In this powerful second half of our conversation from the 2025 Senegal SmallCircle Summit, we sit down with Middle East Director Yazan Melkonian and Egypt Director Pastor Khalaf Barakat to explore the transformative impact of one-to-one discipleship in the Arab world. Yazan shares how the SmallCircle tools rekindled Khalaf’s passion for personal discipleship—something he experienced decades ago but found missing in many Egyptian churches despite strong large-group ministries and small groups. With a fresh vision, Pastor Khalaf quickly began implementing SmallCircle training, starting in his own church before expanding to seminary students and other denominations. Yazan and Khalaf paint a mutual vision of bringing SmallCircle discipleship to every church in Egypt—not limited to one denomination—and then extending that momentum across North Africa, while Jordan continues to strengthen its regional partnerships and eyes opportunities in Iraq and Lebanon.

This episode highlights the strategic importance of Egypt as a gateway for gospel influence throughout the Middle East and North Africa, where what Egypt adopts often sets the tone for the broader Arab world.

Don’t miss this update on what God is doing in Egypt and the bold dream to see SmallCircle active in every country across the region.

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