Cleft of the Rock Ministry Center

Cross-cultural work in Muslim communities can be incredibly challenging! To be effective and avoid burnout, both cross-cultural workers and local believers need support as they serve among least-reached people.

Cleft of the Rock Ministry Center helps keep workers on the field in countries where ministry is especially difficult by offering retreats and other services. Located in the forested mountains of the Middle East, Cleft of the Rock Ministry Center provides a safe place where workers and local believers can be restored. In quiet, peaceful surroundings, they can pull back from ministry and the stress of living in places that are hostile to followers of Christ. At Cleft of the Rock, they rest their bodies and souls so they can return better able to serve.

Since it was founded by Christar workers in 2010, this center has restored and equipped Christian workers from throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, and, by God’s grace, in 2023 it welcomed over 8,000 people.

Though the workers who founded Cleft of the Rock were deported from the country, the ministry center continues to operate and serve workers and local believers with onsite national staff. The founders hope to sell its present facility and reopen in a nearby country in the Balkans that hosts numerous cross-cultural workers as well as many nationals from the country where it is currently located.

Your gift to Cleft of the Rock will help workers and local believers continue to serve and thrive in hard places! And, as both are able to minister more effectively in these communities, more least-reached people will hear and embrace the gospel.

Participate in the Ministry of Cleft of the Rock:

By Supporting Financially:

• $1,500 covers the cost of a one-night conference for up to 50 people.
• $10,000 provides coal and firewood for heat throughout the winter.

By Praying:

• Pray that the ministry center will have a good reputation in the community and be a light in a dark area.
• Pray that Cleft of the Rock’s unbelieving national staff members will come to know Christ and that those who do know Him will be strengthened in their faith.
• Pray that workers and national believers who use the site will be refreshed, renewed and able to reengage in ministry with new vision.
• Pray for the sale of the present facilities to go through and that a new facility will be located.