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Like many women in the Church, Joy Loewen didn't fully understand Muslim women or their roles in the Muslim culture and religion. In fact, she was afraid of them and not particularly interested in befriending them. But with prayer, wisdom, and a lot of love, Joy overcame these obstacles, found that she actually liked them, and that many of these women are irresistibly attracted to the love of Jesus. For the last thirty years she has used this knowledge to build authentic connections with Muslim women, reaching out to them in a sensitive, effective way.In this practical and very personal book, Joy shares not only her insights into befriending Muslim women, but many helpful stories from her own experiences. Her goal is to help readers "move from fear to love and compassion" so that they, too, can love as Christ does. Woman to Woman is essential reading for Christian leaders, ministries, and any layperson who wants to grow in love for and understanding of Muslims.

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Philosophie et théologie

Islam

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 janvier 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441207838
Langue	English

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What a great book! I strongly recommend it.
-from the foreword by Brother Andrew , founder, Open Doors; author, God s Smuggler
This is such an important book! Five words come to mind: Important. Urgent. Visionary. Relevant. Grace-awakened. Please don t get one; get ten and get them into the hands of friends.
- George Verwer , founder, Operation Mobilization
God s love triumphs over the fears of Islam! Joy Loewen effectively reveals the spiritual battle for the lives of Muslims and the power of God s love through His people to draw Muslims to salvation. I applaud Joy as she displays God s heart and instructs us in His love through her testimony in this challenging and compelling book.
- Diane Moder , Islamic Awareness and Education Director, Aglow International
Riveting, with every page and story smelling of gun smoke and lavender. From story to story, Joy guides her women friends as they taste the salt and see the light of Christ. She also crams the book with practical illustrations. This book is more than delightful; it is a must-read for men as well as women. Why? If we fail to grasp the message of this book, we will never really understand Muslims or their culture. So whatever good books are on your reading list, move this one to the front. It will be worth it!
- Ed Hoskins , M.D., Ph.D., author, A Muslim s Heart
This is a must-read if you want to introduce your Muslim friends to Jesus. You will read it over and over because Joy Loewen not only includes fantastic how-to s from her experiences in Pakistan (where we were co-workers) and in reaching out to Muslim friends here in North America, but she shares personal stories of how God led her step by step. In my epilogue to Begum Bilquis Sheikh s story I Dared to Call Him Father , I emphasize how important it is to honor our Muslim friends. In this book Joy shows us how to love them into the Kingdom. Enjoy and learn!
- Synnove Mitchell , long-time missionary to Pakistan
This book shares the feelings of many Christian women who long to be understood by their Muslim friends. The book challenges the reader to take bold steps in humility to share Christ s love. Excellent material from a seasoned practitioner whose lifelong goal has been to bring the Gospel to Muslim women. I believe this book will revolutionize our approaches in reaching Muslim women with the genuine love of Christ.
- Samuel Naaman , D.Miss., Department of World Missions and Evangelism, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
There is nothing so compelling as a true story. Through the author s countless connections with Muslim women, the reader is given an insider s view both of the difficulty of Muslim women coming to faith in Christ and of their increasing responsiveness-especially as we in the West befriend them as Joy does.
- David Lundy , D.Min., international director, Arab World Ministries
Muslim women will shape the next generation of Muslims. Read this book and reach out and connect with one of them, and let her see the beauty of Jesus in you.
- Nabeel T. Jabbour , Th.D., author, The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross
W OMAN TO W OMAN

