Muslims pressure Christians to leave Kyrgyzstan vi
August 2, 2006
75-percent of the population of Kyrgyzstan claim to be Muslim. With an unstable government and a growing Christian population, tensions between religions are mounting. Bible Mission International Paul Hagelgans tells us about a village where a church has been planted and is now reaching out into the community. "Muslim leaders came to our brothers and (told them) that they needed to leave the city. They asked, 'For what reason?' (They said), Because you're Kyrgyz and you accepted Christ and you're supposed to be all Muslims, you need to leave." Police quickly got the situation under control, but Muslims remain bitter. Hagelgons says national missionaries remain and have a plan for evangelism. "This year they'd like to bring to 300 villages the written Word of God. And, pray that God would bless them with literature, with finances for gas and for transportation and with people going where there's a lot of opposition."
