Muslim refugees who converted to Christianity in Greece start evangelizing and planting churches
ICC Note: Widespread war in the Middle East has led to a great crisis with unparalleled proportions, but God is bringing good from it all. Greece has seen a massive revival amongst Muslim refugees arriving on it’s shores. Many are coming to Christ and planting churches to evangelize others. An informal network of Muslim background believers now spreads across most of Europe.
11/07/2016 Greece (Christian Daily): In an article on Desiring God, Christian leader David Crabb revealed that more and more Muslim refugees in Athens are turning to Christianity. Although 97 of the country’s population is composed of Orthodox Christians, most of them are only affiliated with the church in terms of culture and not in the religious aspect, Christian Today relays.
Javad, a former Iranian Muslim, is now reportedly helping cultivate church growth in Greece. He first heard the Gospel via a satellite radio when he was still in Iran, but had the chance to immerse himself in spreading the Christian faith only when he moved to Greece.
“When I came to faith, I knew I could never go back to my family or to Iran, but it’s worth it because I have Jesus,” Javad told Crabb.
Latching onto Javad’s story, “Breakpoint” radio co-host Eric Metaxas said God is building His kingdom amid chaotic situations. This, said Metaxas, is a side of the story of Muslim refugees that people probably never hear in the mainstream media.
Because of the mobility of refugees, an informal network of new churches for Muslim converts has been established in European countries including Britain, Germany, and The Netherlands. In Berlin, one church has welcomed 1,200 Muslim converts mostly from Afghanistan and Iran in just three years. In Hamburg, more than 600 converts were baptized during one service.
Metaxas explains that the wars in the Middle East and Asia may have given birth to a crisis of unprecedented proportions, but God is using these circumstances to save sinners and transform lives. In the Old Testament, Joseph said the things that man meant for evil were allowed by God for His good plans.
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