Stories of hope from the Middle East
Our MEMO Newsletter comes out quarterly, with all the latest stories from our teams in the region, updates on new projects and ideas on how to pray for our work and the Middle East. View and download current and previous editions below.
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Latest Issue –
Spring 2024
In this issue, we’ve got some exciting project updates, praise and prayer points and our 2023 financial report. Download below or sign-up to receive your printed copy.
Previous issues –
Winter 2023
In this issue, you can hear about teams who are passionate about reaching their own communities in some of the most difficult and unreached parts of the world, meet our latest UK staff member, read an interview with the CEO of our production company, as well as checking out the latest updates and more. Download below or sign-up to receive your printed copy.
Autumn 2023
Be encouraged by the phenomenal success of the new women’s team reaching the Gulf on social media; meet more of our UK advocates; look back at MEM week; challenge yourself with our latest crossword…and read many more ministry and media updates in your latest edition!
Summer 2023
MEMO Newsletter
Learn about how we’re supporting men’s mental health in the MENA, as well as sending healing hope to earthquake survivors. Discover the ongoing impact of some of our older projects, and check your answers to last edition’s crossword!
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Spring 2023
MEMO Newsletter
Read an update on our New Media Teams, how our media is transforming families in the Middle East, some financial figures from 2022, plus our first ever MEM crossword!
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Winter 2022
MEMO Newsletter
WELCOME to our first NEW LOOK edition of MEMO! In this fresh Winter edition, read about our renewed strategy and visual identity, as well as updates on many of our familiar and popular projects.
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Spring 2022
MEMO Newsletter
In this Spring edition, we answer some of your frequently asked questions, report back on our Christmas Oasis appeal, share our 2021 highlights, and update you on our exciting plans for MEM week 2022!
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Winter 2021
MEMO Newsletter
This latest edition is jam-packed full of exciting updates from our field teams, including news on our Kingdom Platform for youth, using media to combat human trafficking, and untapped potential in the Arabian Gulf. There are, too, many areas needing urgent prayer which we hope you will join us in.
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Autumn 2021
MEMO Newsletter
In this edition, read updates on our recent Blossoms appeal and most recent news on our new media teams, hear about a new user-led platform hoping to reach women in the Gulf…and much more!
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Summer 2021
MEMO Newsletter & MEM30: Our NEW 30-Day Prayer Guide for the Church in MENA
In this bumper edition of MEMO, we’ve included our annual prayer guide with a new theme: 30 Days of Prayer for the Church in MENA. Also in this issue you’ll find more details of our upcoming MEM Week, an update on our Life in the Desert series…and much, much more!
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Spring 2021
MEMO Newsletter
In this edition of MEMO we reflect back on the highlights of 2020, thank our supporters for the results of our Christmas appeal, establish our vision for new localised media teams …and much more!
Winter 2020
MEMO Newsletter
In this edition of MEMO we reflect back on the 45th anniversary of the organisation, look forwards to our future vision, hear about our new Holistic Media Internships project equipping New Church believers to reach their communities…and much more!
Autumn 2020
MEMO Newsletter
In this edition of MEMO we hear how our North Africa team are adjusting the Blossoms project to go online, the launch of our ‘Kingdom Platform’ project to help reach children during Coronavirus and beyond, and much more!
Summer 2020
MEMO Newsletter & Ramadan Prayer Guide
In this special edition of MEMO, we have your Ramadan Prayer Guide, the response from our Nisa’a team who are supporting people through their online magazine, news about the launch of the Arabic standard YouTube channel from The Bible Project, and much more!
Spring 2020
MEMO Newsletter
The spring edition of MEMO is available now! It’s full of stories from people impacted by our work, a report back on some of the numbers from last year, we look ahead to our work in 2020, and much more! There is also an exciting opportunity to help us fundraise by doing a sponsored activity in June this year - read more inside.
Winter 2019
MEMO Newsletter
The winter edition of MEMO is available now! It's full of stories about our work, including a story about whether young refugees would take their passport or smartphone with them, the racism and isolation that Sudanese women refugees are experiencing in North Africa, and a prayer focus on Sudanese refugees.
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Autumn 2019
MEMO Newsletter
The Autumn edition of MEMO is available now! It's full of stories about our work, including an update about our Life in the Desert training, the results from our recent campaign to create children’s animated episodes, and the story of Jaden who recently went through our media training programmes.
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Summer 2019
MEMO/Ramadan Prayer Guide
The summer edition of MEMO is available now! And it includes this year's Ramadan Prayer Guide. It's full of stories about our work, including our partnership with The Bible Project, and how our writers are combatting the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) in North African society.
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February 2019
In our all new MEMO Newsletter we share the numbers from 2018, our projects list for 2019 and report back on the results from our Christmas campaign to raise funds for our Life in the Desert project.
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October 2018
Issue 102
Read about our exciting new project The Refuge, helping new believers in the Gulf to start their discipleship journey in safety. We also hear about how we’re helping Sudanese refugees in North Africa.
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July 2018
Issue 101
In this issue we look at how our media was used at the World Cup this year to reach Muslims from the Middle East. We also look at how we’re helping traumatised children in Iraq.
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Easter 2018
Issue 100
We look back at the archives over the past 100 editions of P&P, we discover how pre-evangelism works in the Middle East, and we talk about how you can be a part of the future.
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January 2018
Issue 99
Take a look back at our highlights of 2017, read letters from new believers in the Gulf, and find our full project list for 2018.
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October 2017
Issue 98
An update on Basma's powerful testimony, a closer look at our recent Future Leaders media training course, and as always, all our latest prayer requests from the Middle East.
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July 2017
Issue 97
Read about how we're challenging the culture of forced early marriage, catch up on news from the Gulf, find out what our supporters say about us, and more!
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April 2017
Issue 96
The 'Powerful Poetry' issue - find out how we're using traditional Arabic poetry to speak to a Gulf audience about Jesus in a new short film series called On Bended Knee. You'll also read about how we're using our 3D animated series, Life in the Desert, as a starting point for trauma recovery workshops with Syrian children.
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January 2017
Issue 95
Take a look at an infographic of our highlights from 2016, read about our recent therapy course for Syrian refugee women, and see a full list of all our projects for 2017. Plus, learn about the new focus of our Gulf ministry and download your inspirational desktop wallpapers here!
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October 2016
Issue 94
Read a sample script from our new TV series for Muslim-background believers, see the beautiful illustrations for our new comic-style bible animations, and more.
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July 2016
Issue 93
Meet the participants of our Future Leaders discipleship & media training course, read about our new project for refugees, as well as prayer requests from the Gulf and more.
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April 2016
Issue 92
Includes a testimony from an Omani Muslim-background believer, a feature on our new 3D animation, Life in the Desert, as well as an urgent prayer request from Nelly, our International Director.
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January 2016
Issue 91
Read the highlights of 2015, and see how the money we raised from our 40th anniversary event is making a difference in the Middle East!
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