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MUSLIM WORLD
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30-day period intentionally but in North America. (Like Jews, Muslims follow the in our wars, and hold elected offices, but many
respectfully coincides each lunar calendar, which has shorter years—thus 30 of them have never heard the gospel of Christ
year with the important Islamic booklets in 28 years.) proclaimed or seen it lived out.
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e was a missionary in Pakistan themselves Muslim and would never think
(1957–75), directed the North of leaving Islam, but they are somewhat
to Muslims in American Lausanne Consultation on
Muslim Evangelism (1978), founded the
more secular and tolerant. They may pray
in the morning and evening, but not the
North America Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies and
edited The Gospel and Islam (1979), and
other three times during the day. Their
wives are rarely veiled.
founded Ministries to Muslims and the You can compare them to Christians
Ibero-American Institute of Transcultural who attend church only at Christmas
An interview with Studies in Malaga, Spain (1998). and Easter. And many of these Western
Don McCurry Now in his 90s, Don McCurry is still Muslims would like to have a Christian
going strong, mentoring others in the friend.
ministry and writing his fifth book on
Islam. We interviewed him about Islam in 30 Days How have Christians changed
North America. in their outlook and ministry towards
Muslims in the 65 years since you first
30 Days The previous 29 versions of went to Pakistan as a missionary?
30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World
Don McCurry Back then, my Christian
focused on Muslims around the world.
friends were experts at tearing the Qur’an
What’s different about Muslims in North
to pieces and trying to win debates. But
America?
my perspective changed in Pakistan
For a list of some of
Don McCurry When I go to the mosque here when I realized this approach was
Don’s books go to
in Colorado Springs, I see maybe 100–150 counterproductive.
page 34.
men from 20 different countries. Mosque- Like Hudson Taylor in China, I began
goers are usually the more conservative to investigate contextualization, asking,
Muslims, but 90 percent of North “How much of their culture can I enter
American Muslims don’t go to mosques. into without compromising my faith?”
Those who don’t go to mosque still call This approach led us to redesign how our
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house was furnished so that it resembled a On the other hand, stress drives some But secularized, syncretistic evangelicals
Muslim house. We wore clothes similar to Muslims to “return to their roots,” by tend to look at things politically. Because
their clothes. That’s when we found doors becoming fundamentalists or even of the inroads of secularism, people’s
opening to us that were not open to other jihadists in an effort to be “good Muslims.” opinions become politicized, and they act
missionaries. Still others embrace occult forms of folk more like people of the world than they do
I’m very circumspect about syncretism Islam. Westerners largely underestimate true Christians.
and compromise but feel we can go a the power of the spirit world on the
long way to accommodate ourselves to everyday life of a Muslim.
their dress codes, eating habits and social Stress can also open up Muslims to
activities. friendships with caring Christians who
will pray for them. This helps them to see
30 Days What typically draws Muslims to what Christians are all about. Through
become Jesus-followers? the Scriptures, Muslims discover the real
Don McCurry Theologically, God is the Jesus. This often leads them to begin a
primary actor. He does things sovereignly. slow process of no longer going to mosque,
Humanly speaking, we have discovered no longer calling themselves Muslim, and
that when stress comes into the lives of gradually becoming followers of Jesus.
Muslims they realize that Islam does not This is going on all over the Muslim world.
satisfy their needs or give them peace. It’s harvest time in the Muslim world. 30 Days What role do you think the 30 Days
Many look elsewhere for answers. of Prayer movement has played?
Stress has many causes, such as 30 Days Do you see many evangelical
Don McCurry I feel that in America, the
poverty, unemployment, and the sight of Christians today who view Muslims
dissemination of this prayer guide has
Muslims killing Muslims. Being a refugee primarily as terrorists and evil people and
changed people’s attitudes toward Muslims
brings stress. With the displacement who support discrimination against them?
and helped them become more aware of
of millions of Muslims due to wars and Don McCurry The true evangelical loves their needs. Christians have begun to pray
poverty, many Muslims are disillusioned Jesus, looks at the world through His eyes, for Muslims, and they see them as part of
and open to an alternative to Islam. and is open to the work of the Holy Spirit. the harvest instead of a problem.
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DAY 1 History’s greatest movement
April 13 Q: When was history’s greatest movement of Muslims to Christ? A: Now!
A
IDEAS FOR PRAYER fter years of hearing rumors of thousands sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or
of Muslims coming to faith in Christ, David where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the
Prayer is powerful. Here are Garrison began a global survey of this Spirit.”
three ways you can participate in phenomenon in 2011. Garrison then expanded his research further. “I
history’s greatest movement of His investigation focused on “movements” later did a historical review of nearly 14 centuries
Muslims to Christ: of at least 1,000 believers from Muslim of Muslim–Christian interaction so I could see
➊ PRAY for the new Muslim- backgrounds who followed Jesus Christ in if there had been other movements of at least
background believers who face baptism. 1,000 Muslims who had come to faith and
persecution and even death for The research lasted for three years and took baptism. To my surprise, I discovered that more
their faith in Christ. Garrison a quarter of a million miles through 44 than 85 percent of all Muslim movements to
Islamic countries. More than 1,000 interviews Christ in history began just 30 years ago.
