During a seminar for employees of a Christian relief and development organization, a Muslim young man sneaks up and asks the visiting Christian speaker, about a Bible. It is forbidden in this Muslim country to hand out Bibles. Was it a trap, a test? No, the guy seemed serious. He got a Bible and rushed into his room to hide it.
Then he read, asked questions over the internettetand one day he suddenly wrote that he had become a Christian. He was warned of the persecution it might bring, but he did not waver. One day his mother criticized Christians very harshly. He exclaimed: "What's the reason? Do you know someone? See what all the crisistNGOs do for our country - where is the help of Muslims?"
"Why are you defending Christians? Are you perhaps a Christian yourself?"
"Yes!"
Then his father gave him the choice: "Return to Islam or face a reaction that you would not expect from your parents!" Then there was no choice but to run away from home.
Hani (an alias) had previously had the opportunity to be with the speaker in secret for ten days and had also had the opportunity to meet a Christian leader from a neighboring country. Now he was allowed to come to this leader and therefore acquired a passport. After a ten-day trial period, the leader was so pleased with him that he considered it a benefit to have him with him. At the Bible school, he made a deep impression on the other students who did not come from a Muslim background.
Soon he began a year of theological education by internet. Upon graduation, he received a scholarship to study theology at an Arabic-language Bible school in Beirut, Lebanon, where he last Summer graduated with a bachelor's degree after two years. He received very good recommendations from both his internship in a third company andjeland and from the studio itself. During that time he has also been baptized.
And now what?
Hani is so good academically, and so eager to bring the gospel home to his own people,that he should get, the equivalent of a Danish master's degree in theology. The could he is not in Lebanon. French is his first foreign language. Therefore, he was The Free Evangelical Faculty (FacultyFree of TheologyEvangelical) near Paris is the natural place to continue. The also provides the possibility that "The "speaker" can follow him as a personal mentor.
My main goal is to show God's love and be able to present it to Muslims and Christians from a converted Christian perspective.
Hani wants to write a thesis on creation, including Adam, sin, repentance and forgiveness. He says: "My main goal is to show God's love and be able to present it to peopleSlidesmer and Christians from a convert Christian perspective. The upcominge years will be demanding, and I need a lot of stamina- but I have full confidence that Jesus is always with me, and that he will continue that work, He has started in me because he loves me and helps his children."
A big thank you to those who have already contributed to it from Denmark! It has been a great encouragement to those who are trying to make this happen!
Danish European Mission donors ensure that pastors and leaders in the persecuted church can receive theological Education. This is crucial for the often young churches so that preaching can be biblically grounded and churchesno can be managed in a healthy way.
The author of the article, Arne Kappelgaard, is a volunteer project manager, follows Hani and holds keep an eye on how his education is progressing. Arne Kappelgaard has been a parish priest in Nørrebro. He has conducted church services in English for refugees for over 30 years and has many contacts among Muslims.
