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No wonder the authorities are nervous! Millions of Muslims Converting to Christianity
From IslamWatch.com, dateline 1/1/07. this addresses questions raised repeatedly about what moderate Muslims are doing about their extreme brethren; it appears increasing numbers are disowning them.According the reports of the various missionary organizations and news medias. The Salem Voice Ministries is evangelizing to Muslims in India and many other Muslim nations, said Idris Salahudeen, the Pastor of the Salem Voice Ministries. There are about 500 evangelists ministering among Muslims in different African, Middle East and Asian countries. "More Muslims converted to faith in Jesus Christ over the past decade than at any other time in human history. A spiritual revolution is underway throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. As a result, a record number of ex-Muslims are celebrating Christmas this year, despite intense persecution, assassinations, and widespread church bombings," said Joel C. Rosenberg, the author of a New York Times best selling political thriller.
More than 10,000 Muslims converted to Christianity throughout India during the last year. The Bible Society of India published thousands of New Testaments in different Indian languages and Tazi language. In Iraq, more than 5,000 Muslim converts to Christianity have been identified since the end of major combat operations, with 14 new churches opened in Baghdad, and dozens of new churches opened in Kurdistan, some of which have 500 to 800 members. Also, more than one million Bibles have been shipped into the country since 2003, and pastors report Iraqis are snatching them up so fast they constantly need more Bibles. The Egyptian Bible Society used to sell about 3,000 copies of the JESUS film a year in the early 1990s. As per the figures taken from the Millennium campaign in 2000, they sold 600,000 copies, plus 750,000 copies of the individual cassette tapes (in Arabic) and about a half million copies of the Arabic New Testament. "I had the privilege of visiting the largest Christian congregation in the Middle East, which meets in an enormous cave on the outskirts of Cairo. Some 10,000 believers worship there every weekend. A prayer conference the church held in May 2005 drew some 20,000 believers", Rosenberg said. There were only 17 Christians from Islam in Afghanistan on 2001. But there are more than 10,000 believers at present. Every week dozens of baptisms are held there. In 1990, there were only three known Christians in Kazakhstan and no Christians in Uzbekistan, but now more than 15,000 in Kazakhstan and 30,000 in Uzbekistan. There were only 500 Christians in Iran on 1979, but more than one million in Iran today, most of whom meet in underground house churches. In Sudan, more than one million have converted since 2000, and some 5 million have become Christians since the early 1990s, despite a radical Islamic regime and an on-going genocide that has killed more than 200,000. Seminaries are being held in caves to train pastors. In December 2001, Sheikh Ahmad al Qataani, a leading Saudi cleric, appeared on a live interview on Al-Jazeera satellite television to confirm that, sure enough, Muslims were turning to Jesus in alarming numbers. "In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity," Al Qataani warned. "Every day, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity." These statistics were questioned here when this quote was posted, but something certainly seems to be happening. Surely not all the bibles given to eager Muslims are being used for toiled paper! Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-08 |
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