➋ PRAY for the unengaged Muslim later, he came to this conclusion: We are “I don’t think it’s coincidental that 30 years
people groups who have yet to hear
witnessing the greatest turning of Muslims to ago is when the 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim
the good news (John 3:16).
Christ in history. World prayer movement began.”
➌ PRAY for the emergence of He explained: “Though the Muslim world
“persons of peace,” ie Muslims is quite diverse and can be clustered into
whose restless hearts prompt nine distinctive cultural regions, or ‘rooms
them to follow the Holy Spirit’s in the House of Islam,’ I was intrigued to find
conviction of their need for movements of Muslims to Christ in every room in
salvation (John 16:8). the House of Islam.
“It was as if an invisible mind and hand were
orchestrating these unprecedented movements.
I immediately recalled John 3:8.”
“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its 9 Rooms in the
House of Islam
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DAY 2 Muslim militants or military heroes?
April 14 Embracing Afghan translators in Houston
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IDEAS FOR PRAYER undreds of Houston’s Afghan immigrants stores were patriots and heroes, not Muslim
served as translators for US military terrorists.
Pray that more brave Afghan personnel, but few Texans knew this, and These deeper connections have led to deeper
Muslims will boldly embrace none thanked them for their service. conversations. One day, Bob asked Najeeb if he’d
Jesus as their Lord and Savior. “No one knows who we are and what we did in ever had a dream featuring a holy man dressed
➊ ASK God to raise up and send Afghanistan for the US,” says Najeeb, one of the in white.
more missionaries to live among former translators. “Yes,” said Najeeb, who excitedly shared the
the Afghan community in Houston. A Christian worker named Bob got to know details. “The holy man took me by the hand to
Najeeb and some of Houston’s other Afghans by a pool of water. He then poured
➋ PRAY for Najeeb’s efforts to “sponsoring” families that were beginning their water over my head and
share his Christian faith, thus
new lives as US citizens. said, ‘You will perform this
obeying the holy man in his dream.
Shocked at the lack of respect the former same action on many
➌ PRAY for local believers to show translators received, Bob decided to do others.’”
hospitality and the love of Christ to something about it and organized a banquet to The dream, similar
their Afghan neighbors. honor the men at Tallowood Baptist Church. to dreams many
During the banquet, US Army veterans shared other Muslims have
heroic stories of Afghan translators saving their experienced, led Najeeb
comrades’ lives, and Afghans told their stories of to find faith in Jesus.
Factoid bravely and loyally serving alongside American And before a recent
15,000 Muslims serve in forces. trip to visit family in
Church members not only gained a new Afghanistan, he asked
the US Armed Forces. appreciation for the men’s service, but they also Bob for two Bibles—one
began to appreciate that many of the Afghans for his father, and one for
they saw in local businesses, restaurants, and his Muslim imam (leader).
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DAY 3 Reaching the Fulbe Futa people
April 15 Prayer-walking the Bronx
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IDEAS FOR PRAYER here are some five million Fulbe Futa Bronx, they were distant relatives. As Kady
worldwide, most of them hailing from worked to build bridges to others, Mariama
Pray for the Fulbe Futa people. Guinea, West Africa. Part of the Fulani marveled at her approach.
➊ PRAY for the Holy Spirit to open people, the Fulbe Futa work to spread Islam “You Christians really love people,” Mariama
their “blinded eyes” and soften their throughout Africa, but some of them have come said. “You do it from your heart, not to get
“hardened hearts” to the gospel to Christ in Guinea and around the world. something back. I’ve seen the way you bless
(John 12:40). Kady became a follower of Jesus, and others. You are God’s people.”
eventually left Africa for New York City, where
➋ PRAY that more Fulbe Futa she takes regular prayer walks in her Bronx
become disciples of Christ, loving
neighborhood, which is home to approximately
and training others to love Jesus
5,000 Fulbe Futa people.
and start churches.
Although her family ostracized her and some
➌ PRAY for the laborers among of her own people remain distant, God has
the Fulbe Futa in the Bronx (Luke emboldened her to love them.
10:2). During her prayer walks, Kady meets Muslims
in restaurants or near their mosques, shares
spiritual truths, and prays for them. Even though
Factoid English is her third language, she started
Muslims fought with offering English classes for her community
America in the American and has mobilized other New York Christians to
interact with her people.
Revolutionary War. Mariama, a Fulbe Futa woman, was one of
Kady’s English students. The two women also
discovered that, like many Fulbe living in the
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Call of Love MinistriesDAY 4 Trauma in Toronto
April 16 Afghans deal with scars from decades of war
A
IDEAS FOR PRAYER fghanistan has faced war and terrorism leader, before he began trusting Christ—a
since the late 1970s, as Russian troops, dangerous decision in his country. He lived as
➊ PRAY that Afghans struggling to Taliban terrorists, and American forces a secret believer for years, but after his family
overcome a history of oppression have fought to restore order. discovered his Christian faith, he fled, spending
and violence will find refuge in the Decades of war have turned displaced almost nine years as a refugee in India.
