John Samara
Middle Eastern front-line worker
Born in Damascus, Syria, John was pursuing a career in engineering in the U.S. when God called him to redirect his energies toward supporting the rapidly expanding church in the Middle East. Yearning to serve the Lord and spread hope in the war-torn region, John founded Ananias House to bring the gospel to unreached areas of the Middle East and North Africa, and to build up and equip local, often-persecuted Christian communities.