Youeel Tarabay is KidZ at Heart’s VP of Middle Eastern Ministries. In 2021, Youeel was able to take KidZ at Heart to six new countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA area): Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, and Sudan.

Youeel Tarabay lives in Rmeileh, Lebanon with his wife Katia and two daughters; Jennifer and Andrea. He is also the pastor of the Christian Missionary Alliance church in Rmeileh, near Sidon. He became a Christian in August 1978, and has spent more than forty years in children’s ministry and wrote three books for children. His main concern is to reach children and youth with the message of God’s love in a creative and effective way through training and equipping teachers and leaders. He has conducted many training seminars and workshops and trained hundreds of people in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the Gulf.

Youeel’s passion is to see every leader and every child fall deeply in love with Jesus.