iHOPE Blogs
The Person of Peace Strategy: Jesus’ Simple Plan for Reaching Your Community
Across North America, something is shifting right in front of us—and many Christians aren’t sure what to do with it. The nations we once sent missionaries to are now living in our neighborhoods. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and people from every background now live next ...
Why Most Christians Are Afraid to Share Their Faith
And How the Church Can Help Believers Move from Fear to Faithful Witness Many Christians want to share their faith. They believe Jesus is the hope of the world. They care about the spiritual lives of their friends and neighbors. They long for people to ...
The Nations Have Moved Into Our Neighborhoods. Is the Church Ready?
A pastor once told me something that has stayed with me. “Our church gives generously to global missions,” he said. “Yet most of our people wouldn’t know how to share Jesus with a Muslim neighbor.” He wasn’t criticizing his church. He was being honest. For ...
Why Everyday Believers Are the Key to Fulfilling the Great Commission Across Faiths
Introduction: A Global Mission Field on Our Doorstep Imagine this: A devout Hindu mother shops at your neighborhood grocery store. A secular Muslim student walks the same college campus as your kids. A Buddhist international student attends ESL classes at your church. These aren’t scenes ...
SMALL GESTURES, CHANGED LIVES
Have you ever avoided a Muslim because you assumed they wouldn’t want to talk with you, or that you might say something that’s offensive? Has it ever felt like you needed a PhD in Islam before you reached out? The answer was yes for me and ...
Study the Bible with your Muslim friend
We are unlikely Bible-study partners. Murah’s* a devout Muslim who moved to California from Sudan decades ago. And I’m a sold-out follower of Jesus, from Texas, which seems like another country when compared to California. A friend introduced us after Murah expressed interested in studying ...