Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ

by Brother Andrew, Al Janssen

Overview

In his most incredible and eye-opening book to date, Brother Andrew invites you to meet brave men and women you never knew existed. This is the riveting true story of the Church in Islamic countries struggling to come to grips with hostile governments, terrorist acts, and an influx of Muslims coming to Christ. The names and places have been changed to protect the real people in the real places. But the stories are true.
Now available in paperback, Secret Believers not only gives you a glimpse of the lives of these courageous believers, it also proposes four practical initiatives for Christians in the West to help these persecuted brothers and sisters. It calls us to join a new kind of jihad, leaving vengeance behind in favor of forgiveness, radical love, and unyielding prayer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800732646
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.92(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Brother Andrew began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed borders in 1955. That work has since developed into Open Doors International. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books, including God's Smuggler. Brother Andrew makes his home in the Netherlands.

Al Janssen has co-written or authored more than twenty-five books, including Light Force. He is chairman of the board for Open Doors (USA) with Brother Andrew and is director of communications for Open Doors International. Janssen lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Editorial Reviews

As riveting and fast-paced as any well-written novel, this account by Andrew (founder, Open Doors International; God's Smuggler) and Janssen (coauthor, The Marriage Masterpiece) of several Muslims in the Middle East who have come to Christ is an inspiring call for the Western Church to engage in a "good Jihad" to help the Middle Eastern Church's struggle for survival. The authors refer to this converted population as Muslim Background Believers, and they have changed their names and locations for protection. Implicit in the story is an underlying global problem both Muslims and Christians share: many don't really "walk the talk" their respective scriptures preach. Instead, apathy or violence runs rampant. Throughout the narrative, the authors preach love and forgiveness, two attributes sadly missing in 21st-century society. They enjoin Christians of all denominations to cooperate in this "mission" and lead by the example of their own lives. Recommended for all libraries.
—Gary P. Gillum

Library Journal