Lord (Psalm 9:9–10). Afghans into one of the world’s largest diaspora During his time in India, Obed attended Bible
➋ PRAY that the Lord will raise populations, and many of these refugees college, planted an Afghan church, served as
up laborers among Afghans in the struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder the leader of the Afghan Christian Refugees
Toronto area to evangelize, disciple (PTSD) and other mental health issues caused Community, and worked as a radio producer
believers and start churches. by the ongoing carnage and chaos. with TWR India and an audio interpreter for ISO
The Greater Toronto Area is home to a large Ministries.
➌ PRAY that Christians in Canada Afghan community. Most are Sunni Muslims, He also founded a Christian charity called
can be instruments of peace who
and many have survived trauma, including Obed. Dari Fellowship of India, but New Delhi’s Muslim
show the power of Christ’s love to
Born into a Muslim family in Afghanistan, community persecuted him and his church.
their Afghan neighbors.
Obed planned to become an imam, or Muslim Obed resettled in Canada in 2015, joining the
Jesus Network and starting a house church in
his home. His social media ministry produces
weekly teaching videos on Facebook and
YouTube, where he has hundreds of followers.
Obed’s goal is to plant churches in the Toronto
area and to reach Muslims who speak Farsi, Dari,
Hazaragi, Pashto, Tajiki, Urdu, Hindi, and even
English.
worldchristian.com 11· DAY 5 Take me home from the ballgame
· April 17 Loving West Africans in Cincinnati, Ohio
T
IDEAS FOR PRAYER he Great American Ballpark is a perfect Similar scenes play out in cities and towns
venue for the great American pastime. The across the American Midwest, where immigrants
Pray that Muslims in middle Cincinnati Reds have been playing baseball from some of Africa’s least-reached nations and
America encounter the Prince of in this great American city since 1882. people groups have settled down and made their
Peace (Isaiah 9:6). But when the game’s over and fans stream homes.
➊ THOUSANDS of unreached out of the ballpark, they come face to face with Some American Christians react to Muslims
Fulani and Soninke speakers live in people from the other side of the world. The with anger or fear. Believers in Cincinnati and
Cincinnati and other areas of Ohio. streets are lined with taxi cabs that cite their elsewhere, however, are reaching out with love,
Pray that the gospel reaches more drivers’ nationalities: Salaam Taxi, Musa Taxi, building genuine relationships, opening their
of these Muslims. Timbuktu Taxi, Senegal Taxi, and more. homes for holiday celebrations, and providing
Many of these drivers are immigrants from Christian resources in person or via social media
➋ PRAY that more churches the West African nations of Senegal, Mali, and to people who have never read the Bible before.
mobilize to reach unreached
Mauritania. If you listen closely, you can hear the “We love Cincinnati, because it is a city of
immigrants.
Wolof, Fulani, and Soninke tribal languages as peace,” said one Senegalese community leader.
➌ PRAY that the Midwest will the drivers chat on their cell phones. “Peace is everything to our people.”
become more welcoming, loving,
and hospitable to our Muslim
neighbors (Acts 13:48–49).
We love Cincinnati, because it is a city of peace.
12 worldchristian.comDAY 6 Dreams and healing in New York
April 18 Wolof people of the Mouride Islamic sect accept Christ
IDEAS FOR PRAYER marabouts, without being healed.”
Things changed after she moved to New York
Today, there are no Wolof- City, where more than 20,000 Wolof people now
speaking churches in North make up the city’s largest West African Muslim
America. ethnic group. (There are some seven million
➊ PRAY that the first Wolof church Wolof people across the world.)
in North America will be founded “A friend of mine invited me to church. I was
soon. only interested because Jesus performed
miracles in her life; so I went.
➋ THE WOLOF are the most “Then God appeared to me in a dream and said
influential West African Muslim
I needed to read the Bible to have the answer for
ethnic group in New York City and
us Muslims who have been oppressed. I read the
Senegal. Pray that God uses them
Bible, and I trusted Jesus to heal me and save
to spread His light to other West
me from oppression and sin. I rejoice that I’ve
Africans.
now been healed and saved!”
➌ PRAY that more Wolof will Fatou didn’t know any Wolof Christians, so
F
exchange their sorcerers for the atou, a member of the proud Mouride Islamic she began boldly sharing her faith with her
healing power of Christ like Fatou sect, felt like she was dying. So, she did what neighbors.
did (Acts 19:19). many of the Wolof people of Senegal have “I don’t care if they kill me,” she said. “I have to
done for generations. share Jesus with my people.”
“The blood disease was taking over my Within two years of her conversion, more than
body. I was Muslim, and in my culture, you see 15 of her Wolof friends and family members have
the marabouts, or Islamic sorcerers, for help. I become followers of Christ in the USA, France,
spent tens of thousands of dollars on various Italy, and Senegal.
worldchristian.com 13DAY 7 From kielbasa to saltah
April 19 Yemeni immigrants follow Polish immigrants to Hamtramck
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amtramck, a neighborhood within the city who welcomed children and honored women.
IDEAS FOR PRAYER
of Detroit, was once known for its kielbasa She asked her mother, father, and friends
Pray that the Lord raises up and paczkis thanks to Polish immigrants about this man, but all assured her that Jesus
Christian women who are called who came to work at the Dodge brothers’ auto was only a prophet and nothing more.
to share truth with Yemeni plant. Years later, now a mother with young children
women like Yasmin, who long to Now, Hamtramck is increasingly known for its in Hamtramck, Yasmin heard a knock at her
understand the truth. saltah, a hearty stew that is the national dish of door. Two American men were outside, and one
➊ IN the Parable of the Sower Yemen. addressed her in Arabic.
