FOR EVERYDAY CHRISTIANS
The world is at your door.
Reach the nations without leaving home. Become a Conversation Partner with an international neighbor through friendship, hospitality, and conversational English using Bible workbooks.
You don't teach English. Your friend already speaks it. You simply meet one hour a week, help them grow fluent and confident, and share the good news of Jesus along the way.
No ESL certificate · No passport · No new language
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ENDORSED BY
Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel Center · Dr. Rice Broocks, Every Nation · Dr. Ming Wang, Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration · Anna Kitko, Ratio Christi · Jeannie Marie, author of Across the Street and Around the World
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What is English With Friends?
See how everyday Christians are making friends from around the world, one cup of coffee at a time.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
You care about the nations. You just can't move overseas.
You pray for missionaries. You give to support their work. But you've never had a way to share Jesus with someone from another nation yourself.
<1%
of Christians become missionaries
2.7%
of missionaries go to the 10/40 Window*
96.3%
of the unreached live in the 10/40 Window*
*The 10/40 Window: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, between 10° and 40° north of the equator.
But what if the nations came to you?
ACTS 2
God isn't only sending the church to the nations. He's sending the nations to the church.
In Acts 2, God gathered “people from every nation under heaven” to hear the gospel in Jerusalem. He's still doing it today.
The world is at your door: immigrants, refugees, and 1.3 million international students in the US alone. 62% of those students come from the 10/40 Window, and many will go home to become their nations' future leaders.
And nearly all of them want to practice their English.
YOUR FIRST STEP
Start here with two free resources.
See the nations at your door, and discover how God can use you to welcome them.
FREE 45-MINUTE WORKSHOP
The World at Your
Door Challenge
Discover five opportunities that are awakening Christians to the goodness of cultures they've never known, and introducing newcomers to the good news of Jesus they've never heard.
FREE GUIDE
The Lost
R.A.D.A.R. System
Five ways to make sure the international students, immigrants, and refugees in your community are seen on your radar.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps. One new friend.
01
Catch the vision
Watch The World at Your Door Challenge, a free 45-minute workshop on five opportunities God is opening right where you live.
02
Get trained
Choose the course that fits you: the Course for Christians if you're moving forward as an individual, or the Course for Churches & Campus Ministries if you're equipping a team to launch a program.
03
Open your door
Welcome an international neighbor with a meal, then meet one hour a week using the Bible workbooks. Whether you're one person or a whole team, it happens one friendship at a time.
NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED
Good news: you're already qualified.
✔ No teaching required. No one who volunteers with English With Friends actually teaches English. You simply speak it with someone who has already learned it.
✔ No passport or new language. The nations are already in your town and online.
✔ No need to have all the answers. The workbooks use short Bible stories and discussion questions, so God's Word does the heavy lifting.
STORIES
Everyday Christians. Real friendships.
“So far, I have five Conversation Partners whom I meet with individually each week; some in-person and some online! ... I love English With Friends.”
KALEB SMITH, Michigan
“My Conversation Partner is a refugee from Myanmar... I recommend this course to anyone who desires to reach the nations but does not feel very equipped. If you speak English, you can do this!”
BETH KOVAL, Arizona
“My story could have never become a reality had I not become friends with a Christian professor, and become fluent in English. International students today are no different.”
DR. MING WANG
Harvard & MIT MD; PhD. Founder of the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
One course for you. One for your whole church.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Course for Christians
Learn how to welcome an international friend and walk through the Wonders Workbook together, one hour a week.
$149
FOR CHURCHES & CAMPUS MINISTRIES
Course for Churches
A robust toolkit to cast the vision, recruit and train your team, and weave English With Friends into the life of your church or campus.
From $100/month
MEET YOUR GUIDE
Hi, I'm Tyler. I've been where you are.
I used to feel like I had to choose between serving God on the frontlines or on the sidelines. Then one day, reading Acts 2, I realized God was sending the nations to us. That changed everything.
Since then, friends from Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Congo, and beyond have shaped my faith and my family in ways I never expected.
I want that for you.
TEDx speaker · Author of Question Everything · Creator of XENOMANIACS · Guest on Billy Graham Radio and the Joshua Project Podcast
Read My StoryKEEP GOING
More ways to love the nations.
XENOMANIACS on YouTube
The Ellis family's channel: videos, challenges, and adventures that celebrate the goodness of other cultures, while sharing the Good News of Jesus with people who have never heard it.
Poetic Prayers for the Nations
An original prayer song for all 195 countries, on the XENOMANIACS Music YouTube channel and Spotify. Families pray along: “I prayed for China.” “I prayed for Brazil.”
Global Coloring Book Challenge
Pray for all 195 nations as you color a page for each one. A free download for kids, adults, and whole families.
Can't be a Conversation Partner right now?
You can still help. Join the support team that equips everyday Christians to welcome international neighbors with friendship and the good news of Jesus.
Partner With UsThe world's at your door. Go therefore!
Start with the free 45-minute workshop and discover five opportunities that are opening right where you live.
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