On October 30, the Jenkins Center hosted Professor Luke Yarbrough for our final virtual lecture event of the fall semester. He is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Yarbrough is a historian interested primarily in inter-religious relations, law, state administration, and the transmission of historical … Continued
On October 16, the Jenkins Center hosted our guest speaker Al Fadi to speak on apologetics with Muslims. Al Fadi is a follower of Christ with expertise in bringing awareness about Islam, particularly because he was once a devout Muslim himself. He shared his personal story of coming to Christ and advised us on how … Continued
On September 25, we held our first fully virtual lecture event with Dr. Matthew Bennett as our guest speaker. Dr. Bennett is Assistant Professor of Missions and Theology at Cedarville University. He has taught at Cedarville since 2017, and before his time there he spent six years living and serving in North Africa and the … Continued
For the past 12 years, I have been involved in ministry to Muslims. For the majority of those years my philosophy has been: become friends first and then share the Gospel. But I found that the longer I was friends with a Muslim, the harder it became to get to the Gospel message. I would … Continued
The Context Few books are written in a vacuum. Martin Accad, a top-flight scholar on Middle Eastern Christianity and Islam, sets the contextual background for writing Sacred Misinterpretation: Reaching Across the Muslim-Christian Divide in the first sentence of his Preface: “Many books have been written about Islam since September 11, 2001…” Accad references this event … Continued
Christian scholars of Islamic Studies who offer advice on the proper approach to Islam and Muslims from a thorough knowledge of both Islam and the Gospel are quite few and far between, and thus deserve the respectful attention of the global Church. Whether one agrees with their advice or not, such scholars should be appreciated … Continued
Martin Accad is the author of a recent article published online in the Institute of Middle East Studies department of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut, Lebanon. He begins the article sharing the way four different Muslims faced the claims of the Gospel and applied them to their lives. Each was unique to the … Continued
(Originally published at www.religionnews.com on November 6, 2018) Two weeks ago the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the right to free speech does not include criticizing the Prophet Muhammad. The decision is a troubling one for academics and researchers in general, and in particular for Islamic scholars, whose job it is to think, speak and write seriously … Continued
(Originally published at www.thecgcs.org on November 6, 2018) Recently two Southern Baptist missiologists and professors have put together a book addressing one of the most crucial questions about Muslim evangelism and Missions. Dr Ant Greenham, Associate Professor of Missions and Islamic Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Dr. Ayman Ibrahim, Bill and Connie Jenkins Associate Professor … Continued
On August 31st-September 1st, we hosted our third academic lecture series with professor David Cook as our guest speaker. Cook is an associate professor of religion at Rice University. He is the author of Understanding Jihad and Martyrdom in Islam. The subject of the series was jihad and its evolution in Islam. During his discussion, Cook covered topics including Salafism, … Continued