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Where Jerusalem and Mecca Meet

One Baptist college's social (and evangelistic) experiment in having Muslim students on campus.

Gregg Chenoweth and Caleb Benoit | posted 7/15/2009 10:17AM

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That's one of Kahleh's goals, to express faith in Christ and see that seeds are sown in his students, whether they are Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist.

"Interfaith dialogue is [part of] what the Calvinists would call a prevenient grace, a penultimate step in the evangelistic process or part of the total evangelistic process," says Sloan—"as long as we are not satisfied to end there."

Gregg Chenoweth is vice president for academic affairs at Olivet Nazarene University. He has written for the Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, and on international issues for CT. Caleb Benoit is editor for The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.).

Related Elsewhere:

Christianity Today has special sections on theology and other religions on our site, and previous coverage of Muslim evangelism includes:

Islam's Culture War | Author says Muslims are troubled by our morals more than our politics. (March 8, 2005)

Doors into Islam | September 11 has only intensified the dangers and rewards of Muslim evangelism. (August 19, 2002)

Does God Hear Muslims' Prayers? | We must remember that God does not deal with theologies; he deals with persons. (February 4, 2002)

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dt2.0

Posted: July 20, 2009 4:11 PM

Wow, these comments are incredibly immature and show a very shallow faith and complete misunderstanding of both the teachings of Christ and what it means to live out your faith within community and the broader world. Respecting and loving those who choose not to follow Christ does not make you a lesser Christian. Our call is to love those individuals, not stand in judgment of them and share the truth with them so that they might come to know the power of the Gospel and the love of Christ. I won't bother to address the absurdity of the comments made by the person who has taken his views from his local "Christian" radio station.

Crusher

Posted: July 20, 2009 2:18 AM


How would you learn more about what it means to follow Christ frm muslims? That is simply an absurd statement.

John	Posted: July 17, 2009 4:05 PM

Atilla, here are some things I learned recently on my local Christian radio station: 1. Judges should not have empathy,2. a judge who recognizes one’s ethnic identity may play a role in thought processes and decision making is racist, 3. there is no such thing as a hate crime and hate crime legislation is a demonic attempt to force Christians to accept “the homosexual agenda” or be persecuted. . 4. the only god ordained economic system is free market capitalism-the fact that Obama is a socialist is one of the proofs that he is a fore-runner of the Anti-Christ.

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