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God Will Not Be Stopped: The Great Underground Revival in the Middle EastMore Muslims have committed to follow Christ in the last 10 years than in the last 15 centuries of Islam. In spite of great difficulty and turmoil, Christianity is unquestionably expanding throughout the Islamic world. God is up to something amazing in a region that many have thought was unreachable. (The Middle East)—The churning, tempestuous world looks remarkably different than many imagine. This is undoubtedly true if you're an average American. In the darkest corners of the Middle East there's a revival beginning that's unprecedented in the history of world missions. I've previously reflected on it here and there, but I wanted to take this amazing story further than before. I hope that you'll journey with me as I explore unbelievable developments in the expansion of Christianity in the Middle East. Reliable reports suggest more Muslims have become followers of Jesus over the last two decades than in Islam's combined 1,500-year history. Based on the accounts of several missiologists, it has been surmised that "more Muslims have committed to follow Christ in the last 10 years than in the last 15 centuries of Islam." In spite of great difficulty and turmoil, Christianity is unquestionably expanding throughout Islamic world. God is up to something amazing in a region that many have thought was unreachable. (Photo: istock/via Charisma News) Rosenberg's Insights Into the Middle-Eastern Revival Sudan "One million Sudanese have turned to Christ since the year 2000—not in spite of persecution, war and genocide, but because of them ... the estimated total number of Believers in the country is more than 5.5 million." Many are convinced that the great brutalities that this nation has encountered are becoming a catalyst for the expansion and growth of Christianity. Rather than inhibiting the Church, the war is actually propelling it. Pakistan "Senior Pakistani Christian leaders tell me there is a 'conversion explosion' going on in their country. There are now an estimated 2.5 million to 3 million born-again Pakistani Believers worshiping Jesus Christ. Whole towns and villages along the Afghan-Pakistani border are... converting to Christianity." This Islamic country is not alone, many others in this region are having similar things take place. Egypt Undoubtedly, the severe persecutions and disruptions related to the "Arab Spring" have affected the lives of Christians throughout this nation, but the faithful have remained strong. Martyrdom invites outsiders to examine the claims of those willing to die for Jesus. It is believed that many amazing things are taking place in Egypt. Iran "At the time of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, there were only about five hundred known Muslim converts to Jesus inside the country. By 2000, a survey of Christian demographic trends reported that there were two hundred twenty thousand Christians inside Iran, of which between four and twenty thousand were Muslim converts. And according to Iranian Christian leaders I interviewed, the number of Christ-followers inside their country shot dramatically higher between 2000 and 2008." (Photo via Charisma News) Yes, you read that right. Christianity went from 500 people to 220,000 in 21 years. Contrary to what many Americans think, Christianity is quietly advancing behind the scenes in some of the most unlikely places around the globe. Saudi Arabia Iraq "Before 2003, senior Iraqi Christian leaders tell me, there were only about four to six hundred known born-again followers of Jesus Christ in the entire country, despite an estimated seven hundred fifty thousand nominal Christians in historic Iraqi churches. By the end of 2008, Iraqi Christian leaders estimated that there were more than seventy thousand born-again Iraqi Believers." As many are aware, the expansion of Christianity has been greatly hindered more recently in Iraq. Don't be mistaken, this martyrdom and brutality will ultimately give way to more Christians in the land once known as Babylon. Algeria "More than eighty thousand Muslims have become followers of Christ in recent years. ...The surge of Christianity has become so alarming to Islamic clerics that in March of 2006, Algerian officials passed a law banning Muslims from becoming Christians or even learning about Christianity, and forbidding Christians from meeting together without a license from the government." Algeria is beginning to come alive with the Gospel like much of Northern Africa. Jordan "God has been reviving the Jordanian Church in the last four decades, and particularly in the past few years. Conservative estimates say the number of Believers in the country is now between five and ten thousand. The head of one major Jordanian ministry, however, believes there may be as many as fifty thousand Believers in the country." (Book photo via Amazon) Jordan is also experiencing the salvation of Jesus Christ. Other Islamic Nations Click here to continue reading.
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