Islam Seminar

Last Saturday, the second Islam seminar finally took place. The first one was on March 7th, and was led by two converts from Islam, and coordinated by Kevin for his students. He's been planning the second one for awhile, but it had to be canceled twice for various reasons. But last Saturday, it went off without a hitch, led by the same two converts along with Kevin. This one focused on a lot more practical topics (the last one talked about what Muslims believe and that kind of thing) and it was neat for Kevin to see his students in groups discussing how to talk to their Muslim neighbors. Here, probably 35% of the population is Muslim, and most follow a kind of folk Islam and don't really understand a lot of it. Out on the coast, almost everybody is Muslim, and there is a great deal of hostility toward Christians in many areas. Colleagues of ours have been stoned when sharing the gospel, and living among the coastal peoples can very tricky. The ideal people to share Christ with the Muslims here are their friends and neighbors, but frequently the idea doesn't even enter into the minds of the local Christians. Through these seminars, Kevin hopes to give his students the information that they need along with the vision to share Christ's love with these people. - C