TWR broadcasts 37 hours weekly to the former Soviet Union, including on Radio One, Russia's first privately owned network. The daily audience is 17 percent of all Russians. The Middle East presents many obstacles to evangelization and radio, sometimes the only means of witnessing to Muslims. Campus Crusade for Christ, TWR , and International Broadcasting Association are involved in nine radio programs airing across Egypt and the television production of Thirsty Hearts , an Arabic evangelism program. Producer Mounir Faragalla believes radio has a unique appeal.
Radio reaches people in the privacy of their homes, free from fear.
By Rusty Wright.