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A Wind
in the
House of Islam
From the new book by David Garrison (Monument, CO:
WIGTake Resources, 2014).
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“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its
sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or
where it is going. So it is with everyone born of
the Spirit.”
John 3:8
“When he [the Holy Spirit] comes, he will convict
the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness
and judgment….”
John 16:8
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Muslim Movements to Christ
through the Centuries
Methodology: A New Study
Getting at the Truth
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Nine Rooms in the House of Islam
Nine Distinct Cultural Zones
Turkestan
North Africa
Persian Western
Arab World World South Asia
Eastern
South Asia
West Africa
East Africa
Indo-Malaysia
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The Questionnaire
1. Before you came to
faith in Christ
a. How active was your
Muslim faith?
b. Describe how you
practiced your faith.
c. What was your view of
Christians and
Christianity?
d. What were the biggest
obstacles to faith in
Jesus?
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2. Turning to Christ
a. What led you to change
your views of Jesus?
b. How long have you been
a follower of Jesus?
c. What did God use to
bring you to faith in
Christ?
d. What is God using to
draw other Muslims to
faith in your community?
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3. Your life with Christ
a. Who is Jesus to you
now?
b. What does the Bible
mean to you?
c. How do you practice
church?
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4. Community
a. How do you share your
faith?
b. Role of foreigners?
c. Who has influenced your
spiritual growth?
d. Role of media?
e. How do you relate to
non-MBBs in your
community?
f. What about persecution?
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The Questionnaire
5. Then and now
6. How can I pray for you?
a. View of the Q and Mo
today?
b. How has your life
changed as a result of
Jesus?
A Shift in Direction
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Ten Critical Issues
1. Security Concerns
2. Scope of the Project
3. Phenomenological
Approach
4. View of Islam
5. Definition of
Conversion
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6. Definition of a
Movement
7. Motivations for
Conversion
8. Limitations of this Study
9. The Author’s Bias
10. Desired Outcomes
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For Fourteen Centuries Islam
Has Expanded
Drawing Millions of Christians
into the House of Islam
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Islamic Expansion AD 622
Year of the Hijra, Muhammad’s escape to Medina
The Muslim calendar
begins with Muhammad’s
escape from Mecca to
Medina
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Islamic Expansion AD 630
Muhammad’s returns to conquer Mecca
630 Muhammad’s triumphant
return to Mecca
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Islamic Expansion AD 632
The year of Muhammad’s death
632 Muhammad dies
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Islamic Expansion AD 634
Conquest of the Arabian Peninsula
633 Islam advances
through Oman, Yemen,
Bahrain
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Islamic Expansion AD 656
Defeat of Byzantine and Persian armies
636 Damascus falls
637 Jerusalem falls
651 Persia’s Sassanian Dynasty
falls
642 Conquest of Egypt
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Islamic Expansion AD 732
One hundred years after Muhammad’s death
732 Islam stopped
at Tours
Islam sweeps across North
Africa into Spain
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712 Conquest
of the Sindh
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Islamic Expansion AD 1250 - 1400
By 1267 Islam stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific
1299 Osman Bey
launches Ottoman
Empire
1250 First Mongol khan
converts to Islam
1258 Hulagu Khan
sacks Baghdad
1360-1405
Tamerlane destroys
Christianity in
much of Asia
1267 first Islamic kingdom
established in Indonesia
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Islamic Expansion 1400 - 1600
Geographic zenith of Islamic expansion
1529 Siege of Vienna
1492 Muslims
expelled from Spain
1453 fall of
Constantinople
Golden Horde
dominates Central Asia
1526 Mughal Empire
established in India
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Islamic Expansion
th
17
–
st
21
Centuries
The modern era – Muslim population explosion
Population stress pushes Muslim
emigrants around the world
2013 global Muslim population
reaches 1.6 billion
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Islam continues to be the
world’s fastest growing
religion at 1.84% per year
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Fourteen Centuries of Islamic
Expansion
Tens of millions of Christians
assimilated into Islam
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But What About the Opposite?
