sorting out the sons of peace in germany

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