Enduring Love Update | International Ministries

Posted on June 10, 2026 Enduring Love Update

The Enduring Love ministry focuses on identifying, training, and supporting Arab Christians from seven countries, equipping them to share Christ in their own communities. It was birthed in the midst of the rise of the Arab Spring in 2013 and the entering of the International Ministries into its Third Century Mission in 2014. Daniel and Sarah Chetti were the first appointed IM Global Servants to the Arab World in 1998. While teaching at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut, God moved Dan’s heart to embrace a greater vision for the MENA region. Following Dan’s retirement as a Global Servant in March 2026, Enduring Love continues as an IM program led by an Oversight Committee which includes Dan as Founder. International Ministries celebrates that Enduring Love is a vital part of its mission and ministry in MENA. Below is the latest Enduring Love update:

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CHRIST IS STILL HERE

The headlines coming out of the Middle East over the past months have been difficult to hold onto. Lebanon is being battered again. More than 300,000 children have been displaced, over 2,700 killed, and 150 health facilities forced to close. Iraq is caught in the crossfire once more. The suffering is immense, and the human cost is still being counted.

We want you to know that our workers are still there. Some of them live in neighborhoods that have trembled under the weight of this conflict. Some of them have had to move, adapt, and find new ways to hold their communities together. And yet, almost without exception, their reports carry the same quiet conviction: the Spirit of God is moving.

Lebanon is being battered again. More than 300,000 children displaced, 2,700 killed, and 150 health facilities forced to close.

This is not a triumphalist claim; it is simply what we are witnessing. When people have lost everything and armies cannot bring peace, something unusual happens to the human heart: it opens. Questions surface that prosperity tends to bury. In Bible study groups still meeting, in home churches gathering in quieter rooms, in conversations with neighbors who are frightened and searching, we are seeing a hunger for the living God, unlike anything in calmer times.

We do not know when this season of conflict will end. But we do believe, with everything we have, that Christ is present in these places, not despite the suffering but within it, walking the same roads the displaced walk, sitting with the grieving, meeting people in the precise moment their hearts become available.

We are grateful for every person who has stood with us during this time. Your partnership enables our workers to be present in the region. It is not an abstraction. It is the reason someone in a shaken city has a brother or sister in Christ willing to sit with them and not leave.

Our Endowment Fund is almost ready

We’ve been working hard to establish the Enduring Love-MENA Endowment Fund, giving this ministry the kind of stability that lets our workers stay, year after year, regardless of what shifts around them. This allows our partners to persevere and continue, even in the midst of a crisis.

We’re looking forward to sharing more in our next newsletter, but if you feel called to invest in what Jesus is doing in this region, we’d love to hear from you.

Email us at contact@enduring-love.org, and we’ll be happy to answer any questions.o

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Lift up our Middle Eastern partners as they navigate challenging circumstances and share the Gospel in difficult places. Your prayers are vital.

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Every donation directly impacts lives: Bibles, relief, and ministry support across the region. Your partnership makes both immediate aid and long-term ministry possible.

Help others understand what God is doing in the Middle East by sharing these updates. Many people don’t realize the difficulties Christians face in these challenging regions.

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Dan Chetti, PhD

Founder-Director & Mission Advocate. Dan is a global servant with International Ministries, having served for more than 20 years as a professor at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon.

Julie Justus Williams

Area Director for Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa with International Ministries. Julie holds a Master of Theology from the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague and most recently served as Director of Global Partnerships and Unity with the Baptist World Alliance.

Todd McClure

Associate Director. Todd is the Minister of Missions and Finances for the West Virginia Baptist Convention and has a passion for mobilizing the church to reach the nations. He has been involved in ministry in the Middle East since 2009. He has been the Associate Director of Enduring Love since 2019.

Filipe Amado

Communications Director. Filipe has 12 years of experience in the Middle East and North Africa and holds a Master in Theological Studies (Christianity & the Arts) from Regent College, bringing regional knowledge and commitment to the communities Enduring Love serves.

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