Sunday, July 15, 2012

Miraculous Movements by Jerry Trousdale

A book that encompasses both techniques for reaching nonbelievers and a collection of compelling stories of Muslims who have embraced Jesus, Miraculous Movements is definitely a book worth reading.  The book alternates between introducing and explaining the principles behind the Disciple Making Movement in a way that is understandable and relevant and stories of dozens of former Muslims and their amazing and often miraculous coming-to-faith stories. 

I think this book would be ideal for anyone who is preparing to become a missionary, whether abroad or in service in their own country.  The ideas presented would be easy to implement, are detailed but not constrictive and are biblically based.  In fact, the principles given in this book are useful to any Christian who wants to serve the community that they live in and reach others for Christ.  Although the book is focused on reaching Muslims, the approach that is explained would work for any people group.

The stories of Muslims who have become Christians were the most interesting part of the book for me.  I was surprised and amazed at the numbers and the research presented, but the personal stories of miracles and redemption were my favorite part of this book.  Weaving them into the explanation of the approach of Disciple Making Movements was a very engaging way to write this book and allowed personal examples to illustrate the points that were being made.