About Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry
What if someone wants to learn about Jesus, but walking into a church isn't an easy option?
Maybe they live in a predominantly Muslim country.
Maybe Christianity is something they've only heard described by other people.
Or perhaps they're simply curious about the Bible and want somewhere private to begin asking questions.
For Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry, the internet created an opportunity to reach people who might otherwise be incredibly difficult to reach.
Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry, commonly known as ABOM, began as an online Christian ministry dedicated to extending the Word of God into the Arab world.
What started with a website has since become part of something much larger.
Today, ABOM serves as the media outreach of Biblical Missions International, helping connect digital evangelism with real-world discipleship and church planting.
It Started With a Website
When Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry began in 1998, the internet was still relatively young.
But its missionary potential was already becoming clear.
A website could cross borders without requiring someone to physically travel across them.
For Christians wanting to reach Arabic-speaking people, that created an entirely new mission field.
ABOM began using the internet to make Christian resources available to people throughout the Arab world.
Visitors could encounter Scripture and learn about Jesus while exploring questions about Christianity from wherever they happened to be.
That digital-first approach remains an important part of the ministry today.
Making the Bible Accessible in Arabic
The name tells you something important about the ministry.
The Bible is central.
ArabicBible.com provides extensive biblical and Christian material for Arabic-speaking audiences while also offering English-language resources that help Christians better understand ministry among Muslims.
Someone investigating Christianity can explore questions about Jesus and Scripture.
They can examine differences between biblical and Islamic teaching.
They can read testimonies from people with Middle Eastern backgrounds.
And someone wanting to go further can request an Arabic New Testament or participate in a Bible correspondence course.
The website becomes a doorway.
But the ministry doesn't want someone's journey to end with a webpage.
Moving From Outreach to Discipleship
Digital evangelism can introduce someone to the Gospel.
Discipleship requires something more personal.
That's why follow-up became an important part of the ministry's development.
When someone expresses genuine interest in Christianity, Biblical Missions International seeks opportunities to help that person continue learning.
That can involve Bible study and correspondence alongside connections with Christians who can encourage them in their new faith.
The goal isn't simply getting someone to read Christian content.
It's helping people become disciples of Jesus.
And whenever possible, that means helping them become part of a local church.
Helping Churches Take Root
Biblical Missions International's vision goes beyond individual conversions.
It wants to see vibrant and reproducing churches established throughout the Arab world and among Muslim communities in North America.
That means church planting naturally follows evangelism and discipleship.
BMI works alongside national pastors and missionaries who are already serving within these communities.
The long-term hope is that believers will grow together into healthy local churches.
Those churches can then disciple others.
Local leaders can emerge.
And eventually, the people who were once being reached can become the people reaching someone else.
Reaching Muslims Closer to Home
The Arab world remains central to the ministry.
But the mission field isn't limited to the Middle East or North Africa.
Large Muslim and Arabic-speaking communities now live throughout the United States and Canada.
For BMI, that represents another opportunity.
Someone who may have lived in a country where exploring Christianity was extremely difficult can suddenly find themselves living beside Christians.
The missionary doesn't always have to cross the ocean anymore.
Sometimes the nations have moved into the neighborhood.
That's why the ministry also encourages Christians and churches in North America to recognize the opportunity in front of them.
From a Screen to a Local Church
Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry began with a remarkably simple idea:
Use the internet to reach people with the Gospel.
But the vision didn't stay on the internet.
A person discovers ArabicBible.com.
They begin reading.
Questions follow.
A conversation begins.
Scripture is studied.
Someone places their faith in Christ.
Then discipleship begins.
Eventually, that believer can become connected with a local church where their faith continues to grow.
And one day, they may be the person introducing someone else to Jesus.
That's when digital outreach becomes multiplication.
At the heart of Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry and Biblical Missions International is a desire to take the Word of God across barriers that once made people difficult to reach. By combining Arabic Christian media with personal follow-up, discipleship, Bible distribution, and church planting, the ministry seeks not only to introduce people to Jesus, but to help new believers grow into disciples who become part of healthy, reproducing churches throughout the Arab and Muslim world.
