It is important to follow a proven model for discipleship and multiplication. This is true for work with Muslim background believers and ministry in the heart of Islam. Western Christian workers in the Muslim world must learn the language and culture of their focused people group. Author and missionary Nik Ripken said persecution caused by…
What do you think of when you think of Texas? Guns? Weird Austin? Border disputes? Chris Clayman? You’re likely not thinking of huge populations of Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists–members of unreached people groups. Yet Houston is home to ten different significantly unreached people groups. Maybe your calling to missions is to Texas? Who are the…
“Assalamu Alaykum” means “Peace be upon you,” and “Walaikum Salaam” means “And unto you peace.” This exchange is the common Arabic greeting and response throughout the Muslim world. It’s an easy way for western Christians to begin building rapport with Muslims. When author and missionary Nik Ripken is in a Muslim country for the first…
The Mandinka come from West Africa. Most are from the Gambia, but they also have a significant population in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Ghana, Great Britain, and the United States. According to the UPG Priority Matrix, there’s about 5,000 Mandinka Muslims in NYC without any believers or relevant churches among them. So as a starting point…
Fear can be a liar. It can deceive us when we don’t guard our hearts with vigilance (Pr. 4:23) and cast our cares on the One who cares for us (1 Pt. 5:7). Satan, the father of lies (Jn. 8:44), preys on fear. But God’s Word says perfect love casts out fear (1 Jn. 4:18)….
Afghanistan is a country with a rich history. It’s located in the middle of several other civilizations: Iran to the West, India and Pakistan to the South, Mongolia and China to the East, Tajikistan and the former Soviet countries to the North. Due to these surroundings, the country has been attacked by neighbors for centuries….
As we learned from Nik Ripken, Muslim Background Believers, and the West: “Should Christians Pray for Persecution to Stop?” (Part One of Six), Christians in the western world are often praying for persecution around the globe to end without asking for God’s will to be done. Ripken, an author and missionary, also warned that Satan…
There are two main Jewish groups from Iran: Mashadi and Tehrani Persian Jews. Some of the largest populations of them in the world are in New York and Los Angeles, respectively. Mashadi Jews faced harsh persecution in the last 150 years of Iranian history. Forced to “convert” to Islam, they privately practiced their Judaism in…
“The church must stop doing what it’s doing. The church continues to pray for persecution to stop, but the only way God can answer that prayer is to stop people from coming to Christ.” Nik Ripken, a veteran missionary and author of The Insanity of God among other resources, said these words to me after…
Persecution is normal for many Christians around the world. This is especially true for Muslim background believers living in countries where Islam is the main religion and the system of rules and laws prohibit the practice of Christianity and evangelism. Nik Ripken, a veteran missionary and author of the “The Insanity of God,” wants us…
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