Our history

Born in prayer.
Rooted in hope.

From a season of upheaval came a prayer: that the church in Afghanistan would grow deep roots in the Word of God. This is the story of Lumens of Truth.

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LAUNCHED IN 2023 Faith · Learning · Community

The beginning of a shared calling

A ministry grows
one faithful step at a time.

Follow the story from the prayer and preparation of 2021–2022 to the ministry’s launch in 2023 and the work that followed.

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A shared prayer. A new calling.

The story of Lumens of Truth begins with a concern for the church within Afghanistan. After the Taliban took over the country in August 2021, Samir and Tamana began praying about what the future might hold for Afghan believers.

Their desire was to help the church grow deep roots in the Word of God. During the months that followed, that prayer became a shared vision. A missions conference, conversations, and prayer with a group of young people were among the moments in which the ministry began to take shape.

A country at a turning point

August 2021

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan brought profound uncertainty for the country and urgent questions about the future of its church.

A desire for deep roots

October 2021

Samir and Tamana began a season of earnest prayer for the church within Afghanistan. At the heart of their prayers was a desire to help Afghan believers grow deep roots in the Word of God.

Sharing the calling

November 2021

As the vision for the ministry was taking shape, Samir spoke at a missions conference in November.

A name, born in prayer

November 2021

Samir, Tamana, and a group of young people gathered to pray and consider a name for the ministry. More than twenty possibilities emerged. Among them was a name suggested by Tamana: Lumens of Truth.

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The calling takes root.

The prayer and conversations of 2021 led to the work of establishing a ministry. Hasib and Samir worked together on the preparations for registration, giving practical form to the calling that had brought the group together.

In May 2022, Lumens of Truth was officially registered. This was a milestone in a story that had begun months earlier: a desire to serve the Afghan church and help believers become deeply rooted in the Word of God. The name chosen in prayer now belonged to an established organisation.