Learn about Muslims and Islam

Go prepared!

Think God is calling you to serve in the Muslim world or among Muslims close to home? Need training? Pioneers is happy to provide several training programs for you. Each is designed to help thoughtful Christians learn about Islam and God’s heart for Muslims as well as how to share your faith with those who hold Muslim worldviews.

Summer Institute on Islam

The Summer Institute on Islam provides a solid foundation for understanding a Muslim’s worldview, theology and culture from within their own frame of reference. With that foundation, you’ll be better prepared to communicate the gospel in ways that make sense to them.

The Summer Institute on Islam began in 1983 in Philadelphia as an evening course for training people who wanted to reach out to Muslims. Over the years it has become one of the primary training courses in Islamics and ministry to Muslims for cross-cultural workers sent by numerous mission agencies and churches.

Learn more about the Summer Institute.

Encountering Muslims

Most Muslims do not have any Christian friends. But wouldn’t we have a better world if a Muslim saw Christ in you? Encountering Muslims is a 12-week course you can take at a local church, with a group of friends or with a mentor online. The course empowers believers to build relationships with members of the Muslim community. Leave the class with a working knowledge of the Islamic faith and how to get involved in reaching out to Muslims, as well as how to respectfully explain your faith.

Learn more about Encountering Muslims.

The Lilias Trotter Center

The Lilias Trotter Center offers undergraduate and graduate-level interdisciplinary courses to help you learn about Islam and Muslim ministry. The faculty, seasoned practitioners and scholars, teach courses designed to equip you for informed, fruitful, and enduring ministry. Interested? If so, you can take classes online or in various locations worldwide.

Learn more about the Lilias Trotter Center.

Stories from the pursuit

Video: Devout – a Sudanese Refugee Story

It was 2018 when Hanedi’s husband, Mahdi, told her he wouldn’t be fasting during Ramadan with her that year. And that was only the beginning.

How Do I Know What I Should Do With My Life?

Knowing you are called to the ministry of reconciliation doesn’t tell you how it should take shape in your life. So, how do you discern that?

Video: Refuge – a Sudanese Refugee Story

The wars had been going on all his life, so Mahdi fled Sudan for Egypt. And he brought with him questions, questions about why people would kill one another in the name of God.