(Matthew 13:1–9), the sower sows Hamtramck is home to more than 20,000 They offered to pray for her and her family.
seed abundantly. Pray that local Yemenis who fled their war-torn homeland, No one had ever done so before. They also told
Detroit churches will equip their resettled in aged bungalows, started businesses her about Jesus. When they described how
people to share the gospel with in old storefronts, and transformed former Jesus was holy and gentle and how he never
boldness and abundance. Catholic schools into mosques. mistreated women, but honored them, she felt
Yemenis remain one of the world’s least- her heart rise within her and remembered her
reached people groups, but the Lord is stirring questions about Jesus.
hearts, as Yasmin can testify. “This is what I’ve been waiting for,” Yasmin
As a teenager, Yasmin was moved when she told the men. “Finally, Allah has sent me
Yemenis remain one of the saw Campus Crusade’s Jesus film in Arabic. She someone who could explain to me who Jesus is.”
world’s least-reached people was drawn to this kind, gentle, and peaceful man She listened intently as they explained why
groups Jesus suffered and died as the final sacrifice to
cleanse us from sin.
“Now, Allah has answered my deepest
yearnings to know and to learn who Jesus is,”
she said.
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April 20 Muslims in Dallas-Fort Worth
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IDEAS FOR PRAYER he gospel has reached people in nearly
every tribe and tongue, fulfilling Christ’s
Pray for more trained followers promise: “I will call them my people who
of Jesus to engage Muslims like were not my people” (Romans 9:25).
Abdul with the hope and love of But Muslims must jump three significant
Christ. hurdles on their path to faith in Christ. higher percentage of Muslims in Texas than any
➊ PRAY that God raises up • Hurdle 1: Clearly hearing and understanding other state. Muslims make up 1.68 percent of
workers from local churches to be the gospel. Many never hear Christ’s message people in Texas. (Census figures reveal that there
trained and mobilized to share the clearly presented or compellingly lived out. are 422,000 Muslims in Texas, up from 140,000
gospel with Muslims (Luke 10:2). • Hurdle 2: Overcoming false Islamic teachings in 1990, and it’s estimated that 60,000–100,000
which say that the Bible is corrupted. That Muslims live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, most
➋ PRAY that the Holy Spirit of Pakistani heritage.)
grants understanding and courage Jesus did not die. That belief in the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost constitutes polytheism. A Christian worker shared the gospel with
to Abdul and others to clear the
And so on. Abdul in the mosque. Soon, the two began
second and third hurdles.
• Hurdle 3: Believing and trusting in Jesus, meeting for discussions about the Bible.
which often results in persecution or rejection Abdul found the Bible interesting, but not
Factoid by the Islamic community. compelling. Then came crisis.
He was wrongly forced out of his imam
Muslim American culture A personal crisis may compel an individual to position, which exposed him to the hypocrisy of
includes rap groups, jump a few of these hurdles at once, but each the other mosque members. And he needed to
comedians, athletes, scout person’s journey is different, as I witnessed with leave Dallas-Fort Worth for work.
Abdul, one of several imams serving a mosque in It’s more difficult for the two men to stay in
troops, and social media the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. touch now, but Abdul is reading some Christian
sites. It may seem counterintuitive, but there’s a books he was given.
16 worldchristian.comDAY 9 From Mali to Harlem Dozens of Muslim men and
April 21 Reaching the Wassoulou people women decided to follow Christ
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IDEAS FOR PRAYER or over 20 years I have felt called to reach my people for Jesus, but I didn’t
know how, because it was only me,” said Musa, who is one of only
Pray that more of the Wassoulou dozens of Wassoulou people living New York City’s Harlem
people will find Christ. neighborhood.
➊ PRAY that God would multiply The Wassoulou people group’s homeland spans Mali, Côte
disciples and churches among d’Ivoire, and Guinea in West Africa. Decades ago, Jesus appeared to
the Wassoulou, fulfilling God’s Musa in dramatic dreams, healed him from a terminal disease, and
Revelation prophecy of “a great promised him eternal life if Musa followed Him.
multitude … from all tribes and Musa followed Jesus from then on, but the people in his Muslim
peoples and languages, standing village felt ashamed and violently forced him to leave the village. He
before the throne” (Revelation 7:9). never lived in his home again.
Over time, however, tempers cooled, and American and Malian
➋ PRAY for the gospel to spread Christians visited Musa’s village to teach the villagers about Jesus.
through the connection and
Dozens of Muslim men and women decided to follow Christ in the
influence that Muslim-background
village, including Musa’s brother, which opened the door for him to
immigrants have in their homeland.
return and share the love of Christ with his people.
➌ AS Christians from Muslim- “It’s amazing!” Musa said. “All of the suffering I have experienced
backgrounds migrate to North all these years is worth it. If I had to go through these struggles so my
America to escape persecution, people would have opportunities to know Jesus, it’s worth it!”
pray that what man intended for When he moved to New York, Musa found himself in a city with few
evil, God would use for good Wassoulou people, no Wassoulou churches, and no real efforts from
(Genesis 50:20). the community to reach them.
