Chrislam: How Missionaries are Promoting an Islamized Gospel

Are there missionaries who promote converts from Islam remaining in Islam? Is Islam the primary identity for a new believer and how does this identity interface with one's deliverance from a false religion? Which rituals and phenomena of Islam may be given new meaning by converts? Is the Gospel of Jesus being Islamized by Western missionaries? This anthology of twenty-five essays approaches the various questions of the "insider movements" that are being raised within the mission community. Offering not only a critique of the problematic issues of IM and it's proponents, Chrislam also provides a necessary corrective in the areas of theology, exegesis, translation, missiology and a theology of religions.

The authors include converts from Islam, practicing missionaries, pastors, missiologists, Bible translators, professors of Islamic studies, biblical studies, and systematic theology. This multi-faceted approach to a serious problem in missions is a much needed manual for the church as she thinks through the ramifications of supporting "insiders" and the proponents of IM.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Insiders’ Perspectives
Foreword by Darrell Bock
1.1 The Inside Story: Theology, Bill Nikides
1.2 The Inside Story: Missiology, Jeff Morton
1.3 The Inside Story: Translation, Joshua Lingel

IM and Hermeneutic Problems
2.1 Lost in Translation: Insider Movements and Biblical Interpretation, Bill Nikides
2.2 Would Paul Become Muslim to Muslims? Georges Houssney
2.3 The Confusion of Kingdom Circles: a Clarification, John Span

Missiology of IM
3.1 Moving On from the C1-C6 Spectrum, Roger Dixon
3.2 Pagan Religious Practices and Heretical Teaching: What Is to Be Our Attitude? Gleanings from the Old and New Testaments, David Talley
3.3 Theology of Religions: Would Jesus Be Caught Dead Working in Islam?, Jeff Morton
3.4 Dhimmitude, Muslim Replacement Theology, the Stockholm Syndrome and the Insider Movements, Roger Dixon
3.5 IM: Inappropriate Missiology? Jeff Morton
3.6 Insider Movements’ Equivalent of Limbo: The CAMEL Method, Emir Caner

IM and Translation Problems
4.1 Islamizing the Bible: Insider Movements and Scripture Translations, Joshua Lingel
4.2 A World of Riches, David B. Garner
4.3 Jesus the Eternal Son of God, David Abernathy
4.4 How Insider Movements Affect Ministry: Personal Reflections, Adam Simnowitz

IM Inside Out
5.1 Interview of a Former Insider, Anwar Hossein, Bill Nikides
5.2 Flirting with Frankenstein: Insider Movements from the Inside, Abdul Qurban
5.3 Observations and Reactions to Christians Involved in a New Approach to Mission, Edward Ayub
5.4 Islamization of the Gospel, Elijah Abraham
5.5 The New Christians of North Africa and Insider Movements, Bassam Madany
5.6 Insider Movements: a Critique by an Iranian Convert, Sasan Tavassoli

IM, the Past and Present
6.1 An Assessment of IM’s Principle Paradigms, Jay Smith
6.2 Can Christians Be Muslims? David Cook
6.3 A Word to Secret Believers, Samuel Zwemer

About the Editors:

Joshua Lingel is the Executive Director of i2 Ministries. He trains students and missionaries globally in Christian Apologetics to Islam and currently teaches the only University level course offered on Christian apologetics to Islam at Biola Univesity in Southern California.

Jeff Morton served as a missionary with SIM in Liberia and Guinea. He is a part-time professor of Intercultural Studies at Biola University, and teaches missionaries internationally as an i2 Ministries trainer.

Bill Nikides spent over 27 years working in the Muslim world engaging cultures and worldviews in North Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, and central, south and east Asia. He is regarded as the leading expert in Muslim ministry specifically on insider movements and their impact on cultures. He writes and publishes regular works on the topic for theological and mainstream publications.