ICC Note: As previously reported, there has been a significant amount of conversions of Muslims to Christianity in refugee camps throughout Europe. In a recent study, it was reported that 3,500 Christian converts have been baptized in Germany in only the past two years. Many believe that many of these new converts were interested in Christianity in their home countries, but feared the violence that they would face if they openly converted.

By Ruth Gledhill

09/13/2016 Germany (Christian Today) – More than 3,500 Muslim refugees have turned to Christ and been baptised in Germany in the last two years, a new survey reveals.

Churches report that many of the refugees being baptised had converted in their home countries such as Syria and Iraq, and especially Iran, but had lived in fear of being murdered if they disclosed their new faith.

As soon as they were able to flee and find safety in Germany, they were able to live openly in Christ and be baptised.

All Germany’s 20 Protestant state Churches and the five largest free Churches were surveyed by the German evangelical organisation Idea.

The survey found that most of those baptised are former Muslims from Iran, Iraq and Syria.

There were more than 2,500 baptisms in the Evangelical Free Churches and more than 1,000 in the Federation of Pentecostal Churches. There were 850 baptisms in the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church and 700 in the Union of Evangelical Free Churches, made up of Baptist and Brethren churches.

According to nine of 20 Protestant Churches, at least 1,000 refugees have been baptised since 2014.

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