Mullah's supernatural conversion - becomes church planter
Mischa (not his real name) grew up near the Ural mountains among the Tatars
and Bashkiris in a completely Islamic culture, attended a Koran school and
served as a Mullah for three years. During that time, he already had
'uninterpretable dreams'. One of his friends left the Koran school because
he had discovered Christianity, and Mischa also began secretly reading the
Bible, but was shocked by rumors of human sacrifice in Christian services.
Recently, Saggida, a church planter supported by the Swiss missions agency
Kingdom Ministries, visited Mischa's home town, known as a spiritist and
occult center, to plant a church. She experienced many difficulties,
including the death of her daughter and son-in-law in a car accident. Mischa
and many others said "It is Allah's anger". Mischa attended the funeral,
determined to spread Islam during the coming anniversary celebrations in the
young church. However, during the first sermon, he was overcome by some form
of drunkenness and could say nothing. The drunkenness passed in time for the
second sermon, but he began to shiver and shake and felt as though he was
about to die. During the third sermon, he responded to the call to repent,
despite being convinced that he was without sin. While praying, God revealed
his sins to him. Mischa confessed his sins and called on Jesus; the strong
back pains from which he had been suffering were immediately healed. As he
later washed his hands, the tattooed words 'Allah u akhbar' were
miraculously washed away. He then returned to his village, where he had a
dream in which he was told "You are saved, and through you, your whole
family and many of your people will be saved." Following a dream in which
her deceased mother and Mischa appeared to her, Mischa's sister visited
Mischa, who explained the Gospel to her. She was saved, as were other
members of Mischa's family and friends. Mischa is now being trained as a
church planter.
Source: Kingdom Ministries, fax (+41) 33 437 0016
http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2000/dawn0001.html
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