What is Crescent Project?

Crescent Project* was founded in 1993 by Fouad Masri to enable Christians to reach out to the Muslim community. Because of his experience as a Lebanese student living in the U.S., he realized that internationals in America often have many unmet needs. Crescent Project was founded to prepare American Christians to reach out to the growing Muslim community in the U.S.

Most Muslim ministries have focused on sending full-time missionaries overseas to Muslim countries. Crescent Project has used an entirely different approach: train the local church to reach out to the Muslims in the community. Since 1993, Crescent Project instructors have trained over 15,000 Christians throughout North America.

* Crescent Project was originally known as Arab International Ministry

Vision

Our vision is that each of the seven million Muslims in North America hears and responds to Jesus Christ.

Personal relationships between Christian and Muslim populations are often strained or non-existent because of rampant misunderstandings that lead to fear and distrust. Our goal is to overcome misunderstandings about Islam through education so that Christians take the initiative to build friendships with their Muslim neighbors. Personal relationships open the door for discussion about spiritual issues and personal beliefs.

Our approach to witnessing is best summed up by this quote taken from our training seminar: "Our job is not to make the Muslim a Christian. Our job is to show them the love of Christ."

For many years most Christians have assumed that Muslims are "too hard" to reach, and that only "experts" can adequately share the gospel with Muslims. We take the opposite view and believe that local congregations have the best opportunity to reach Muslims because they have the best opportunity to build meaningful relationships with them.

As you sensitively share the joy of knowing Christ with your Muslim friend, neighbor, co-worker, or classmate, you are a part of seeing this vision reached!

find out more at www.crescentproject.org