Comments on: When the living have to bury their own dead

By: Riad

Riad — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:35:23 +0000

Mark, thank you for sharing this. In a Middle Eastern context the burial issue is a very significant one. I am delighted to see the slow but courageous growth of the church in Turkey. I also do hope that the Turkish authorities will grant real religious freedom.

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By: quaesitor

quaesitor — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:08:15 +0000

I’ve no doubt that’s right – merely using this as a reminder to sit a bit looser to our highly prized strategies and be ready for the surprises!

By: Brad Byrd

Brad Byrd — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:29:03 +0000

This is the same for anyone working in a Muslim context. We experienced this when church planting in Kosova. A major barrier to coming to faith in Christ is what happens when I die, not from an eternal perspective but from a practical one. Death, funerals and mourning are a huge event in Muslim culture, far bigger than in Western culture. These are the questions people struggled with. Where do my family come to grieve, who ceremonially prepares my body, where am I buried? I cannot be buried in the Muslim cemetery because the Imam won’t allow it, I can’t be buried in the Orthodox cemeteries because those are all where my enemies the Serbs are buried. Any association with either of these options would: 1. compromise my witness because if I was no long a Muslim but being buried in a Muslim cemetery would suggest I recanted and; 2. the Serb priest would not allow me to buried in his cemetery either and even if he did, it would suggest to my family that I had become a traitor to my people.

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When the Living Have to Bury their Own Dead « Fr Stephen Smuts — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:14:57 +0000

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