Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society

Ses s i on 8: Reproduc i ng to the Four th Generat i on

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2. Limited number of missionaries allowed to work, Jedidi NT published, experimentation with new forms of church contextualized to the “Muslim worldview,” Garrison, p. 111

3. Insider movements and Tradition: converts still referred to themselves as “Muslims”: the case in favor and against “ insider movements ” today

4. The significance of persecution to advancement of the Gospel: the story of Sharif: Garrison, p. 111-116

a. Ostracism and persecution from community and family, pp. 113-114

b. Courage in the face of brutal cruelty, p. 115

c. Compelling testimony of persecution for the sake of the Gospel, ibid .

d. Extraordinary fruitfulness: 1991, Bilal and Sharif led their first Muslim family to Christ, and started the first church of Muslim background believers. Over the next decade, they would seek nearly 4,000 churches planted and more than 150,000 Muslims come to Christ!!, Garrison, p. 115. e. Movement was Christ-centered, church-oriented, Kingdom focused: believers came to share a funda mental theological, devotional (liturgical), and evangelical identity that (for all intents and purposes) placed Sharif in the place of a bishop of the Jedidistan Movement .