2010 by Joy Loewen
Published by Chosen Books A division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www.chosenbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2011
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ISBN 978-1-4412-0783-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture is taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
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The internet addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers in this book are accurate at the time of publication. They are provided as a resource. Baker Publishing Group does not endorse them or vouch for their content or permanence.
Appendix text, The King s Gift, is by Charlene R. Hoskins. Used with permission. Author may be contacted at twit53 gmail.com.
Dedicated to my Emergency Prayer Community, which has stood by me in the battles and victories to see Muslim women come Home.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Engagement Party
2. Childhood Fears
3. Help Arrives
4. First Encounters
5. Who Are You?
6. Virginity
7. A New Kind of Praying
8. Afraid to Know
9. Christmas and Easter
10. On Display
11. The Gentleman
12. Babies
13. Revenge
14. The Perfect Home
15. The Pull and Pressure of Community
16. Goodbyes
17. At Home with Sisters
18. The Wedding Party
19. A Letter to the Muslim Reader
Appendix: The King s Gift
Glossary
About the Author
Foreword
T here is no such thing as a clash of civilizations. Not even a clash of religions or of holy books. There is only fear, and this wonderful book deals with that subject eloquently.
The apostle John said perfect love casts out fear.
Joy Loewen deals with this very theme. Faith and fear do not live in the same heart . . . and yet Christians fear Islam, Muslims fear the judgment and we all fear each other and the future. Everything becomes black, and then, all of a sudden, here is this book.
Yes, there is definitely a way out. The Way.
Touching, spiritual, personal and, therefore, costly. I did not say there is no price to pay.
Please, read this book.
Then pray.
Then go and do the same. The harvest-a broken world, really-is all around you.
What a great book! I strongly recommend it.
Brother Andrew founder, Open Doors; author, God s Smuggler and others
Preface
T wenty years ago few Americans were aware of the presence of Muslims in our homeland, and even fewer were informed about Islam, the religion of Muslims. But 9/11 changed all that overnight. Suddenly the world was shaken by a group of people, relatively unknown, who flew airplanes into the Twin Towers that fateful morning, killing the pilots, the passengers and thousands of innocent people going about their work in the targeted buildings. All around the world the word Muslim became equated with terrorism.
I cried that day for a couple of reasons. First, I cried with you, my Christian reader, in deep sorrow for the people who had senselessly lost their innocent lives and for the suffering families left behind, grieved and bewildered, still trying to recover from the horror.
Second, I cried for the many Muslims with whom I had developed friendships by the time 9/11 occurred. I watched as one after another my Muslim women friends, who perceived they had become individually and collectively odious in the sight of non-Muslims, retreated in fear and shame. Some of them stayed indoors for a few weeks, not brave enough to face the outside world and its judgments against them. I even knew some who wanted to change their children s names. I tried to imagine being in their shoes. I tried to reassure them of my love for them and that I was not blaming them personally for a tragedy that did not come from their own hands. It hurt me to see them viewed as dangerous and despised people. My friends had done nothing wrong. They were not involved in the planning or execution of the attack. Their fault was simply that they were Muslims.
Since 9/11 the Church has been going through both a declension and an ascension in regard to Muslims. Although today we Christians are not as ignorant of Islam and its followers as we were twenty years ago, some of us have developed a growing fear of them. Some of this fear has been fueled by the media, who have rightfully and of necessity informed and warned of the radical, dangerous groups of Muslims but have not always given a balanced picture of moderate or secular Muslims. Consequently the perception that Muslims are terrorists, or at least dangerous and worthy of fear, has lodged in some Christians hearts and minds. Some of us would even admit that we view Muslims as untrustworthy or even as our enemies. Because of this fear of Muslims, some Christians want to run away from them. We share the same homeland with millions of Muslims, but we do not feel at home with them.
Another part of the Church, however, has become motivated by a strong desire to see transformation, rather than polarization. Equipped with the compassion of Jesus Christ, they have ascended to the divine opportunity that they see before them. They know that fear and love cannot coexist, and they choose not to give in to fear but rather to reach out to a people who need the truth and love of Jesus. Convinced that Jesus, if He were walking on earth today, would feel at home with Muslims, this group of Christians has run toward them.
I wish to counteract the present fear and prejudice toward Muslims in our homeland by sharing my journey of learning to feel at home with them. My motivation to share the truths about Jesus Christ with Muslims springs forth from the knowledge that God loves Muslims and has given me His love for them. I want them to know His bountiful love for all human beings.
My story pertains mostly to my friendships with Muslim women. This book is written for the Christian woman who finds herself afraid of Muslim women but honestly desires to rise above her fear and learn how to love her Muslim neighbor or colleague and feel more at home with her.
My journey is best described by five general stages through which I have walked in order to feel at home with a Muslim woman:
Stage One: Although reluctant to voice it, I do no