Protestant claims and my background

The International House of Pancakes Prayer, whatever that is:

We invite you to pray with us for the nations that have not yet heard the gospel. Let the word of the Lord run swiftly to Syria and Lebanon in Jesus' name."You know that Jesus preached in Lebanon's Sidon and Paul was converted on the road to Damascus, right?"
"Do they know it's Christmastime at alllllllll?" Ethiopians were