He continues to share the message of Jesus with people he meets,
but he often grows frustrated with the fruits of his labors.
worldchristian.com 17Continue Praying Through
the Muslim World!
8 Days of Prayer for the Least-Reached Regions
Through this prayer guide, you’ll:
Discover the spiritual needs and ministry
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Be equipped to pray boldly and strategically
for Muslims in key areas.
Expand your heart for the nations as you intercede for
people living in the least-reached places.
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frontiersUSA.org | frontiers.caDAY 10 30 Days in the Triangle
April 22 Hundreds pray for Muslim neighbors in Raleigh, Durham,
and Chapel Hill
IDEAS FOR PRAYER 30 Days have coincided with church-planting
movements all over the world. The Christians in
Please pray for: the Triangle believed God could help them reach
➊ PRAYER movements in the the Triangle’s 40,000-plus Muslims, just as He
Triangle and around the world. had helped Christian believers elsewhere reach
Muslims across the world.
➋ CHURCHES and Christians It began years ago with a few families. By
who reach out to their Muslim
2016, there were 100 believers from three
neighbors.
churches in the area. Now, over 600 Christians
➌ THOSE who “go into all the pray together every day during the Muslim holy
world and preach the gospel to all month of Ramadan, using 30 Days as their guide.
creation” (Mark 16:15). Many of these praying Christians have sought
opportunities to befriend Muslims at work or in
➍ MUSLIMS to come to faith in the
D
Triangle and be discipled to take avid Garrison’s book, A Wind in the House their neighborhoods. A handful of Muslims have
the gospel message back to their of Islam, provided the inspiration. The 30 become followers of Jesus, including a new
home countries (Mark 5:20). Days of Prayer for the Muslim World booklet believer named ER. She couldn’t find a Bible to
provided the game plan. read in Iraq, but after a few years in the USA, she
It all started with a few families praying that was given an Arabic-language Bible by one of the
Factoid the Holy Spirit would help them reach their 30 Days participants.
Islam is the third largest Muslim neighbors, but it soon grew into an effort In 2019, two participating families decided
involving more than 600 Christians from 45 local to devote themselves full-time to the Triangle
religion in the USA after
churches in the Triangle, a three-city region prayer effort. The families are now training with
Christianity and Judaism known for both high tech and higher education. Global Gates and hope to start evangelism and
(will surpass Jews by 2040). Garrison found that prayer movements like church-planting among local Muslims in 2021.
worldchristian.com 19DAY 11 From Myanmar to Bangladesh
April 23 Rohingya seek a safe place to stay
T
IDEAS FOR PRAYER he United Nations calls the Rohingya people tragedy. Two years ago he was a practicing
the “world’s most persecuted minority.” Muslim who relied on alcohol and drugs to numb
Pray that the persecuted South Africa’s Bishop Desmond Tutu says the pain of oppression.
Rohingya refugees would hear they’ve experienced apartheid. Others call their But he was reached by a movement in the USA
the gospel and find their hope treatment “ethnic cleansing”. that brought the gospel to Rohingya refugees.
and identity in Christ. A million Rohingya had lived in Myanmar for Even after angry Muslims beat him in front of
➊ PRAY for Rohingya believers like centuries, but the government stripped them his pregnant wife, he did not back down, telling
Anwar to remain strong and bold in of their citizenship, sanctioned the burning of his persecutors, “I am ready to die for my Lord.
the face of persecution. villages, and the killing, torture, and rape of I don’t care what you do to me. All I ask is
many individuals before forcing them out of that when you kill me you give my body to my
➋ PRAY that God will work the country in 2016–17. More than 600,000 brothers so it can rest at the foot of the cross.”
righteousness and justice for these
Rohingya now live in squalid refugee camps in Since then, Anwar has helped plant six
oppressed people.
Bangladesh. churches and has seen close to 500 baptisms of
Nearly all Rohingya people are Muslims, but Rohingya Muslims.
years of oppression and persecution have led God is moving amidst the ravaged Rohingya
some to seek spiritual alternatives in the camps. as He has among other persecuted people. “The
Anwar sits in a dimly lit room, where he Lord works righteousness and justice for all who
shares the story of how Jesus rescued him from are oppressed” (Psalm 103:6).
20 worldchristian.comDAY 12 From Irish immigrants to Bangladeshis
April 24 Jackson Heights neighborhood welcomes Bengali people
I
IDEAS FOR PRAYER n the 19th century, desperate Irish immigrants Saif was a young Bangladeshi man working in
fleeing famine back home flooded into the the hotel industry when he met a local believer
➊ PRAY for the Bangladeshi Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens on the subway. The man told Saif about Jesus,
communities of New York City, in New York City. Now, many Bangladeshi but he wanted to know more and met with a
many of which have been ravaged immigrants call this neighborhood home. Muslim-background believer who led him to faith
by the coronavirus pandemic. Barbershops promote their prices on signs in Christ.
➋ PRAY for kingdom workers, local that mix Bangla and English, and grocers display Saif is now part of a small house church in
believers, and churches as they imports like jackfruit and bitter melon next to his neighborhood comprised of fellow believers
engage their Bengali neighbors with Hershey candy bars, while Bangladeshi men from Muslim backgrounds. God is at work
the good news of Jesus Christ. drink cha (tea) and gossip on sidewalks in the through people like Saif.
evenings.
