Stoking the Passion for Mission for Forty Years

The Outreach Foundation was founded over forty years ago to call Presbyterians to a renewed commitment to God’s mission. What the founders did not realize in 1979 was that one of the greatest fruits of that founding vision has been in Egypt, a country rich in history and culture and 90% Muslim.
 
The Outreach Foundation began a mission partnership with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt in 1999. Our aim was to build the capacity of Egyptian Presbyterians to bear witness to the good news of Jesus in word and deed. Our offer was to help the Cairo Seminary train a professor of mission and evangelism. The Holy Spirit at work in our Egyptian friends did the rest. Today the Presbyterian Church in Egypt has 25% more congregations than it did in 1999. Egyptians are going to every corner of Egypt and beyond—to Gaza, West Bank; Basra, Iraq; and to Juba, South Sudan. It is a church on fire with passion for mission. And they are grateful to The Outreach Foundation for providing the kindling for the fire.
 
Why do I support The Outreach Foundation? I support it because of fruit like this—a growing church in a Muslim country. I want to see similar renewals of mission take place throughout the world because of the work of The Outreach Foundation.
 
I also support The Outreach Foundation because we who have served on the staff or as Trustees have experienced our own renewal of mission passion through our global partners. My life has been touched by the witness of friends like Dr. Tharwat Wahba of Egypt, the Rev. Zhang Ke Yun of China, and Professor Kwame Bediako of Ghana.
 
I invite you to be part of God’s transforming mission through your gift to The Outreach Foundation. Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
 

Jefferson Ritchie
Mission Advocate