Have there ever been Muslim
movements to Christ?
If so, where, when and how?
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Muslim Movements to Christ 7th - 10th Century
The first 350 years, only one dubious Muslim movement to Christ
In 982 - 12,000 Arabs in
Nisibis convert for tax relief
A century later, all and
more, return to Islam.
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Muslim Movements to Christ 11th - 13th Century
Crusades, Inquisitions and Other Failures
1260 Dominican Gen.
Raymond of Peñafort
uses Inquisition to
convert many Muslims.
1095-1292 European Christians
launch nine Crusades.
In Roger II’s 12th century Sicily
some Muslims baptized
Conrad of Ascoli, OFM (c.1275)
reports 6,400 Libyans baptized
1250-73 William of Tripoli baptizes many
Muslims, but with Crusader protection.
St. Dominic (1170-1221)
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
and Ramon Llull (1232-1315)
call for evangelization of Muslims, but
no movement results.
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Muslim Movements to Christ 14th-18th Century
Another 500 years without a Muslim movement to Christ
No voluntary Muslim
movements to Christ.
1490-1500 Spanish
Inquisition forces
thousands of Muslims
into baptism.
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Muslim Movements to Christ 19th Century
The “Great Century” in the Expansion of Christianity
The “Great Century” sees two movements and
one near-movement of Muslims to Christ
1870-1930 Catholic “White
Fathers” in Algeria baptize
700 Berber Muslims
Sadrach of Java (1835-1924)
sees 10-20,000 Muslim
converts in the first voluntary
movement of Muslims to
Christ in 13 centuries.
1890-1920 Shaik Zakaryas of Ethiopia
leads 7,000 Muslims to Christ
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Muslim Movements to Christ 20th Century
The 20th century adds 11 new Muslim movements to Christ
Albania sees several
thousand Muslim
conversions.
1990s Algerian Civil
War sees 10-30,000
Berbers turn to Christ.
1989 Iron Curtain falls
thousands of Turkestanis come
to Christ.
1980s-90s,
Bangladesh Insiders
baptize thousands
Post-1979 thousands of
Iranian Muslims turn to Christ.
Post-1965 “Year of Living
Dangerously” sees two
million Indonesians convert
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Muslim Movements to Christ 21st Century
First 12 years of the 21st century add 69 new Muslim movements to Christ!
The greatest turning of
Muslims to Christ in
history is occurring today.
35 new
movements
emerge in Africa
19 new Muslim movements
emerge in the rest of Asia
15 new movements in the
Middle East and W. Asia
Muslim Movements to Christ
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Something is happening
Look to the nations, watch–and be utterly
amazed. For I am going to do something in
your days that you would not believe, even if
you were told. Habakkuk 1:5
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“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all
people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams, your young men
will see visions.”
Joel 2:28
“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its
sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or
where it is going. So it is with everyone born of
the Spirit.”
John 3:8
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Nine Rooms in the House of Islam
Nine Distinct Cultural Zones
Turkestan
North Africa
Persian Western
Arab World World South Asia
Eastern
South Asia
West Africa
East Africa
Indo-Malaysia
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Ten Bridges of God
1. Faith
2. Prayer
3. Scripture
4. Holy Spirit
Activity
6. Learning from the
Body of Christ
7. Effective
Communication
8. Discovery
9. Islam Itself
5. Faithful Witness 10. Indigenization
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Barriers to Movements
1. Contentious Christians
2. Fear and Hatred
3. Imitating Islam
4. Social Injustice
5. Ignorance and Apathy
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Best Practices
1. Ten Bridges from A Wind in the House
2. The Camel Method
3. Discovery Bible Studies
4. T4T: Training for Trainers
5. Any-3: Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time
- Five-step Journey with a Muslim friend
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Practical Steps
1. Pray
2. Support Effective Ministries
3. Engage the Unfinished Task
4. Minister to Muslims in Your Community
5. Share Your Faith with Muslims
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