Editor’s note: Due to global security concerns specific names and locations of people groups will not be publicized.

ATLANTA – Frank Morrow was in the Middle East doing relief work after a natural disaster when a local official turned to him and asked an all important question: “Why do you do what you do? Why did you come?”

For Morrow, the answer was easy. He opened a paperback Bible and shared the story of Jesus.

“Those moments are the open doors,” Morrow said. “That’s why we’re there.”

As Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel, Frank and his wife, Karen, have had many opportunities to share Christ among one of the most unreached people groups in the Middle East, which cannot be named for security reasons. Commissioned by CBF as strategy coordinators in 1996, the Morrows began ministering in Germany, where large numbers of Middle Eastern refugees had come seeking asylum.

The Morrows helped these refugees in whatever way they could, all the while learning their language and more about this people group that was once mighty but were now repressed, persecuted and nearly forgotten. Their land had been stolen and their culture outlawed.

After 10 years of ministry in Germany, the Morrows returned to the United States, where they base their work out of Fort Worth, Texas. There, they concentrate on building partnerships with other ministry organizations and helping to provide translated media, books and Bibles for distribution in the Middle East.

Another important aspect is connecting with CBF partner churches about ways they can connect with ministry in the Middle East. Whether it’s through prayer, financial support, or going to a Middle Eastern country to serve, churches can partner with the Morrows to make a difference among a largely unreached people group, where the gospel is slow to spread.

“We don’t see mass conversions or quick change. It’s a long process,” Karen said. “For them to come to faith is a cutting off who they are. It’s a disgrace to their family. They risk their life to [come to Christ].”

One husband and wife became Christians in Germany and have returned to the Middle East to start a church among their own people. Even though they’re thousands of miles apart, Karen keeps in contact with the wife, who she considers a dear friend.

“I encourage her to keep the faith and to testify that God is at work and that God is alive. [She told me] ‘I don’t have another person like you who can share my deepest feelings and hurts with.’ We’re there to be that with people and to be that [presence] in their life.” Karen said. “I feel the biggest part of our work is enabling others to do the work.”

Like many CBF field personnel, the Morrows’ ministry is funded by gifts to CBF’s Offering for Global Missions. Without financial gifts to the Offering, the Morrows would be unable to serve among people whose lives can be so significantly changed by the love and knowledge of Jesus Christ.

“Without the Offering, it would be impossible to do the work,” Karen said.

Give to support this life-changing ministry. This year’s goal is $6.1 million. Learn more at www.thefellowship.info/ogm. For information on how you or your church can partner with the Morrow’s ministry, contact engage@thefellowship.info.

CBF is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice. The Fellowship’s mission is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission.