Small teams are crucial to fulfilling Christ's call to evangelize the world, Campus Crusade leaders decided when they formed the Macedonian Project in the mid-1990s. By sending a few Christians for short periods of time, Christ's message can be preached and relationships formed little by little, Campus Crusade decided. More than 1,200 Americans from 16 countries have made trips to several dozen nations, he said. Prayer is the key to seeing God do amazing things on the trips, Stedman said. More than 200 people pray regularly for the ministry.
Teams also enlist their own prayer support.
His father, a physics professor in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, exposed his son to Christianity by bringing home books and materials about Jesus and his teachings, along with various other world religions. Amir's father wanted him to be able to compare other beliefs to Islam, the traditional religion of his family. Soon life in Afghanistan changed radically. In the fall of 1996, the Taliban, a strict Islamic group, took over Kabul. One night, shortly before the Taliban took over Kabul, Taliban soldiers entered Amir's house.