> “We are constantly threatened, persecuted, attacked, and ambushed. We get a > lot of calls, sometimes from Mecca, Medina, Iran, from the local Hezbollah > group in our nations. Yes, we become afraid. We are fearful. We are not that > hero. But you know what? We need to be obedient to the call of Christ and go.” > This is how the world changes. Not through heroic pronouncements or legislation, but humble individuals doing what is right in the face of overwhelming danger.
-- Ernie P. On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:07 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Christian Post > > > Former Muslim: Mullahs, Imams Coming to Christ in West Africa > > > Fri, Oct. 22, 2010 Posted: 12:41 PM EDT > > CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Hundreds of imams and mullahs from West Africa have > been coming to Christ in the past decade and in turn sharing the Gospel with > their peers, said a former Muslim who witnesses to Muslim scholars and > clerics. > > Brother Daniel (last name withheld for security reasons) said that the > initiative he started has exposed over 10,000 scholars, clerics and mullahs > to the knowledge of salvation through Jesus Christ over the past 10 years. > From that number, some 1,000 have come to Christ with 500 of them having > completed discipleship training. Currently, 58 former mullahs, imams, and > scholars from the initiative are sharing their faith in Christ, exclaimed > Daniel to applause from the Lausanne III crowd. > > “The Muslims that are around us are good people; they are sincere in their > beliefs,” said Daniel Friday morning. “[But] even though they are very > sincere, they are sincerely wrong.” > > Daniel, who grew up in a Muslim setting in Africa, said Christians are not > eager to share their faith with Muslims even though Jesus commanded them to > spread the Gospel. Christians are “disobedient and fearful” to share the > Gospel even though the Holy Spirit has worked on the hearts of Muslims and > they are open and waiting to hear the good news, Daniel remarked. > > He shared that he recently led a sharia (Islamic law) court judge to Christ. > After the conversion, the former sharia judge lost his job and has faced > “unbelievable persecution.” But despite the fierce obstacles, that former > judge has alone led over 100 Muslims to Christ. > > “Even if he is going to be killed, he is thinking of more ways to reach out > to the Muslims,” Daniel shared. > > “We are constantly threatened, persecuted, attacked, and ambushed. We get a > lot of calls, sometimes from Mecca, Medina, Iran, from the local Hezbollah > group in our nations. Yes, we become afraid. We are fearful. We are not that > hero. But you know what? We need to be obedient to the call of Christ and go.” > > The evangelist to Muslim clerics spoke during the session titled, “Discerning > the Will of Christ for 21st Century World Evangeilzation,” with Paul > Eshleman, founder of The Jesus Film Project, as the keynote speaker. > > Eshleman, during his talk, emphasized that it is unacceptable that after > 2,000 years since Jesus Christ came to earth there are still people all over > the world who have not heard the Gospel. > > “The fact that there is still people groups today that have no missionaries, > no church, and nobody even planning to go is wrong. It is absolutely wrong,” > said Eshleman, who now serves as vice president of Networks and Partnerships > for Campus Crusade for Christ International. “My question to us is how much > longer will we wait?” > > Delegates at the Lausanne conference represent nearly five million local > churches, and 12 million Christian workers, he pointed out. > > “Surely we can decide today that it is long enough,” he said. “Tell us where > the global body of Christ needs us to go and we will go." > > There are a total of about 8,000 languages, of which only 448 have a complete > Bible, said Eshleman. About an eighth of the world’s languages (1185 > languages) have New Testaments; and another 843 languages have a portion of > Scripture. > > “Here is the real tragedy: today there are 2,252 languages that have not one > verse of Scripture and no one is planning to go to them,” Eshleman lamented. > > He urged Lausanne delegates to help provide the manpower for 4,000 > story-telling teams to be sent within the next two to three years so that no > people group on earth will be without at least an oral version of the Bible. > > More than 4,000 Christian leaders representing over 190 nations have gathered > for Lausanne III, also known as Cape Town 2010. The purpose of the Lausanne > Congresses is to bring the global body of Christ together to discuss how to > best evangelize the world. The Congress has also been addressing global > problems facing the Church, including secularization, Islam, HIV/AIDS, > prosperity gospel, and environmental concerns, among other topics. The > conference program will conclude Sunday. > > Michelle A. Vu > Christian Post Reporter > > Copyright © 2010 Christianpost.com. All rights reserved. > > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