➌ PRAY for believers from a Most arrived in the last 25 years, seeking a
Muslim background to “declare the
new start and opportunities for their families
gospel fearlessly” in New York City
through a diversity visa program. They brought
and around the world (Ephesians
their food, culture, and Islamic religion with
6:20).
them, and now there are an estimated 150,000 of
them across New York City.
Many Bangladeshi neighborhood enclaves
Factoid are in the shadow of church buildings, but the
Morocco, a Muslim nation, language and cultural barriers are too great for
was the first country to them to consider entering the doors. Thankfully,
efforts by missionary teams and local believers
recognize the USA as an over the last decade are bringing the gospel to
independent nation in 1777. these neighborhoods.
worldchristian.com 21DAY 13 Bosnians in “New Jerusalem” “Jesus is the bridge!”
April 25 Grand Rapids makes way for Muslims the woman said.
W
IDEAS FOR PRAYER ith its Christian publishers, colleges offered to pray for Ajlina. Suspicious at first,
and seminaries, Grand Rapids is seen Ajlina begrudgingly accepted her offer.
Pray that Bosnians may find by many Reformed believers as a New After prayer, the woman offered to share with
the gospel through the plentiful Jerusalem. her the message of the New Testament. Having
resources available in the Grand But since the 1990s, Michigan’s second lived among Christians for many years, Ajlina
Rapids area. largest city has also become home to the second always wondered what they believed.
➊ THERE has never been a largest Bosnian Muslim population in the USA. The woman pulled a 3” x 5” notecard out of
concerted effort to engage and (The largest is in St Louis.) her purse and proceeded to share with her the
reach the Bosnians of Grand There are now more than 120,000 Bosnians
Rapids. Pray the Lord will send in the USA, as well as half a million people of
laborers into the harvest! Bosnian descent. But they aren’t always easy
for Westerners to identify as Muslim, as they are
➋ “THE harvest is plentiful” (Luke Caucasian and often dress in Western clothing.
10:2). Pray that laborers find the
But underneath the surface, their family
Bosnians in whom God is working.
histories are fractured by memories of a vicious
civil war fraught with ethnic cleansing and
Factoid unchecked violence.
Ajlina lives in Grand Rapids. Two recent family
Muslims are America’s most losses had tapped into the pain of her past gospel. She described a gulf that separates us
racially diverse religious traumas and tested her faith in Allah. from God and talked about a bridge that could
group (25% black, 24% white, “God, I once had faith and prayed to you every cross that gulf.
day. Please show me what I’m missing!” “Jesus is the bridge!” the woman said. “His
18% Asian, 18% Arab, The next day, the doorbell rang. A woman who perfect life, death, and resurrection bridge the
5% Hispanic, and 7% mixed). said she had a concern for the neighborhood gulf that separates us from God.”
22 worldchristian.comDAY 14 From the Nile to New Jersey
April 26 Egyptian Muslims find solace in northeastern USA
M
IDEAS FOR PRAYER ustafa, a 30-year-old Egyptian man, hates since the last time they shouted at me for
going to his mosque and dislikes the guilt money. I hate that place!”
Pray that Egyptian Muslims may trips that are used to extract his zakat, or Many Egyptian Muslims migrated to America
find freedom as they struggle to monthly tithe. in the 1960s and ’70s, preceding the Arabs from
conform to cultural and religious “In America, it’s all about the money, even in other countries who would later arrive in New
expectations. the mosques,” he complains while sitting in the Jersey and New York.
➊ MAY the Spirit of God lead deli he owns in New Jersey. “I haven’t returned Egyptian communities are large and
Egyptians to Jesus. Ask God to established, and they support many large
give them courage and time to seek mosques. Many Muslims strive for material
after Jesus. success while feeling pressure to conform to the
expectations of Muslim culture.
➋ PRAY for the budding Arab Mustafa says it’s the same old story. You leave
church in the Metro New York
the closed community of the Egyptian homeland
region, which includes many
for a closed Arabic community in the USA.
Egyptians of Muslim background.
Work hard and conform to the religious
identity of your homeland: That’s the typical
cultural expectation.
Despite these hurdles, many of the 48,000
Egyptian communities are large and established, Egyptian Muslims in the cities of Astoria,
and they support many large mosques. Ridgewood, Bay Ridge, Jersey City, and Bayonne
are taking advantage of the freedoms the USA
offers. Some have surrendered to the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Spirit of God moves among
Egyptian Muslims who seek after Him.
24 worldchristian.comDAY 15 Salvation via social media
April 27 Connected Muslims encounter good news
S
IDEAS FOR PRAYER abrina is a Muslim from South Asia who
lives with her husband and two young
Pray that more Muslims will find children in Queens, New York City. After
the Lord through social media. taking care of her kids and preparing meals, she
➊ PRAY for believers worldwide has little time or energy for venturing out, except
as they develop social media for her regular visits to the mosque and produce
engagement strategies to share stores.
