Meet SALT Directors – by Dr. David Roadcup

Our brothers and sisters in Christ,

Allow me to introduce the director of SALT, George Al-Salty.

George is from Salt, a city to the north of Amman, Jordan. As a child, he dreamed of coming to the United States for a better education and future. He promised God that if He granted this dream, he would serve in the ministry for the rest of his life. George came to Ohio as a teenager to study and after a few semesters, he was introduced to the New Testament teaching through a campus ministry. He accepted the call and was baptized. As a very young Christian, he participated in the church planting in Amman, Jordan. After that summer, he returned to Cincinnati to finish his computer programming degree, followed by a business degree in finance. A year later, God made it clear that he needed to go back to Jordan and help the church there. Since that summer of 1990, George has had in his heart God’s dream to see the Arab world once again turn to worship the one true God.

Because of the war and persecution, Xena’s family left Iraq and traveled to Jordan as refugees like most of the Chaldean people. During their stay in Amman, she was invited to church where she studied the Bible and was baptized in 1995. At that time, a mission team was going to Baghdad to plant a church. Xena went with them and stayed for a year and a half, helping to lead the women in Baghdad, and then went back to Amman, Jordan.

George and Xena were married in 1997. Since then they have been working as full-time church leaders and missionaries. They planted and led churches in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Sudan. Since the needs of the Middle Eastern people are so great, they felt the need for advanced Biblical and counseling education.

They chose to attend Cincinnati Christian University for its heritage and reputation as a conservative Biblical school. Cincinnati also has a large Arab community. George and Xena are passionate about sharing the Gospel and ministering to this unreached group.

I want to personally invite you to join us as we pray and support them through the SALT Ministries. They have started a local outreach program focusing on the Arab community and they will be developing an online community to provide Biblical education, leadership training, and counseling services to support the Arab Christians worldwide. I am confident that God has a great plan for them in Cincinnati and in the Arab World. Thank you for your prayers and support.

In Him,

Dr. David Roadcup

Professor at Cincinnati Christian University
E-mail: David.Roadcup@ccuniversity.edu

TESTIMONIALS
Jim & Jean Bush
Minister Jim Bush – Advisor
I have known George Al-Salty and his wife Xena since 2009. In that time I have sat under his instruction on Islam and as a preacher of the Gospel. George is uniquely qualified in this regard and teaches with clear biblical understanding and passion and is a compelling ambassador of Christ in the preaching of the Gospel.
I recommend George highly for any congregation or leadership team desiring to engage the culture through the church with truth and hope rather than through fear. [READ MORE…]
TESTIMONIALS
Kerry Allen – Louisville Bible College President
Mr. Kerry Allen – Advisor
God’s ways are higher than ours. Throughout history He has always had someone whom He could use in special ways for special circumstances. George and Xena Al-Salty are two of those people in the world today.
Through their ethnic heritage, their personal faith in Christ, their formal education, their willingness to serve, their work ethic, and their vision and strategy for reaching Arabs for Christ I wholeheartedly endorse them as servants of Christ. I encourage you to partner with them in the various ministry situations they provide. [READ MORE…]
TESTIMONIALS
Dr. Gary Sweeten
Dr. Gary Sweeten
I am very impressed with the credential and the character of both of these Professional Counselors. First, because George and Xena Al-Salty worked throughout the Middle East establishing churches among Arabic speaking groups in a number of countries.
Establishing a new congregation is extremely difficult in any nation but among Muslim background and Arabic speaking groups it is considered to almost be impossible. Yet, they successfully carried out their call for many years.
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TESTIMONIALS
Dr. David Roadcup
Dr. David Roadcup
George and Xena Al-Salty were married in 1997. Since then they planted churches in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Sudan.
After completing their Biblical studies and clinical counseling education at Cincinnati Christian University, they launched an online community to provide mentoring relationships, Biblical education, and counseling services to support the Christians of the Arab world.
I am confident that God has a great plan for their lives. I want to personally invite you to join us as we pray and support them through the SALT Ministries. [READ MORE…]
TESTIMONIALS
Jeffrey & Teresa Metzger
Mr. Jeffrey Metzger
I’m so happy to recommend George and Xena Al-Salty and their ministry (SALT) to your attention. In my lifetime I’ve never met any couple more intentional, more committed and more well placed to do accomplish their call from God to plant churches, build leaders, and make disciples in the Arab world.
Shortly after I met George I asked him where he wanted to be in five years. He said, “I can’t tell you where I want to be in five years, but let me tell you where I want to be in twenty years. In twenty years I’d like to see a healthy New Testament church planted in every Arabic speaking capitol in the world.” [READ MORE…]
TESTIMONIALS
Dr. David & Candy Faust
Dr. David Faust – Advisors
We met George and Xena Al-Salty in 2009 when they were students at Cincinnati Christian University, and we have come to love and respect them deeply. It’s been a privilege for us to interact with them in their home and ours, on the CCU campus, and in a variety of other settings over the years. We have a high level of confidence in them and their ministry (SALT).
We appreciate their strong interpersonal skills, the integrity of their character, and the depth of their faith. We have seen the fruit of the Spirit in their lives, and we admire their vision. [READ MORE…]
TESTIMONIALS
Dr. Jack Cottrell
Dr. Jack Cottrell – Advisor
I am very happy to be able to recommend to you the Kingdom work of George and Xena Al-Salty. I know them personally, and I know that they are sincere and dedicated servants of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have had them both as students in my classroom, and I know that their faith is very Bible-based and theologically sound.
In addition to these essentials, their personal backgrounds and life-experiences enable them to understand the target audiences of their ministry and to design their materials in the most effective way. Your decision to partner with them would be a very wise choice. [READ MORE…]