I just finished a very good read about Muslims turned to Christ. It is a true story with the characters having substitute names for their protection. The penalty to these converts is endless harassment and for many even death. This treatment is not only from government officials, but the persecution starts from their own family. The book is about Brother Andrew (the Dutchman that was famous for smuggling Bibles into Communist lands during the Cold War era) encouraging a Christian Arab graduate in England to go back to his country and see if he cannot aid in the Lord's work amongst the Churches. He finds a lot of the churches are harassed and the members somewhat discouraged. For many it is tempting just to pack up and move to the West. As he goes around encouraging the Church leadership and Bible study, he meets up with a challenge. The challenge is that growing numbers of Muslims were reaching out to Christ. This movement was catching the Churches off guard as it is a serious offence to be involved in leading a Muslim from Islam. Three young men early on in the book turn to Christ after studying the "Injil" the New Testament. They eventually suffer imprisonment and become strong fearless leaders who the face of strong opposition. Many questions and problems are raised in what to do with these many converts as they keep coming forward. They can't all just leave the country, they can't join the existing Churches least it brings more harm to the Christian community, and then what of marriage and other cultural issues. Your mind realizes the answers lie beyond man and God alone can show us the way for these people. I recommend this book to Christians everywhere to learn of what is happening right now as we sit and read this article. It presents a challenge of how responsible are we to do even the little things God asks of us. Let us remember these people in prayer and everybody that is Muslim, for that matter. I really appreciate the books effort to help us love Muslims more and how we need to offer them forgiveness and an invitation to a life that is free from fear and rooted in love.
Here is their website you might want to check out:
http://www.secretbelievers.org
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