Source: Eurasia Stories, International Mission Board, January 15, 2015<\/p>\n
Christian workers living among the Muslims of Paris were surprised during [last] week\u2019s Bible distribution as non-Muslim Parisians were the ones to stop for a spiritual discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe usually have many (Muslims) who stop and want to engage us in conversation, but that was not the case on Saturday,\u201d said [a Christian worker] ministering among the Muslim immigrants of Paris.<\/p>\n
This new openness by native Parisians comes on the heels of [the January 7] terrorist tragedy targeting the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a secular satirical newspaper famous for its cartoon depictions of Muhammad, and a kosher supermarket. A total of 20 people, including the three gunmen, were killed in the attacks. Al Qaeda of Yemen (AQAP) has claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n
France is a secular state that doesn\u2019t care much for religion of any kind. Charlie Hebdo is a shining beacon of that secularism, using paper and ink to mock, scrutinize, and defame anything considered sacred.<\/p>\n
The Parisians who stopped to receive a Bible were young adults, and this gives the workers hope. \u201cWe pray that an openness to the gospel will be the description of this upcoming generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a>. Consider joining a campaign launched before the Charlie Hebdo events,\u00a0The Pray for France Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00bb You might appreciate another article from a related IMB source, 13 Things Mission-Minded People Do Differently that Set Them Apart<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Eurasia Stories, International Mission Board, January 15, 2015 Christian workers living among the Muslims of Paris were surprised during [last] week\u2019s Bible distribution as non-Muslim Parisians were the ones to stop for a spiritual discussion. \u201cWe usually have many (Muslims) who stop and want to engage us in conversation, but that was not the … Continue reading FRANCE: Tragedy Leaves Parisians Open to the Gospel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5319,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318\/revisions\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}