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Dearborn's Arab-Americans receptive, seminarians say
DEARBORN, Mich. (BP) -- In Dearborn, Mich., home of the largest concentration of Arab-Americans in the United States, students from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary learned about praying for and sharing the Gospel with local Muslims during a three-day visit to the city.
SBTS photoLed by faculty member Ayman S. Ibrahim, the team interacted with a number of the 100,000-plus Arab Americans who comprise at least 45 percent of Dearborn's population. Read More
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Travel ban doesn't slow outreach to Muslims in Mich.
DEARBORN, Mich. (BP) -- Southern Baptist pastors will continue attempts to build friendships in Dearborn, Mich., among the sizable Muslim community, despite the fear pastors say President Donald Trump's now suspended travel ban has generated among immigrants there.
Submitted photoMonthly, pastors Dave Ferraro and Carlos Liese gather small groups of volunteers and eat at restaurants Muslims frequent, starting conversations that lead to discussions of religious beliefs. Their outreach is in Dearborn, where one-third of residents claim Arab-American heritage but are not necessarily Muslim, according to the Arab American Institute in Washington, D.C. Read More
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WORLDVIEW: 2050's challenges –- from risk to friendship
Missions writer Erich Bridges notes that challenges stemming from population growth among the world's religions by 2050 range from "life-and-death risk" to simply "a willingness to be a friend" in other places, "notably America." Read More
