Global Trends Analysis

Growth in Islam and Christianity

Both Islam and Christianity will continue to see rapid but uneven growth. Islam’s growth will be fueled by high birth rates in some traditionally Muslim countries, coupled with immigration to Europe and aggressive expansion in other regions. Christianity will grow in the Global South, primarily driven by Pentecostalism and indigenous missions movements. Conflicts will intensify between these two major religions in many parts of the world.

Implications for the Global Church: The Church’s challenge can be summed up as learning how to love one’s Muslim neighbor in the name of Christ while seeking respect and reciprocity. Both Islam and Christianity will face challenges from the tendency to see the other as a monolith. Both will have trouble offsetting extremism and theological shallowness from within. Conflict management and peacemaking initiatives will be needed, as will increased levels of advocacy and dialogue on the issue of religious freedom. Wisdom will need to be exercised when attempting to relate to Islamic communities that aspire to political power. Ultimately, the eternal mandate of presenting the gospel and making disciples cannot be lost, even if entailing great risk and cost, but it should be done in loving and culturally appropriate ways. An ecclesiology that recaptures the concept of brotherhood can have great appeal, especially to younger, disenfranchised Muslims. Miracles, visions and dreams are common experiences among Muslims whom God is calling to become followers of Jesus; hence, the Church should be prepared to address these phenomena with openness, sensitivity and Biblical grounding.

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I was thrilled to see your new year launched with the Global Trends Analysis for the past decade that was recently posted on your website. Bravo. Love it. Timely. Prophetic to the Body. May we the Body listen, reflect, plan and act on these important insights! I immediately thought of the prayer movement in the Mslim world as it affirms action and creates avenues to respond to your first trend, Prayer for the World, What we consider the prayer movement each Ramadan, 30 Days Prayer: www.30-days.net/

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I have found Muslims very open during my travels to talk about Islam and Jesus. They always want to know how I or Christians view them. When I tell them I view them as a friend or brother they are suprised. I'm on my 3rd read of the Koran and because of this know that most Muslims don't know what the Koran says because they don't read Arabic and even if they do the Arabic of the Koran is for a modern person very difficult to understand.

Sharing some of what I like in the Koran, expecially the story of Joseph catches their attention. I make it clear that the Koran states Jesus was not the Son of God and that this is a huge issue. That on judgement day they will stand before God and go to hell or heaven based on their works, where as myself I will enter based on my acceptance of Christ's sacrifice for my sins and through being born agian being a child of God. This leads to a respectful but positive conversation and I always ask if they have read the Injil and if not send them a audio New Testament in their language.

They are open because I first identify with them by saying we believe in the same God, the God of Abraham, the creation, the Law, Prophets, the books of David, and the Injil. So we are close friends but seperated by our understanding of Isa/Jesus.

They will often mention that we Christians have changed or translated the Bible whereas the Koran has remained the same. I tell them that we have not changed the Bible and still have the original but that we unlike Muslims believe everyone should have access to the Bible in their own language and in a modern language that they can understand. I then say that I wish Muslims would do the same because people do not know what the Koran says and so only believe what their Imam tells them. Then I ask them if they have read and udnerstood the Koran and almost all say they have not and admit they don't understand.

They is a proverb that say; "the way you see me is the way I see you". I we see them as enemies they will see us as enemies but if we see them as friend and people whom God loves they will see us the same.

Morgan

Posted by Morgan Jackson from Faith Comes By Hearing
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Global Trends Analysis

Growth in Islam and Christianity

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