Good News Going Bad

The good news of Jesus in the gospel message sets people free! It is meant to be offered to all people in every place on the planet. Yet many haven't heard. The largest group of people yet unreached by the gospel are Muslims, or followers of Islam. They are typically very resistant to it. How can they be effectively reached?

Some missionaries from the West have sought to make the gospel message more "acceptable" to their Muslim audience by doing the following:

1. Mistranslating the Bible by taking out words that are offensive to Muslims
2. Telling former Muslims who believe in Jesus to stay in Islam
3. Promoting a churchless Christianity
4. Downplaying and sometimes denying the truth that Jesus is God

Does this trouble you? Should you be concerned? This book will help you discern the errors and address them, to stop the good news from going bad.

God is doing amazing things for His glory throughout

the Majority World (often called the Third World). But in

the midst of the movement of millions coming to faith in

Christ each year globally, there are dangers that need to be

addressed. In this well-written and clearly articulated book,

Dr. Baugh addresses the dangers and pitfalls of the Insider

Movement, which often seeks to make the gospel more

acceptable to unreached audiences through unbiblical methods.

The temptation for ministry expediency, apart from

sound biblical interpretation and rigorous missiological

and theological engagement, is genuine. I encourage anyone

involved in outreach to Muslims to read and consider the

arguments made in this book.

-Paul R. Madson, founder and president,

Global Training Network

Dr. Baugh has done a great service for the church by exposing

a growing practice in missions strategy today rooted

in errant theology and a distortion of the gospel message.

He writes from many years of personal missions experience

in Muslim-majority countries as well as careful analysis of

source materials. Any missions leader or missionary staff

intending to minister in such a context must read this book!

-Jeffrey R. King, pastor and current

CEO of Indopartners Agency

In history, people who were held by fear tried to develop

theologies that fit their comforts in order to escape the cost

of discipleship. Modern people who are held by the same

thinking are doing the same, and as a result, many emotional

theologies have destroyed the authenticity of the Word of

God. I can't imagine what could have been the outcome of

an ill-formed theology that denies the power of the gospel

that saves sinners when I was coming to Christ as a former

imam (Muslim cleric)! I would be a half-baked Christian

or minister who preaches or believes in some things that are

not the gospel. I have seen several people who came from

Islam and remain the same and still struggling because of

the approach used when they were coming to faith. This

is a well-articulated book with a sound argument that fits

both the theological reflection and Jesus-honoring practices

of anyone wanting to bring the gospel to Muslims. In this

book, Dr. Jim Baugh addresses the issues arising against the

authenticity of those involved in Muslim evangelism, brings

the reality of what is taking place on the field, and interprets

it in the reality of what the Word of God says. This book

is sound, reasonable, and practical with testimonies that

make his argument more profound. If you are considering

joining the work of reaching Muslims with the gospel and

those already involved in Muslim outreach, I advise you to

first read this book.

-Rev. Cedric Kanana, founder and international

director of Absolute Human Freedom International

(AHFI), senior pastor of Kanyinya Parish,

Anglican Church of Rwanda, Kigali Diocese

Dr. Jim Baugh is committed to the Lord Jesus in all areas of his life, alongside his wife, Teri. He has been a lead pastor of two churches and is now in full-time missions with Global Training Network. He is also involved in a digital evangelism and discipleship ministry in Southeast Asia. He is a graduate of Arizona Christian University (BA), Western Seminary (MDiv), and Phoenix Seminary (DMin). Jim is passionate about reproducing disciples of the Lord Jesus, using his teaching and music ministry to equip and encourage leaders for Christ. Since 2008, Jim has been privileged to train thousands of pastors, church planters, and Christian leaders to make disciples in eighteen countries. Jim is a loving husband, father, and "Papa Jim" to his grandchildren.

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