Source: Global Gates, September 10, 2024
While out evangelizing in Houston, a group met a local Imam (a devout leader of a Muslim mosque) named Mohammed. Someone from the group began to share the gospel with him, and to their amazement, he came to faith in Christ! What shocked them even more was what this new brother said next.
Mohammed had heard the gospel many times before from one Christian after another. This time, however, after his eyes were opened, he couldn’t wait to tell those in his community about Jesus. The difference being instead of a group of Americans sharing the good news, Mohammed himself would go and tell his community in their language. He looked at the group and said,
“It took about a thousand of you, with a thousand of your words…to ‘catch me.’ But with one word, I can go and catch a thousand.”
That “thousand” people Mohammed referred to live in North America’s global gateway cities and abroad in the unreached people group’s country of origin. Through the means of technology, Mohammed continues to have frequent conversations with friends and family from his homeland.
The gospel conversion that began in North America is traveling to and through families on the other side of the world! The result will repeat for generations to come. It’s a full-circle strategy.
Read the full story (on Facebook) and pray for more men and women like Mohammad, who, once reached, can catch a thousand with a word.
See also a short video from Global Gates on Reaching the Ends of the Earth through Los Angeles (YouTube).