Interesting release from the Baptist Press. Johnny Hunt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, visited four Middle-East countries this October, and he listened to Islamic imams call followers to worship. This is what he said in response.
We’re hearing the voice of the leaders of Islam giving their Friday messages. It’s the message of Muhammad, the message of the Qur’an that is dominant in an area that once was very Christian. The Apostle Paul would have made his way through these hills within probably 20 miles of this very city. We would have heard the message of Jesus Christ. But that voice has been silenced. We have been drowned out because we’ve allowed ourselves to be silenced. The voice of Islam has been raised because they are willing to pay the cost to make their message known, while we in our affluent culture have done less and less to make Jesus known. As never before in our lifetime, we must raise our voices even louder than the voice of Islam to make the Gospel known.
