Reorientation of Da’wah and Evangelism

Reorientation of Da’wah and Evangelism

By Abd Moqsith Ghazali

I think that the tension between interfaith communities in Indonesia will reduce if the liberating verses were becoming priority within the substance of any missionary endeavors in Indonesia. Since the muballigh (Muslim preacher) and the evangelist will no longer focus on the accumulation of their respective religion’s membership, but on the collaboration to advocate and liberate the oppressed society. On the contrary, if the paradigm shift does not happen within the Islamic and Christian missionary endeavor, the turmoil which involves both religious disciples will be hard to end.