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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 21, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- While the news out of many Muslim countries continues to be filled with tragedy and trauma, GMI's latest book, Where There is Now a Church, shares 7 stories that provide another perspective. Amidst the many challenges in the Muslim world, there are fruitful church planting efforts going on in many Muslim communities.

The book is a partnership with Fruitful Practice Research and a sequel to Where There Was No Church (released five years ago). This new resource builds on the success of the narratives in the first story and continues to apply the research produced by the Fruitful Practices Research Team. This group of researchers is engaged in understanding the practices that are bearing fruit among those witnessing to Muslims across the globe.

"Uniquely, narratives from the harvest have the ability to invite anyone into a dynamic learning context to experience those values and principles in action. That is exactly what you get, and more, from the seven accounts in Where There Is Now a Church. May the Fruitful Practice Research team continue to bring us more resources like this one," said Jerry Trousdale, Director of International Ministries, Cityteam and author of Miraculous Movements.

In Where There Is Now a Church devoted workers recount stories of praise and imprisonment, and portraits of the spread of Christ's Church, including a growing church in the shadow of a mosque. Each story was discovered as the research team interviewed church planters around the globe and the accounts have been crafted into narratives that protect those they describe while allowing their amazing stories to shine through.

The book was edited by James Nelson, a GMI missiologist, researcher and data analyst who continues to participate in the Fruitful Practice Research Team and was involved in traveling globally to collect some of the narratives.

"The stories come from all over the Muslim heartland: the Arab World, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Turkic World, South Asia and Southeast Asia," Nelson said. "Each story includes discussion breaks to help workers consider, 'How would I handle a situation like this?' Each story is also linked to Fruitful Practice principles designed to equip new workers and to encourage veteran workers."

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