A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women
Cynthia Strong served alongside her husband with the Christan & Missionary Alliance in Korea and the Philippines. She is an Associate Professor of Missiology at Simpson University in Redding, California.
Meg Page and her husband served among Muslims in Asia for seventeen years with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. She facilitates women's ministry to Muslims through encouragement, prayer mobilization and leadership training materials.
With contributions from scholars, field workers and agency administrators, readers are encouraged in a holistic Muslim ministry perspective through in-depth studies in Muslim beliefs, anthropological tools, worldview analyses, and explorations in strategic issues and discipleship. The book concludes with case studies and discussion questions to provide a comprehensive training manual for workers and students alike.
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Whether or not Muslim women wear veils, there have been veils between their faces and those of Christians who long to lead them to Christ. From the inside the veils have blurred the Muslim's view of Jesus, and from the outside they have obscured the Christian's perception of the variety of faces behind the veils and the divergent ways they see the world. The present book gives clarity to the views in both directions.
J. Dudley Woodberry, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Reading this book is akin to slipping on cross-cultural glasses to see and better understand the worldview of Muslim women. It should be a "must-read" for those who endeavor to work in an Islamic context. This book will enhance your vision for effective ministry among Muslim women.
Robert W. SayerUS Director, Arab Ministries
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An excellent collection of reflections by academicians and practicioners. Particularly helpful are the several articles relating to Folk Islam and Sufism. The Muslim women case studies open up new vistas of spiritual and anthropological insights. Highly recommended.
Phil Parshall, SIM
Author Profiles
Foreword
Preface
Part I Foundational Issues: Understanding Muslim Women
1 Christ the Hope of Muslim Women
2 How to Study Women in their Cultural Context
3 Deep Knowledge: Understanding a Popular Muslim Worldview
4 Honor and Shame in Muslim Contexts
5. Muslim Family Law and Its Implications for Christian Ministry
Part II Area Studies: Understanding Muslim Worldviews
6 Faith on Camel Back: Reaching Non Arabic-Speaking, Urban, Less Educated Women
7 Offering Bread Not Stones: Reaching Educated Arabic-Speaking Muslim Women
8 How Will They Hear?: Reaching the Muslim Women of Sub-Saharan Africa
9 Stories Along the Silk Road: Reaching Women in Central Asia, Russian and China
10 A Life of Ironies: Reaching South Asian Educated Urban Muslim Woman
11 Christ in their Midst: Evangelism and church planting among Southeast Asian Muslim Women
12 The Unknown Sect of Islam: Reaching Wahhabi Women
13 A Mystic Union: Reaching Sufi Women
14 A Quest for Identity: Reaching Second and Third Generation Immigrant Muslim Women
Part III Strategic Issues: Discipling Women in Muslim Contexts
15 Communicating Christ in Contexts of Persecution
16 Using Qur'anic Themes for Apologetics and Witness
17 Signs and Symbols in the Land
18 Networking: Forming and Maintaining Strategic Partnerships
19 Discipling Muslim Background Believers
20 Leadership Development of MBB Women: Models and Resources
Part IV Case Studies: Worldview Transitions
21 From Newspaper Ads to Church
22 Joining God Where He is at Work: Facilitating a church planting Movement in Central Asia
23 Combining Local Witness and Non-Residential church planting
24 Mobilizing Near-Culture Believers for Prayer, Evangelism and church planting
25 Chronological Bible Storytelling in East Africa
26 Planting a Church in a Muslim Village
27 Sowing in Tears: A Tale from Beirut
Appendix
I. Cultural research Questions
II. Constructing a Worldview: A Development Process
III. Constructing a Worldview: A Supplement Instrument
IV. Resources for Chronological Bible Storying
Glossary
Index
Editors
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Cynthia A. Strong
Cynthia A. Strong
Cynthia Strong served alongside her husband with the Christan & Missionary Alliance in Korea and the Philippines. She is an Associate Professor of Missiology at Simpson University in Redding, California.
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Meg Page
Meg Page
Meg Page and her husband served among Muslims in Asia for seventeen years with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. She facilitates women's ministry to Muslims through encouragement, prayer mobilization and leadership training materials.
- Pages: 370
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2007
- Vendor: William Carey Publishing
