Identifier: islamchallengeto00zwem (find matches)
Title: Islam, a challenge to faith; studies on the Mohammedan religion and the needs and opportunities of the Mohammedan world from the standpoint of Christian missions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952
Subjects: Islam Islam -- Muslims Islam Zending Missie Christendom
Publisher: New York, Student volunteer movement for foreign missions
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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before the death of Moham-med !^ And there have been converts ever since in alllands where the gospel was preached to Moslems, al-though not as many as there might have been but for ourneglect.^ The accessions from Islam, says Dr. Wherry, es-pecially in Northern India, have been continuous duringall the years since the death of Henry Martyn. Onehere and another there has been added to the ChristianChurch, so that now, as one looks over the rolls of churchmembership, he is surprised to find so many convertsfrom Islam, or the children and childrens children ofsuch converts. In the north, especially the Punjab, andthe Northwest Frontier Province, every congregation hasa representation from the Moslem ranks. Some of thechurches have a majority of their membership gatheredfrom among the Mussulmans. In a few cases there hasbeen something like a movement among Moslems towards ^Methods of Mission Work Among Moslems, 79-95. -See page 23. W, A. Shedd, Islam and the Oriental Churches, 148, etc.
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o = METHODS AND RESULTS 21/ Christianity, and a considerable number have come outat one time. But perhaps the fact which tells most clearlythe story of the advance of Christianity among Moslemsin India, is this, that among the native pastors andChristian preachers and teachers in North India thereare at least two hundred who were once follow^ers ofIslam.^ The American Mission in Egypt, although its work hasbeen chiefly among the Copts, reports one hundred andforty baptisms of adult Moslems during its history. InPersia there are Moslem converts at every station of theChurch Missionary Society. Even in Arabia and in theTurkish empire there have been converts and martyrs tothe faith.2 From North Africa, the latest reports tellus that at almost all the stations there have in past yearsbeen some converts. At Fez there is a band of Chris-tians, nine or ten of whom are employed as colporteurs;at Jemaa Sahrij there is another band, and these meetin two stone halls, one built for men and one f

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