This year, due to the Bible distribution efforts of a Christian Aid-supported ministry in Iraq, a former major in the late Saddam Hussein’s army accepted Christ as Savior. He and his wife have also led their entire family to Christ.

A car bomb destroyed this vehicle. It was very close to a church building which was slightly damaged.

In 2006 this ministry distributed 20,000 copies of the New Testament in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, where millions of citizens have taken shelter from the dangerous conditions in Baghdad and other major cities.

In early 2006 the ministry planted a church in the city of Nineveh, a particularly dangerous region for believers to spread the gospel. Three pastors were killed there in 2006. Recently a car bomb exploded 100 feet from the church, killing many who lived in the neighborhood. No one inside the church was harmed; however, the building suffered some damage.

Despite the danger, many Iraqis have become interested in Christianity. The ministry has received many more requests for Bibles, and has started several Bible studies in northern Iraq. Ministry workers are now sharing the gospel with Iraqi refugees in Jordan.