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The article was submitted by WRF member Dr. Basyle Tchividjian who may be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Many centuries ago – twenty to be exact – baby girls were considered a liability. Demographics in the first century in certain parts of the world were stunningly imbalanced male to female. Female infanticide was not uncommon. Infant girls often considered the equivalent of deformed, were killed by exposure. In essence, it was permitted by law to leave them outside the city on the dung heap to die. That is about as clear a judgment of “worthless” on a human life as can be made.

The World Reformed Fellowship is facilitating networks of partnerships in reaching out to Muslim Background Christians. The article of Gene Daniels in the January/February 2013 of Christianity Today on Following Christ in Embedded Muslim Culture puts important points for consideration on our agenda.

Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, we have been much tormented and anguished--and so we should be.  Other mass shootings have followed. 

It seems as if these horrors are happening everywhere and with disturbing frequency.  They are actually rarer than we feel, but perception becomes reality.

It seems that the Lord is constantly making promises to His people.

Back in the Dark Ages, when I was a young Christian, one of our most frequently-sung hymns was “Standing in the Promises.” 

A friend recently wrote me to say that he thought that the term “missional” is becoming so common as to be meaningless. He has a point.

The Preface and Chapter One

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WRF member Steve Taylor comments on the “SIL International Statement of Best Practices for Bible Translation of Divine Familial Terms.” Steve may be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This Statement is available by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.

This essay aims to explore the answers to two questions concerning apostasy (riddah/murtad) in Islam: (1) Can one leave Islam? (2) What are the Muslim community’s responses to those who leave Islam or indicated the decision to do so? As reminded by Malaysian Christian theologian Ng Kam Weng, I am aware that “it is not the business of the Christian to tell Muslims how they should hold their beliefs.”[2]

Bill Nikides (18 February 2011)

 Embracing Islam through the Backdoor: A Review of A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman’s Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide (New York: Harper Collins, 2008).