Muslim Conversions to Christ

Ayman S. Ibrahim, Ph.D., was born and raised in Egypt. He is currently working on his second Ph.D. at the University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, examining conversions to Islam in the earliest Muslim period. In addition, he is the Bill and Connie Jenkins Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Seminary and director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam.Ant Greenham earned his Ph.D. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2004. He continues to teach there in the capacity of Associate Professor of Missions and Islamic Studies. He received Southeastern’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2017 and published The Questioning God in 2012.

• Contributors – R. Albert Mohler, Jr.: Foreword – Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant Greenham: Preface – Part I – Brent Neely: The Patriarch and the Insider Movement: Debating Timothy I, Muhammad, and the Qur’an – Part II – Bill Nikides: Building a Missiological Foundation: Modality and Sodality – James Walker: Why the Church Cannot Accept Muhammad as a Prophet – Harley Talman: Muslim Followers of Jesus, Muhammad and the Qur’an – Ayman S. Ibrahim: Who Makes the Qur’an Valid and Valuable for Insiders? Critical Reflections on Harley Talman’s Views on the Qur’an – Al Fadi: Biblical Salvation in Islam? The Pitfalls of Using the Qur’an as a Bridge to the Gospel – Joshua Fletcher: Insider Movements: Sociologically and Theologically Incoherent – Kevin Higgins: The Biblical Basis for Insider Movements: Asking the Right Question, in the Right Way – Fred Farrokh: The New Testament Record: No Sign of Zeus Insiders, Artemis Insiders, or Unknown-God Insiders – Ant Greenham: Communal Solidarity versus Brotherhood in the New Testament – Mark Durie: Messianic Judaism and Deliverance from the Two Covenants of Islam – Duane Alexander Miller: Word Games in Asia Minor – Donald Lowe: "Son of God" in Muslim Idiom Translations of Scripture – Mike Kuhn: Tawḥīd: Implications for Discipleship in the Muslim Context – M. Barrett Fisher: A Practical Look at Discipleship and the Qur’an Part III – Paige Patterson: Essential Inside Information on the Insider Movement – M. David Sills: A Response to Insider Movement Methodology – George H. Martin: Silver Bullets, Ducks, and the Gospel Ministry: Should We Seek One Best Solution for Winning People to Christ? – Timothy K. Beougher: Radical Discipleship and Faithful Witness – Georges Houssney: Watching the Insider Movement Unfold – James Cha: The Great Commission and the Greatest Commandment – Don McCurry: Opening the Door: Moving from the Qur’an to New Testament Anointing – Carol B. Ghattas: The Insider Movement: Is This What Christ Requires? – Abu Jaz: Our Believing Community Is a Cultural Insider but Theological Outsider (CITO) – Weam Iskander: Question Marks on Contextualization! – Ahmad Abdo: A BMB’s Identity Is in Christ, Not Islam – Azar Ajaj: Let Their Voice Be Heard – Ali Boualou: A Former Muslim Comments on the Insider Movement – Mohammad Sanavi: The Insider Movement and Iranian Muslims – Richard Morgan: A Disturbing Field Report – Daniel L. Akin: The Insider Movement and Life in a Local Body of Believers: An Impossible Union from the Start – David Harriman: Epilogue: Force Majeure: Ethics and Encounters in an Era of Extreme Contextualization – Adam Simnowitz: Appendix: Do Muslim Idiom Translations Islamize the Bible? A Glimpse behind the Veil – Index.

“As Egyptian believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, we are deeply concerned by the so-called Insider Movement approach to evangelism. I am thus pleased to give this timely volume, «Muslim Conversions to Christ», my highest recommendation.”Sameh Maurice, Senior Pastor of Kasr Dobara Evangelical Church, Cairo, Egypt