Muslim Somali immigrants pose risk to Christian brethren, pastor says
Opinion by Derek VanBuskirk • 11h
Missionary efforts in Minnesota have been curtailed due to fear stemming from Somali culture, according to a Lutheran Church pastor.
Rev. Dr. Dinku Bato, a leader of the left-leaning Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF), told The Christian Post they had to essentially halt direct evangelism toward Somalis because of an anti-Christian culture that followed them to the U.S.
Bato, LHF’s regional director for Africa, told the Post that they have used Somali migration to the U.S. as an opportunity to spread the Lutheran faith among the immigrants, as efforts to spread the translated message in Somalia had only “taken place cautiously.”
“When immigrants, Somali or otherwise, arrive in our communities, we receive those opportunities with gratitude,” Bato told the outlet. “And the beauty of a book is that it travels with the reader. Even if someone must relocate, whether within the U.S. or internationally, that book continues teaching and proclaiming Christ wherever it goes.”
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