Source: Christian Broadcasting Network, September 13, 2015<\/p>\n
In Germany, hundreds of Muslim refugees are turning to Christ at a Berlin church. The Evangelical Trinity Church has swelled from 150 to 600 members in just two years, and many are Muslims fleeing Iran and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Ali Zonoobi, an Iranian asylum seeker, was recently baptized.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I am born again,\u201d he sobbed.<\/p>\n
Many of the refugees are seeking asylum in Germany, and converting to Christianity can increase their chances of staying. If they\u2019re sent home, converts can be persecuted\u2014even put to death\u2014for leaving Islam.<\/p>\n
The church\u2019s pastor said he believes the power of Christ is changing their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that sometimes people also come here because their hope is that they will be granted asylum status,\u201d he said. \u201cI invite these people in because I think that coming here does change people, despite their original motivation for doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pastor Martens said only about 10 percent of those who are baptized do not return [to the church].<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a> and watch video report or read At a Berlin Church, Muslim Refugees Converted in Droves<\/a> (Associated Press).<\/p>\n \u00bb See also this 16-minute video about Syrians that decided to walk to Germany<\/a> (The Guardian), and read The Significance of Syria in the Bible History and Civilizations<\/a> (Rev. Peter Sadid).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Christian Broadcasting Network, September 13, 2015 In Germany, hundreds of Muslim refugees are turning to Christ at a Berlin church. The Evangelical Trinity Church has swelled from 150 to 600 members in just two years, and many are Muslims fleeing Iran and Afghanistan. Mohammed Ali Zonoobi, an Iranian asylum seeker, was recently baptized. \u201cI … Continue reading GERMANY: Hundreds of Muslims Turn to Christ<\/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-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859","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=5859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5860,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions\/5860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}