In a North African country, a group of national Christians entered a Muslim region. Before long, they could see a cloud rising in the arid horizon. The believers sat in the shade of the only tree grove around. Before long, the Islamic horsemen arrived. “What are you doing here! You are on our land!”
The believers told them they came to tell people stories from the injil (Bible). The armed men dismounted, sat under the tree, and began listening to the stories that were shared.
After several stories, the chief stood up. “I will make a deal with you. We will give you the land around this tree and build a hut for you if you will send men to teach us more of these stories. You will be under our protection.”
Unbeknownst to anybody else, two of the believers had been praying that day, offering themselves to live among this extremist people group.
Today, there is a hut near the tree where a group of men regularly arrive by horseback, sit under the tree, and discuss stories from God’s Word.
(This story was one inspiration for the logo we use.)
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