A worldview approach to ministry among Muslim women /Cynthia A. Strong and Meg Page, editors. Ministry among Muslim women - Pasadena, CA : William Carey Library, (c)2006. - 354 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographies and index.

Christ, the hope of Muslim women / How to study women in their cultural contexts / Deep knowledge : understanding a popular Muslim worldview / Honor and shame in Muslim contexts / Muslim family law and its implications for Christian ministry / Faith on camelback : reaching non Arabic-speaking, urban, less-educated women / Offering bread not stones : reaching educated Arabic-speaking Muslim women / How will they hear? : reaching the Muslim women of Sub-Saharan Africa / Stories along the Silk Road : reaching women in Central Asia, Russia and China / A life of ironies : reaching South Asian educated urban Muslim women / Christ in their midst : evangelism and church planting among Southeast Asian Muslim women / The unknown sect of Islam : reaching Wahhabi women / A mystic union : reaching Sufi women / A quest for identity : reaching second and third generation immigrant Muslim women / Communicating Christ in contexts of persecution / Using Qur'anic themes for apologetics and witness / Signs and symbols in the land / Networking : forming and maintaining strategic partnerships / Disciplining Muslim-background believers / Leadership development for MBB women : models and resources / From newspaper ads to church : a case study in literature evangelism -- Joining God where He is at work : facilitating a church planting movement in Central Asia -- Combining local witness and non-residential church planting : a case study of evangelism in closed countries -- Mobilizing near-culture believers for prayer, evangelism and church planting : a case study in Southeast Asia -- Chronological Bible storytelling in East Africa : a case study in communicating Biblical truth -- Ministry to body soul and spirit : church planting in a South Asian village -- Sowing in tears : a tale from Beirut -- I Corinthians 13 for Muslim workers / Fran Lowe -- Miriam Adeney -- Cynthia A. Strong -- Laurel Chadwick -- Evelyne A. Reisacher -- Sarah Mullin -- Farah Al Hasd -- LaNette W. Thompson -- Victoria Lindall -- Yvette Wray -- Mary Benett -- R.A. -- Cynthia A. Strong -- Farida Saidi -- Beth Stricker -- Yvette Wray -- Elizabeth Edwardson -- Janelle Metzger -- Annette Hall -- Mary Ann Cate -- Earlene Voss --

Using original field research from eight different language and culture groups, A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women explores a variety of ministries among Muslim women and provides tools to analyze their effectiveness. With contributions from scholars, field workers and agency administrators, readers are encouraged in a holistic Muslim ministry perspective through in-depth studies in Muslim beliefs, anthropological tools, worldview analyses, case studies and explorations in strategic issues and discipleship. - Publisher.



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Missions to Muslims.
Muslim women--Religious life.
Women missionaries--Islamic countries.

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