Prayer for the Muslim world: A wave of baptisms as refugees turn to Christ
As part of the 10/10 Prayer Initiative, 180 agencies have come together to ask God to draw to himself 10 percent of the world’s Muslims in the next 10 years. 10/10. Easy to remember, yet such an amazingly big task that only God can do it.
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By a former missionary to the Middle East —
A year ago, we asked you to pray for the hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants and refugees who had recently arrived in Europe, most of them fleeing war and civil unrest. We wrote about their tremendous needs and about the tremendous opportunities for us Christians to go to help them, to reach out, and to be the light of Christ.
I want to encourage you and thank you for praying! Our awesome God is answering our prayers in ways almost beyond belief! Hundreds of former Muslims are stepping forward and not only giving their lives to Christ, but also being baptized.
Baptism is a very hard step for many former Muslims to take; historically, there have been some who have professed faith in Christ, but who delay baptism. Almost all Muslims see Christian baptism as the final severing of any ties to Islam, a step that once taken, is irrevocable. There is no more fence-sitting once you have been baptized, and ostracization and persecution are almost certain to follow.
However, amazingly, in one European country in particular, Muslims are accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior, being baptized, gathering together, and even meeting openly as churches. In some places they are joining in with existing churches and fellowships; and in other situations, largely because of language barriers, they are meeting separately.
Of course, in the midst of this all, there are “fair weather” conversions, people thinking that if they become Christians then they will be able to get visas to move farther into Europe or to the United States or Canada. But the teams working there are softly telling the refugees that they are almost certainly stuck in the country they are currently in, and that they might even be sent back to their country of origin.
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This month’s email is very encouraging news as we continue to pray for 10% of the Muslim world to come to Christ in the next 10 years. Our God is mighty to seek and save the lost and amazingly, he chooses to use his people to pray and to share that Good News with others.
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