Aljazeera's Good News

A friend in North Africa writes: "The other night, while I was searching the web, I was surprised to see on Aljazeera TV (the Arabic news channel from Qatar) that in Africa, 6 million Muslim people come to Christ every year and most of them are from Arabic speaking countries (i.e. people from North Africa)! Sheikh Ahmad Katani (a Muslim scholar in Libya) added the churches in Africa now [have] congregations totaling 46 million Christians. Most of the pastors of these new churches had been imams in mosques and leaders of fanatic groups: now they are preaching the word of God in church!"

This is great news although a little web checking shows Aljazeera's numbers are inflated. Other sources quote the 6 million number as worldwide conversions, not just Africa. Are they inflated to stoke Muslim outrage at Christian outreach? Perhaps we should view this not just as a call for thanksgiving but for intercession for the safety of our brothers in Africa.