opportunities and because of hardships within Egypt.

In Egypt, only thirty percent of Christians go to Church, so when the Diocese created its “Dreams for 2010” strategy, evangelism was an important focus.

The Diocese aims to encourage every church to be a welcoming church, alive and effective, representing the message of Christ’s love and forgiveness to those who enter. The focus is to energise the work of the Mission and Evangelism Task Force and to train evangelists, who are called by God, to work around the Diocese.

The project will target those active in ministry in local churches and give them training in evangelism as well as the chance to put their skills into practice. It will also target those who are unchurched and those who need further training like bible studies.

The Diocese believes evangelism and discipleship in Egypt will help many young people to develop a mission vision. It will help them recognise themselves as local missionaries who can endure hardship for the sake of the Gospel.

Throughout 2010 training events and conferences were held around the Diocese that reached over 100 people. Despite this initial success the Diocese does not have the financial resources to support the ongoing initiative.

You can support the Dream of the Diocese of Egypt and help the church to evangelise and build on the work it has started by donating to this project in 2011.

Donate Now to this project by selecting Empowering Local Churches in Egypt from the full project list.

Download the 2011 Project Information Sheet.