Jesus and find seekers throughout But she can always find time to browse
the Muslim world. Facebook and other social media sites
throughout the day, and she regularly connects
➋ PRAY for Muslims online to with her American friends and her family back Later, when Sabrina’s family faced a crisis, she
encounter content about Jesus and
home. used social media to request prayer. The woman
see “the light of the gospel of the
One day, a video caught her eye. The audio who prayed for her over the phone told Sabrina
glory of Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:4).
featured a voice speaking her native language that she too had been a Muslim but had found
➌ ASK the Holy Spirit to give and praying for New York City in the name of true peace in Jesus Christ.
Muslim-background believers Jesus. Social media is empowering Muslims around
boldness to share their faith Intrigued, Sabrina clicked the “Message Us” the world, giving some their first freedoms to
through social media. button and was soon engaged in online dialogue express themselves and discover new ideas.
with a ministry team member who graciously Christians are using digital resources to make
told her about Christ’s ministry and message. the truth of Jesus readily available to all who
Social media is empowering The dialogue softened her heart, but she seek it, fulfilling the prophecy of Jeremiah: “You
Muslims around the world remained skeptical, largely because of the will seek me and find me when you seek me with
anti-Christian sermons she heard from imams all your heart. I will be found by you” (Jeremiah
(Muslim leaders). 29:13–14).
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April 28 Christians reach out to people fleeing decades of war
A
IDEAS FOR PRAYER fghans first came to the San Francisco Bay engaging with their Western neighbors.
area in the late 1970s after the Russians A core group of Christians in the Bay Area has
Pray that Afghan war victims will had invaded their country. They kept reached out to their Afghan neighbors with the
heal from their trauma. coming through years of civil wars and the 20 love of Christ for more than 15 years. Mike, an
➊ PRAY that local churches will years of American and NATO fighting. Now, the Afghan pastor in the Bay Area, disciples groups
extend hospitality and resources to Bay Area is home to more than 60,000 Afghan of Afghans throughout California and spends
the Afghan community. immigrants and refugees. hours each day reaching Afghans worldwide
Some of the new arrivals were well-educated through Facebook.
➋ ASK God to grant wisdom and and secular Muslims. They were leaders in Mike is grateful that Afghans have
courage to Mike and other Afghan
business and education and have assimilated responded to the gospel in such
believers as they share Jesus
into American life. positive ways. But
with Afghans in California and
Others were widows and children with a he prays that
Afghanistan.
limited understanding of English, a lack of God will send
education, and minimal financial resources. more workers
These Afghans often struggle with housing, to connect with
Factoid language and job skills, and chronic illness. more Afghans,
One 1682 Virginia statute Still others were translators who assisted the many of whom
US military and desperately sought asylum. still remain in
permitted the sale of slaves Many of these Afghans could benefit from touch with family
of “heathenish, idolatrous, mental health services to treat their war trauma. and friends
pagan, and Mahometan Having endured decades of war and tribalism, back home.
Afghans understandably
parentage.” struggle with trusting others,
A core group of Christians in the Bay Area
but many seem comfortable has reached out to their Afghan neighbors
32 worldchristian.comDAY 17 Pursuing the American Dream
April 29 Muppies (or Muslim urban professionals) epitomize success
W
IDEAS FOR PRAYER hile first-generation immigrants typically
focus on survival and fitting in, their
Pray for the salvation of Sadia children aim higher: Worldly success,
and Amira, and other Muppies. plus a slice of the American Dream.
➊ PRAY that urban Christians Muppies’ experiences with Islam can prove
in the workplace will seek frustrating. Many seek a deeper, richer spiritual
opportunities to share Jesus with experience than that offered at local mosques,
Muppies. but they’re not easily swayed by Christian
evangelists.
➋ PRAY that we can help Muppies One Christian woman pointed to her
to know Jesus as Lord.
relationships with two Muppies:
Sadia, a hedge-fund manager in her 30s, 20s, felt her sin was too vast for her to be close
told me our friendship is different from her to God. I encouraged her that the true God
relationships with Muslims. Muslim women is the one who knows our sins and loves us
often hide their difficulties, but I was open and completely.
honest about my struggles. I shared Paul’s teaching in Romans 5:8: While
I explained that as a Christian, I am not judged we were still sinners, Christ died for us. He
by my failings, but saved by the love and grace desires relationship with us more than efforts
of Jesus, who has compassion for those who to earn His love. She now believes in a forgiving
struggle. God, but she continues to look for Him in Islam.
“I’d like to be a part of a spiritual community Neither Sadia nor Amira have become
like that,” Sadia told me one day. I invited her to Christians, but God is moving among Muppies
join us, but she hasn’t done so yet. seeking something deeper than what Islam
Amira, a top computer programmer in her offers.
