One of the biggest months of the Islamic calendar is coming up – Ramadan. It is a month of fasting (and feasting) so Muslims can draw closer to their Allah, but even more importantly, gain his favor and have their sins erased.
Ramadan has begun for your Muslim friends! From March 11 to April 9, the Islamic world is fasting between sunrise and sunset in order to complete one of the mandated Five Pillars of Islam!
Are you passionate about evangelism? Are you starting to grow in your faith and want to learn how to share this amazing relationship with the world? Do you have a heart for evangelizing to Muslims?
The best way to approach sharing the Gospel with a Muslim is with an authentic desire to share the love of Christ with them.
The opportunity to share the Gospel is not always something we can see coming, which means we don’t always have the time to prepare for it! However, as a disciple of Jesus, you should always be prepared to share the Good News!
Our mission is bringing the Gospel to the large Muslim population of the world, whom we can consider the sheep outside of “the fold” of the Church.
Our founders, Mike and his wife Samya, have been sharing the Gospel with Muslims for over thirty-five years during which they have accumulated so much wisdom and experience. Today we will hear from Mike to learn about his journey and where he feels the Lord is leading the ministry in the next five years!
In our blogs, we go into a lot of detail about different relationship dynamics between you and your Muslim friends, whether you are coworkers, neighbors, new friends, or have known each other for a long time. However, let’s go back to the basics about what loving your Muslim neighbor looks like.
We were able to sit down with the co-founders of Call of Love, Samya and Mike. They have faithfully listened to the Lord’s calling for the past thirty-five years by serving in ministry and sharing the Gospel with Muslims. We already shared Mike’s portion of the interview last month, and now we get to hear from Samya, our Chief Operations Officer!
Over the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset to gain favor from Allah and to prove their devoutness to him. It is not uncommon for Christians to think, “I should give them space during this month. It’s not a good time to talk to them about Jesus.” This couldn’t be further from the truth!
Jesus promised that we will have challenges in this world. At the same time, we are told to be a witness to the ends of the earth and share the Gospel.
If you have a Muslim friend at work who is significantly older or younger than you, don’t write them off. Instead of assuming that they may not be interested in a relationship with you, make an effort to get to know them!
What can you do to connect with your Muslim neighbor when you’re not able to easily communicate in your first languages with each other?
As people spend more time outside and with each other, the opportunity is greater to invest in our friendships and love those around us like Christ loves us.
As a start, we need to understand what Islam teaches about homosexuality, but we also have to make it clear in our conversations that as Christ followers, we follow Jesus’ teaching. Never forget, the most challenging conversations could have the highest amount of rewards.
We are so excited to introduce you to Jim, a volunteer staff and member of Call of Love’s Board of Directors! Jim is a wonderful example of living out the Great Commission every day.
He went from being persecuted by Muslims to fervently sharing the Gospel with everyone he could. Yacoub is a great example of a Christ follower who loves his enemies and is on fire for the Lord.
It is important for Christians to understand the educational background their Muslim friend was raised in to be able to have sympathy for them and help them begin to think about their beliefs in a different way.
Don’t we all know a fellow believer who can share the gospel with every person they meet without nerves or hesitation? We may reason and say, “They have the gifts needed for evangelism but I do not! I guess I can leave sharing the gospel for them."
People often don’t even think of sharing the gospel with someone until they have been friends with them for some time. When the early church began, this was not the case.
Evangelism and sharing the love of Christ with your Muslim neighbor or friend is not limited to a certain age. Many of our blogs are written with an adult audience in mind, but this is specifically for teens who have a Muslim friend their age!
Learning about the Islamic creation story can open your eyes to see what influenced Muhammad as he started this new religion and how easily the truth can be twisted.
As a ministry engaging with Muslims who are questioning their faith every day, we want to equip our Christian brothers and sisters to know what our Muslim friends need when they are considering leaving Islam.
However, Muhammad twisted these stories to fit into his new religion. There are certain elements Muhammad obviously left out that were important in Jesus’ life on earth– like the twelve disciples.
We are going to dive into the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and how you can share it with your Muslim friend. We can share the beautiful way God loves His daughters with our Muslim friends.
We don’t have to become Billy Graham to share the Good News with our friends who don’t know Jesus. In fact, Jesus sent out His disciples to be some of the first evangelists, and they didn’t go to seminary first!
In our 22 years in ministry, we’ve discovered over and over again that for believers in the West, the most limiting factor to sharing the gospel is often our lack of confidence! Yes, the Lord is able to use us in any and every situation, but we need to be willing to be used and aware that we can make a lasting impact on those around us.
We encourage every Christian to learn about this religion and how Muslims practice it so we can be more effective as we build bridges with the Muslims in our lives. We’ve assembled some of the most important statistics so we can have a general overview through basic statistics and numbers.
After the month of Ramadan comes to an end, there are a myriad of emotions that a Muslim can go through. It is the most important month of their entire year, and their spiritual fate rests on their performance in fasting and praying. As Christians, understanding what our Muslim friends are going through or possibly feeling can help us love them better.