EM015-812 - Christian Ministry in Islamic Settings

  • 3,162 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • Evangelism & Missiology Unit Discipline

Exclusions

EM036 and EM078

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Develop Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying Christian ministry in Islamic settings.

B. Be able to

1 Examine key beliefs and practices of Islam from a Christian perspective

2 Critique the contemporary interface of Christianity and Islam.

3 Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on Christian ministry in Islamic settings

C. Be in a position to

Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from this unit to ministry practice as a reflective practitioner.

Content

1. Biblical and theological perspectives on Islam: Muslim beliefs and practices; Islamic distinctives; Islamic origins; Muslim history; theological controversies (e.g. same or different God).

2. Contemporary trends in Islam and diversity among Muslims: reform movements; political Islam; migration; cultural distinctives; attitudes to modernity; contemporary methodologies of Islamic expansion (da‘wa).

3. Christianity in Muslim-majority countries: the sharia and apostasy; secret believers; persecution.

4. Christian conversion among Muslims: missional approaches; movements to Christ; religious identities; theological, cultural, social and political factors.

5. Contextualisation among Muslims: removing blockages; the C-scale; Insider Movements.

6. Mission strategy among Muslims: evangelism; and church-planting; disciple making movements; holisticministry; spiritual warfare; issues in Christian-Muslim apologetics.

Further Information

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM615.

Set Readings

The Bibliography does not include all resources in the field but only significant, representative ones. It is a select bibliography. The latest resources are often not the best ones to list: being more recent doesn’t make them necessarily better.

This field does not change so rapidly: 2020 is still quite current. This is a comparatively small field in terms of the numbers of scholars who are publishing.

Set Texts:

Azuma, John, My Neighbour’s Faith: Islam Explained for Christians (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008) – 6,7,8

Garrison, David, A Wind in the House of Islam: How God is Drawing Muslims around the World to Faith in Jesus Christ (Monument, CO: WIGTake, 2014) – 6,7,8

Little, Don, Effective Discipling in Muslim Communities: Scripture, History and Seasoned Practices (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015) – 7, 8

Recommended Readings:

Aychi, B.R., Living Fire—Advancing God’s Kingdom in Challenging Places. (Lubbock, TX: Beyond Experience Life, 2025).

Dale, Moyra, Islam and Women: Hagar’s Heritage. (Oxford: Regnum, 2021) – 7, 8

Durie, Mark, Liberty to the Captives (Melbourne: Deror Books, 2022) – 6,7,8

Greenlee, David H., From the Straight Path to the Narrow Way: Journeys of Faith (Waynesboro, GA: Authentic Media, 2006) 7,8

Greeson, Kevin and Randy Owen, The Camel Method: Muslim Evangelism Training for Christians (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2003) – 7,8

Guillaume, A., The Life of Mohammad: A Translation of Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah (Karachi, Oxford University Press, 1955) – 6,7,8

Ibrahim, Ayman S. and Ant Greenham, (eds). Muslim Conversions to Christ: A Critique of Insider Movements in Islamic Contexts (New York: Peter Lang, 2018) – 7,8

Musk, Bill, Touching the Soul of Islam: Sharing the Gospel in Muslim Cultures (London: Monarch Books, 2003) – 6,7

Nickel, Gordon D., The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2020) – 6,7,8

Qureshi, Nabeel, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016) – 6

Rippin, Andrew, Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, 4th ed., (London: Routledge, 2011) – 7,8

Robinson, Stuart. Mosques and Miracles (Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, CHI Books, 2004)

Shumack, Richard, Witnessing to Western Muslims (London: The Latimer Trust, 2011) – 6,7

Talman, Harley and John Jay Travis (eds), Understanding Insider Movements: Disciples of Jesus Within Diverse Religious Communities (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2015) – 7,8