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Insider Movement Articles
The phenomena of Muslim “Insider Movements” is becoming increasingly popular in missions methodology. The movement encourages converts to maintain their socio-religious identity and community while still following Jesus. Especially popular among missions to Muslims, the movement has also spawned a growing number of “Muslim Idiom Translations.” The following articles are designed to discuss this growing trend in light of a biblical view of missions.
When C4 is not Biblical in Many Respects
On April 30, 2011, I received an e-mail asking me about my conviction that C4 alters the Gospel message. Generally, C4...
Why You Cannot Follow Jesus as a Muslim
What do you make of Muslims for Jesus? I’m not talking about Muslims who turn from submission to an unknowable God and...
The “Insider Movement”: A Brief Overview and Analysis
Note: Originally published in 2011 on Biblical Missiology, this article offers an excellent overview of the Insider...
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Foreign Government Security Agencies Identify C5/Insider Movements as Threats
Biblical Missiology has often confronted the theological problems with the Insider Movement/C5 contextualization. It is no secret, that we believe it is dangerous and full of errant theology. Recently more reasons have emerged to show the dangers of using this form of...
Rebecca Lewis and Kevin Higgins against the Ropes: Sounding the Death Bell of the Insider Movements and the Victory of Apostolic Faith
This article was originally published in the St. Francis Magazine. Book Review: Insider Movements: Biblically Incredible or Incredibly Brilliant? Author: Jeff Morton (2012, Wipf & Stock, 126 pages) Reviewer: Abu Daoud[1] An Epiphany Near the end of the...
St. Paul’s Theology of Missions, In Contrast with the Insider Movement
Following World War II, Evangelicals held congresses and consultations to address plans for Christian missions in the new post-colonial era. Unfortunately, some began with the presupposition that Christian missions in Muslim lands have failed, for lack of...
Is the Iranian Revival an “Insider Movement?”
Is the Iranian Revival an "Insider Movement?" Nothing could be further from the truth. The blood of Iranian martyrs for Christ is crying to me from the ground, so I must offer this reflection in their memory. I write specifically in response to a post on the...
Indigenous Believers Speak Out Against C5/Insider Movements
Editorial: Insiders and Separatists, to Assimilate or to Burn?
I am sure you watched on the news the church in Florida that is going to commemorate the anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks with the burning of the Qur'an. One of the biggest questions we have been discussing on this journal has been contextualization....
Insider-Outsider
Insider-Outsider, what do these words really mean? Everyone is an insider. The Insider Movement naively views Islam as culturally monolithic. There are numerous subcultures in the 56 Muslim nations. Shites do not mix well with Sunnis and mosques are segregated. Kurds...
What is wrong with the Insider Movement?
Note: To make a comment please click below on the word (comment). I would love to hear from you. Among the many approaches in ministry to Muslims the most disturbing is what has been called the Insider Movement. Those who promote this approach believe that...