2025 Field Guide: Tunisian Arabs
Quiet Courage & Digital Hope in Tunisia
Since 2019, a dedicated missions team has been leveraging technology to maximize opportunities for the gospel in Tunisia. With over 11 million people in the UPG, despite limited resources and few national believers, digital ministry here is making a huge impact. The gospel is being shared in the heart language of the Tunisian Arab people, and local Christians connect with seekers to fan the flames of their faith.
Tunisian Arabs
Update from the field
In the dry winds of Tunisia, where the muezzin's call echoes through streets lined with olive trees and cafés hum with conversation, another voice is rising. It is quieter, digital, and in the heart language of the people—Tunisian Arabic. And it carries the words of Jesus.
The gospel is being shared here, not through loud rallies or mass conversions, but screen by screen, message by message. In a country where centuries of Islamic tradition cast a long shadow, digital media has become the open door no regime can fully close. While Islamic resistance remains entrenched—through cultural pressure, government surveillance, and persecution from family—Tunisians are finding their way to the truth.
They begin by watching a video, clicking on a post, or searching in secret. They read the words of Jesus in their dialect. They hear stories that resonate with the ache in their souls. And when they reach out to ask for more, they are met with disciples ready to walk with them.
One of these seekers was Raouf. After publicly declaring his faith, his father dragged him to court—twice. He was jailed, beaten while the guards looked on, and released into a town now buzzing with questions. But Raouf’s grace, his courage, and his unshakable faith are spreading a different kind of scandal: one of love, forgiveness, and truth.
Another woman, Sahar, came to faith after years of quiet searching online. She was recently baptized, then baptized three of her daughters. Her home, once a quiet place of routine, is now filled with Scripture and spiritual hunger. Her sons are watching. Her neighbors are listening. The hope and light of Jesus are shining brightly through her.
These stories are not outliers; they are the fruit of a diligent strategy that meets Islamic resistance with gospel resilience. Through Bible comics in local Arabic, the Zúme discipleship app, the Waha training platform, and social media ads addressing depression, purpose, and dreams of Jesus, the gospel is going where physical missionaries often cannot. The tools may be digital, but the fruit is deeply personal; the access is immediate, and the impact is eternal.
Digital media is not a side ministry in Tunisia; it is the spearhead. In a society where the gates of Islam stand tall, this is how the good news gets in—under doors, through the slightest cracks, behind the darkening curtains. Deliberate and deft, the truth is breaking through.
Prayer requests
- Pray for boldness and protection for believers, like Raouf and Sahar, who face severe persecution for leaving Islam.
- Pray that digital tools like Waha, Zúme, and media outreach continue to reach hearts in hidden places.
- Pray for the salvation of those who read, watch, and listen—especially the sons and neighbors who are quietly taking it all in.
- Pray for breakthrough in distributing gospel materials, like the Bible comics in Arabic, and wisdom for local leaders navigating government pressure.
- Pray that the digital church in Tunisia would grow into a visible, discipling, and reproducing gospel movement.
