"Some years ago, a zealous American armed with tracts asked my Syrian friend, Yusuf" to accompany him to the Street Called Straight in Damascus standing under the wall where tradition says the apostle Paul was lowered in a basket, Sam urged Yusuf to accompany him down the mile long street as he distributed tracts and called upon people to repent for the kingdom of God is hand. Yusuf, with grace, declined the invitation and suggested he would wait for Sam's return in the shadows of St Paul's wall. Remarkably, Sam returned intact, effusively reporting the calling of God upon his life.
Such actions by foreign Christians are one of a number of deterrents that give Christian Nationals pause in initiating a witness to their Muslim countrymen. They are, for good reason, hesitant to be associated with a faith that has a fringe element that causes embarrassment and even danger to them. "
(Phil Parshall; Muslim Evangelism Mobilizing the national church EMQ Jan 2001)
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