sorting out the sons of peace in germany
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Sor$ngOuttheSonsofPeaceinGermany
AsylumSeekersMainlyFromtheMiddleEast
A.SYRIAAbout50%oftherefugeesarefromSyriaArabicistheofficiallanguageofSyria.
Chris7ansinSyriamakeupabout10%ofthepopula$on
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris$anity_in_Syria
IRAN1/3oftherefugeesarefromIranFarsiistheofficiallanguageofIran.
Source:Wikipedia
IRAN
Iranianasylum-seekersArefMovasaqRodsari,leR,andVesamHeydaristandintheTrinityChurchinBerlin,Germany,Aug.13.2015.HundredsofmostlyIranianandAfghanasylumseekershaveconvertedtoChris7anityattheevangelicalTrinityChurchintheleafyBerlinneighborhood.MostsaytruebeliefpromptedtheirembraceofChris$anity,butthereisnooverlookingthefactthatthedecisionwillalsogreatboosttheirchancesofwinningasylumbyallowingthemtoclaimthattheywouldfacepersecu$onifsenthome.(APPhoto.GeroBreloer)(TheAssociatedPress)
Source:hHp://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/09/04/at-berlin-church-muslim-refugees-from-iran-conver7ng-to-chris7anity-in-droves.html
Afghanistan
Source:hHp://www.npr.org/sec$ons/parallels/2015/11/09/454670739/for-some-muslim-asylum-seekers-in-germany-chris$anity-beckons
ForSomeMuslimAsylum-SeekersInGermanyChris$anityBeckons
InBerlin,theRev.GoariedMartenslightsacandleduringaservicetobap$ze.IranianandAFGHANconvertsmakeupmostofthe900membercongrega$on.
Iraq• InIraq,Chris$ansnumberedabout1,500,000in2003,represen$ngjustover6%of
thepopula$onofthecountrydownfrom12%on1947inapopula$onof4.7million
• Theynumberedover1.4millionin1987or8%ofthepopula$on.
• ARertheIraqWar,itwases$matedthatthenumberofChris$ansinIraqhaddroppedtoaslowas450,000by2013—withes$matesaslowas200,000.
Source:Wikipedia
Iraq...
Source:hHp://www.gospelherald.com/ar$cles/59309/20151030/thousands-muslims-northern-iraq-conver$ng-chris$anity-witnessing-isis-horror-ministry.htm
Kurds- TheKurds(Kurdish:Kurd)areanethnicgroupintheMiddleEast- TheKurdsarees$matedtonumber,worldwide,around30–32million,possiblyashigh
as37million- ArecentKurdishdiasporahasalsodevelopedinWesterncountries,primarilyin
Germany.- TodaythereremainanuncertainnumberofKurdishChris$ans,par$cularlyinthe
districtsofHakkâriinnorth-centralKurdistan,TurAbdininwesternKurdistan,andamongtheMilânandBarâztribalconfederaciesinwesternKurdistaninTurkeyandSyria.AneducatedguessforthetotalnumberofChris7anKurdswouldplacethemintherangeoftensofthousands.
- InrecentyearssomeKurdsfromMuslimbackgroundhaveconvertedtoChris7anity.ARertheGulfWarin1991,Chris$anagenciesofferedhelptoKurdishrefugees,whowereamazedthattheassistancecamefromChris$ans.
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds#Religion
AlbaniaTheOrthodoxhistoricallycons$tuted20%ofthepopula$onof
Albania
Source:hHps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wikiReligion_in_Albania#Freedom_of_Religion
Serbia
Source:hHps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Serbia
North-African:Somalia,Libya,Morocco
Source:hHp://mecometer.com
Eritrea
ForChris$anitythePewResearchCenterindicatesthat,oftheEritreanpopula$on,57.7%areOrthodoxChris$ans,4.6%areRomanCatholic,0.7%areProtestantsandlessthan0.5%areotherChris$ans
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Eritrea
MuslimAsylumSeekersEmbraceChris$anityDespiteGermany’sAssurancethatConversionisNot
Needed
Source:hHp://m.chris$anpost.com/news/muslim-asylum-seekers-embrace-chris$anity-despite-germanys-assurance-that-conversion-is-not-needed-149871/
GainingLocalGermans
1.FromUniversi$es2.FromCommuni$es
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Source:wikipedia
HowischurchlifeinGermanydifferentthanitisintheUnitedStates?
The Protestant state-church is fairly dead. The percent of commiHedChris$ansinGermanyismaybeat3or4percent.Eightypercentbelongto a church nominally, Protestant or Catholic. A mere 0.5 percentbelongtoafreeevangelicalchurch.Thepercentofpeoplebelieving inlife aRer death is fewer than 50 percent. It’s what a Germanphilosopher,RuedigerSafranski,calls“coldreligion,”veryleU-brained,verycogni7ve,focusedonritualsandmembershipbutnotonpersonalcommitment.Some$mesthemainlinebishopssayweneedtomemoremissionminded.Buttheydon’tputanymoneyintoit.
Source:Chris$anitytoday.com
GermanStudentReligiousSen$ment
Example:EthnicGermans
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans
WheretofindethnicGermans
Source:Yelp.com
Example:IraniansinGermany
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_Germany
WheretofindIraniansinGermany–EthnicMarketsandRestaurants
Source:Yelp.com
Source:hHp://www.chris$anitytoday.com/ct/2012/july-august/the-other-iranian-revolu$on.html
God must have been laughing up his sleeve”, muses Jobst Schone. The re$red bishop of theIndependent Lutheran Church in Germany is applying a German paraphrase to Psalm 2:4 to thebap7smof seven formerMuslims from Iran. Early Eastermorning, the sevenwerebap$zed in theBerlinparishwhereSchoneservesasassociatepastor.Thebap$smswereanemblemofsomethingbigger–ana7onwidesurgeofsuchconversions inseveraldenomina$onsandaspateofreportsofMuslimsseeingJesusintheirdreams.ButMar$nLuther’sBibletransla$onnownearly500yearsold,alsoplayedanimportantroleintheirstory.
Example:RussiansinGermanyThereisasignificantRussianpopula7oninGermanyGermanpopula$ondatafrom2012records1,213,000RussianmigrantsresidinginGermanyTheRussianMinistryofForeignAffairsreportsthatabout3,500,000speakersofRussianliveinGermany,splitlargelyintothreeethnicgroups:1.EthnicRussians2.RussiansdescendedfromGermanmigrantstotheEast3.RussianJews
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Germany
WheretofindRussiansinGermany
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Germany
Example:AsiansinGermanyAsof2011, therewereapproximately1,890,000people inGermany who descended from inhabitants of SoutheastAsia,EastAsia,CentralAsiaorSouthAsia.
Source:hHps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asians_in_Germany
Wheretofindthem…
Source:Yelp.com
ButthewordofGodgrewandmul$plied.–Acts12:24
QuotedfromtheRecoveryVersionBibleprintedbyLivingStreamMinistry