What missional characteristics of the local church are biblical necessities if Muslims are to be reached with the gospel?
We are at a tipping point, and it is the point of engagement.
One writer recently observed, “America is home for Muslims from every nation in the world. The only Muslim community that is as ethnically diverse as America is the temporary community in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual pilgrimage.”1
God has given us the opportunity and responsibility to impart the gospel of Jesus to Muslims from all over the world, right here in America. The call to reach Muslims in faraway lands is the same call that beckons us to reach them in our own neighborhoods. Jesus charges us to “preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15).
There is a marvelous line in Paul’s letter to the Galatians that says, “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son … ” (Galatians 4:4).
Paul is not talking about chronological time. He uses the Greek word that refers to an “opportune time.”2 In 2 Corinthians 6:2, he says, “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”
We believe that for the Muslim world! As the Church, we must engage the Muslims God has sent us with this wonderful plan for salvation, which He has entrusted us to share. Mission is not where, but whom. The unreached are in our midst. What missional characteristics of the local church are biblical necessities if such unengaged and unreached peoples are to be reached with the gospel? God through His Word calls us to be a people of peace, presence, proclamation, and power among unreached Muslims in our publics. Read more
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