Discipleship First
My model is not big events, it's intentional, personal investment in each student. Helping them become disciple makers for the Kingdom in the field or calling they go into
Karim Youssef
From Cairo to Daytona to the Ends of the Earth
I am discipling pilots, engineers, and ROTC students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, while preparing to be a missionary pilot.
HOW TO PARTNER WITH MY MINISTRY
My Story
From Cairo to Abu Dhabi to the Cockpits of Daytona
I grew up as a Third Culture Kid, born in Egypt, raised in the UAE, and shaped between worlds. When I moved to Florida for flight school, God redirected his path: not away from aviation, but through it. For three years I have discipled college students one-on-one. Now, I am officially raising support and stepping into full-time ministry.
The Long View
My current and long term goals.
Phase 1 — Now
ERAU College Ministry
✦ Life-on-life discipleship
Walking with pilots & engineers through university life, career decisions, and spiritual growth.
✦ Flight instruction
Credibility in the cockpit earns trust in the conversation. I speak their language.
✦ Support raising
Building the financial and prayer foundation that will carry this mission forward — phase by phase.
✦ ROTC & military students
Many will serve in remote corners of the world. Gospeling them now multiplies the reach later.
The foundation
Phase 2 — The Goal
Missionary Bush Pilot
✈ Aviation as mission access
A small plane can reach in hours what would take weeks on foot. Aviation is the key to the final frontier.
✈ Unreached people groups
Over 6,000 people groups still have no access to the Gospel. Many live where roads do not go.
✈ Church planting support
Supplying, transporting, and sustaining pioneer missionaries working in remote and hostile terrain.
✈ TCK advantage
Born in Cairo, raised in Abu Dhabi — Karim's cross-cultural life is not a disadvantage. It is the preparation.
The mission
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:10-11 — The vision that drives it all.
My Current Mission Field
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the world's largest aviation university. Its students are uniquely positioned to reach the world.
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Students enrolled at Embry-Riddle
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Unreached people groups worldwide
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Years of ministry
Gospel in Every Career
ERAU graduates go on to become pilots, aerospace engineers, air traffic controllers, and military officers. The Gospel investment today multiplies across the globe tomorrow.
Global Vision
My end goal is to become a missionary bush pilot — using aviation to reach unreached people groups so that every tribe and tongue would know His name.