Religions and mission in the Arab world
DECEMBER 2008: St Francis Magazine: 6 issues each year

This magazine contains a smorgasboard of articles; if you have an interest in mission and the Arab World, it is likely that at least a few of these articles are helpful to you!

We continue to welcome new writers for your St Francis Magazine; if you want to respond to what you read, or if you have ideas for writing an article, contact us by all means.

If you need a speaker for your group, or church, or conference, feel free to contact us; we can discuss whether we can play a helpful role with our wide network of experienced and knowledgable writers from the Arab World and beyond.

We have just decided that as from now, we will publish 6 issues per year of this magazine. So the next one will be issued early February. We have been developing writers, we have found writers, and we think we are now in a position to increase our value for you!

Do not forget to look on our weblog every now and then. There, we regulraly publish interesting facts from the Arab World, church and mission. Have a look HERE.

The Lord bless you in His Kingdom service!

Rev Dr John Stringer
 

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Is it time to give up the idea of Christian Mission to Muslims?

All the main arguments from history and experience which have been used to question the concept of Christian mission in the last two hundred years sound specially convincing when developed in relation to Islamic contexts. Here are five of the most powerful which need to be articulate and addressed:

1. The devotion of ordinary God-fearing Muslims puts us to shame. If Christians recognise the genuineness of this devotion, why should they ever want to encourage Muslims to change their religion and become Christians? This, for example, is how a Western Christian who has lived in Turkey for a number of years, writes about his experience of living among Muslim students: ‘It has become harder and harder for me to imagine or even want them to convert. Many of them live more “godly” lives than I do, or than most Christians I know. We should be talking about co-existence rather than conversion.’

 

2. The social and political realities in the world demand that we should be talking about real issues in the world around us rather than trying to discuss theology. Terrorism, AIDS, poverty, corruption, Third World debt, inequalities in world trade, the population

 

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