Join us on a Trip to Iraq
YOU! WE INVITE YOU TO CHALLENGE YOUR FAITH AND JOIN US ON A TRIP TO IRAQ Covid restrictions are dropping. That means it’s time to travel again and foreign missions […]
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Iraq
Time for a Vision Trip
Unfortunately this trip has been canceled and is postponed until 2023! Thanksgiving is creeping up on us and we’d better be ready. Sick of the turkey? How about some freshly
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The General
41 travellers made their way through Erbil airport in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, Iraq. Our team included pastors, a Brazilian diplomat, a former Pentagon worker, missionaries, children and individuals
A Special Food Distribution
One of the reasons we had travelled to Iraq was to do a food distribution in some of the villages where refugees had settled. For most of us, we watched
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Baby Fufu, handmade in Iraq
Whilst in Iraq, we had the chance to meet with Barbara Jean who has been living and working there for several years, and is now running our FuFu Prayer Bear
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Join Us This Fall for the Adventure of a Lifetime!
What: BTJ Vision Trip / Prayer Journey Where: Outside your comfort zone – Northern Iraq When: One week in Early Fall 2021 Why: To share the BTJ vision, meet workers
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Travel to Iraq With BTJ
Our partners love seeing what BTJ is doing in the 10/40 Window mission field, but many others would love a chance to see it for themselves. NOW is your chance!
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UPDATE: Yezidi girl on the road to recovery
A few weeks ago we asked urgent prayer for Khaleda, a Yezidi girl from Iraq who had set herself on fire and needed urgent medical treatment in Turkey. One of
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Does More Money = More Ministry?
This time we join Eugene and Chris in Iraq, considering the variety of people that you meet on the mission field and the different backgrounds that each have unique ways
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Are Short Term Missions a Waste?
Are short term missions a waste? Join Eugene and Chris for a short conversation about the impact of short term missions. What are you experiences? Let us know in the
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A Trip that Changed My Life
This one is dedicated to crazy friends… Anna Luke shares about a trip that she took to Iraq, and the steps that it took in order for her to make
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Agility in battle: lockdown changes and challenges
In every country in which we are working, our teams have to deal with the constantly changing reality of pandemic restrictions and supply issues. Fortunately, we have had some practice
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2020 BTJ Vision Trips, you can join!
Our most recent trip to Iraq came during the period of high tension between the USA and Iran. Iranian General Qassem Soleimani had just been killed by a US drone
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The Middle East is heating up; an emergency prayer guide
Many people are glued to their screens, following developments in Iran and surrounding nations. For Christians every crisis is a call to prayer. We have the privilege of interceding for
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A hidden Christmas
‘On those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned’ Isaiah 9:2 We prepare to celebrate the coming of Immanuel. And not just us. All over the
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Creating a Christian underclass
In countries where the church is persecuted, Christians are often poor, lower-class people. There are several reasons for this. In Pakistan for example, the Christian minority largely comes from lower
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2020 Iraq Humanitarian Aid Vision Tour
Interested in serving? Want to get out of your comfort zone? Want to do a family mission trip? Then come join us on our 2020 Humanitarian Aid Vision Tour in
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Were Going Back to Iraq
No experience is required Have you ever just wanted to be a blessing to others? Have you ever heard God tell you to get on a plane to a particular
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The tragedy of Christians leaving their home lands
We rejoiced when we heard the news of Asia Bibi arriving safely in Canada to join her family there after years of imprisonment. However, this outcome is the better of
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The Significant Power of Worship & Prayer
Recently while serving in Iraq, the Lord reminded me of the significant power of our worship & prayer. I took a keyboard into the women’s safe house for ISIS survivors
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Sleeping for mission: BTJ The Netherlands, supporting in creative ways
Every nation has their own traditions of charity support and fund raising. When BTJ The Netherlands started up late spring 2018, they had to feel their way forward as to
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ISIS’s legacy of death
What is left of the Caliphate? Not much by ways of organisation and a geographical power base. But they left a legacy behind that the country of Iraq is only
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Iraq Vision Humanitarian Tour 2019
Come join us as we minister in our safe house! Serve in local villages by delivering food and clothing and providing entertainment for kids! This is a wonderful missions opportunity
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The Dream Language Center Iraq
Northern Iraq is still trying to recover from the ISIS invasion four years ago. The government is in conflict, Yazidis are still living in refugee camps, and places like Mosul
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BTJ safehouse in the news
An interesting background story on the Wall Street Journal details the difficult choices many Yezidi women have to make. Freed from sex slavery to ISIS warriors, they are not welcomed
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Lending a Helping Hand
We are scheduling our next tour to Iraq. On this trip, we will be traveling the countryside into the small villages and supplying food for the hungry, visiting our safe
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Hope Brought Through Prayer Bears
Life in Northern Iraq is very difficult right now. Government salaries have not been paid in months. The federally imposed flight ban in the Kurdistan region has greatly hindered economic
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WARNING: BTJ Mission Trips Could Alter Life Plans
In March of 2017, I took a trip to Iraq with Back to Jerusalem. I did not have months to plan for this trip, either. What happened was a friend
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Vision Casting Tour (China and Iraq)
From time to time, Back to Jerusalem will host tours to give people first hand exposure to projects and countries we work in. Future tours for vision casting include China
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Not What You Would Expect of a Woman in the Middle East
The Middle East is not known as an area where it is easy to be a woman. Patriarchal structures run deep, not only among Muslims, but also among Christians. Therefore,
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