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April 30 Palestinians in Metro New York
“Y
IDEAS FOR PRAYER our prayers, your fasting, your charity, none One day he stumbled upon an ancient
of these get you to heaven!” said Nour, a Christian catacomb, a former underground
Pray for Christians working 42-year-old Palestinian who once lived in church, in his homeland. There in the darkness,
among the Palestinian people. the Midwest but moved to New York City, hoping using his flashlight to illuminate the Christian
➊ PRAY for new believers and the that its large community of 16,000 Palestinian graffiti on the walls, Nour felt a strange
Arab Christians discipling them Muslims could help him find a job. peace come over him, a peace he had never
in Metro New York. May they be “You’ve got to have faith, my brother,” said experienced.
faithful gospel witnesses. Nour, who was counseling a young Muslim Since then, his spiritual and geographic
man. “Faith in Jesus the Messiah. It’s your journeys have been long and winding, but as
➋ PALESTINIANS often feel heart that matters most.” a recently baptized Christian living in the
rejected by the Church. Pray for
There are approximately 13 million Metro New York area, he has easy access
them to encounter a diverse
Palestinians in the world, most of to Palestinian Muslim communities
gospel witness.
them living in the West Bank, the in the nearby cities of Paterson,
➌ PRAY for a new Gaza Strip, and Israel. That’s Clifton, and Bay Ridge.
Metro area church where Nour’s conversion There are an estimated 250,000
composed of began. American Palestinians, including
Arabs, including US Representative Rashida Tlaib
Palestinians. from Michigan, whose parents were
May they lead Palestinian refugees living in Detroit.
Palestinians to As Nour studies the Scriptures,
the Lord in the he thinks and prays about how
city and around he can introduce more of these
the world. Palestinians to Jesus Christ.
worldchristian.com 35DAY 19 Long-distance church
May 1 Gospel message reaches Muslims in Toronto and Tehran
P
IDEAS FOR PRAYER astor Nasser preached God’s Word to his what has become known as the “Long-Distance
largely Iranian congregation in Toronto Church” of Toronto and Tehran.
Pray that Jeremiah’s prophecies every Sunday without realizing he was Iranians have migrated to Canada in
(Jeremiah 49:34–39) about the reaching an international audience of one. increasing numbers since the Iranian Islamic
ancient Kingdom of Elam (Iran) Mahla, who emigrated from Iran, was using Revolution of 1979. Many arrive in the West
continue to be fulfilled today. her cell phone to “broadcast” Nasser’s sermons seeking freedom after questioning the harsh
➊ PRAY for Iranians who are live to Tehran each Sunday, where her husband, religious restrictions enforced by the Iranian
disillusioned with Islam to see Kavan, still lives. Islamic regime.
Jesus as their only Savior and Lord. Most Sundays, Mahla would ask the pastor Today, approximately 250,000 Iranians live in
numerous questions about his sermons, hoping the Greater Toronto Area, where they struggle to
➋ WHILE some Muslims have Kavan would overhear the discussion and learn English, find work, and complete lengthy
a sincere faith in Jesus, others
embrace the gospel message himself. legal entry requirements while living far from
“convert,” hoping it will help
One Sunday, Mahla gave a joyous family back home.
them receive refugee status.
report. Iranian women are finding new freedoms and
Ask God’s Spirit to help
“My husband got saved!” identities through Christ in Toronto, where they
churches discern the
Soon, Kavan was inviting form the majority of Iranian Christ-followers.
hearts of those who
friends and neighbors to his Young Muslim men are also experiencing a
profess faith.
Tehran home for the Sunday growing openness to the gospel.
➌ PRAY for unity and broadcasts from Toronto. One Thousands of Iranian Muslims in Toronto
faith among Iranian day, 53 people squeezed into have come to know Jesus as their only Savior
Christians as they battle his small home to hear the and Lord! Many gather in the city’s dozen or so
their own anxieties and sermon. largely Iranian churches, while others gather
the tensions within their Today, thousands of Iranians in homes or have assimilated into traditional
communities. log onto Instagram to watch Canadian churches.
36 worldchristian.comDAY 20 An oasis in Saudi Arabia’s spiritual desert
May 2 Studying in USA brings exposure to gospel
IDEAS FOR PRAYER family has participated.
As he studied the Bible with them The program has been educational in many
Pray that more Saudi students ways. For the first time in their lives, thousands
he began to believe in Jesus.
will meet Christians in the USA of Saudi students have the chance to hear the
who can help them come to gospel, ask questions about religion, and explore
know Christ. the Bible on their own.
➊ PRAY that God will draw the Fifteen years later, King Abdullah’s students
hearts of Saudis to himself through are back home and bearing spiritual fruit. Ahmed
dreams and visions. is one example.
While studying in the USA, Ahmed was
➋ PRAY that God will build the “adopted” by a Christian family that invited
underground church in Saudi
him into their home and spent time with him.
Arabia by growing disciples and
Ahmed soon became a big brother to the family’s
A
converting the lost.
vast desert covers Saudi Arabia. This children.
barren physical landscape is a metaphor Ahmed also listened as the family prayed,
for the spiritual condition of a people with watched as they had family devotions after
Factoid little access to Christ’s living water. The Saudi dinner, and asked questions about their faith.
government works to silence the gospel in the As he studied the Bible with them he began to
The number of Muslims country, which is 93 percent Muslim, but God’s believe in Jesus.
in Canada is expected to Spirit finds creative ways to cross borders. Now back in Saudi Arabia, he is fulfilling the
grow to 2.7 million by 2030 In 2005, King Abdullah began sending promise of Jesus: “Out of his heart will flow
(Pewforum) thousands of college students to distinguished rivers of living water” (John 7:38). Ahmed has
universities around the world. The program was become an oasis for those around him, sharing
so popular that nearly every extended Saudi the water of hope as the Spirit leads.
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