Can you be both Christian and Muslim? A documentary on Insider

A Red Futon Film
Can you be both Christian and Muslim?
A documentary on Insider Movements
Directed by Bill Nikides
Red Futon Films
PO Box 80085
Billings, MT 59108
www.redfutonfilms.com
Cast
Rev. Anwar Hossain
Rev.James Halder
David Babul
Didarul Alam
Mizanur Rahman
Habib Rahman
Rev. Edward Ayub
Dr. Jeff Morton
Dr. Michael Horton
Dr. Peter Jones
Crew
DIRECTOR Bill Nikides
PRODUCER, EDITOR Jay Friesen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jon Mckee
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY J. Aaron Greene
Jahangir Alam
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER LOCATION PRODUCER Edward Ayub
MUSIC Reanimated Soul
MOTION GRAPHICS, ANIMATION Paul Zadie
AUDIO & SOUND DESIGN
Claymore Pictures
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Jim Routson, i2 Ministries, Barnabas Fund
Technical
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: minutes
ASPECT RATIO: 1.85:1, 1920x1080
FRAMERATE: 23.976p
FORMAT:
RECORDING: DNxHD 175, DNxHD 36
DISTRIBUTION: DVD, Blu-Ray, Distrify.com
YEAR COMPLETED:
2012
WEBSITE: http://www.halfdevilhalfchild.com
Contacts
GENERAL INQUIRIES: Jay Friesen: 406-839-4407, [email protected]
INTERVIEWS & PRESS: Bill Nikides: 406-839-1474, [email protected]
LEGAL: Antoinette Tease: 406-245-5254, [email protected]
PHOTOS AND MEDIA: www.halfdevilhalfchild.com - Flickr and Youtube Links
SOCIAL: facebook.com/hdhcmovie | youtube.com/hdhcmovie
redfutonfilms.com/twitter | redfutonfilms.com/facebook
Synopsis
Throughout the last century, Christianity has grown dramatically in the 10-40 window. In
Bangladesh, as Western colonies faded into history, young, dynamic leaders came out of Islam and into
the Church. Bolstered by strong fellowship and an outspoken witness, Muslim-background Christians
planted churches, started schools, translated resources and grew into a vibrant, visible, Christian church.
But something else was lurking in the shadows.
Under the guise of contextualization, colonialism has evolved. Western missionaries are
encouraging new believers to keep their faith ‘inside.’ Baptized Christians are going back to the Imams
and back to the mosques. Rather than identifying themselves as Christians, they are calling themselves
Isai or “Jesus” Muslims. Bibles are being produced that are omitting references to God as Father and to
Jesus Christ as the Son of God. It is an idea that turns the gospel upside down, reversing what the Bible
means when it calls people to turn to Christ and out of darkness and into the light.
No simple diatribe against accommodation, Half Devil Half Child calls the church in the West
to remember who it is in Christ, a new creation that requires a wiser approach to missions and better
use of our material blessings. This film challenges our taste for the comfort, ease and safety we enjoy.
It identifies what drives a movement that creates invisible Christians for an invisible and ineffectual
Church, to the glory of Islam. It is a call to recapture for the West what has been known for millennia –
that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. It reminds us to let our light shine before men
that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.
Opposed by Muslims and these “insider” Western approaches, faithful men, called from Islam to
Christ in His one and only church continue to plant churches, preach the Gospel, train new leaders, and
love their enemies. Hear them speak of their love for Jesus Christ and the freedom of His Gospel. Hear
them confess their one hope in Christ and one life in the triune God. Hear them express their desire for
the bond of brotherhood born for adversity, knit together in life and death. Hear the deep meaning it has
for our lives in a majority world country and the Christian church as we know it.
Journey to Bangladesh and meet the men who tell a story of deception and confusion, and of true
faith. Join these men who are giving all they have to reach their nation with the faith delivered once for
all to the saints, and – once for all – to light the 10-40 window.
Cast Biographies
Rev. Anwar Hossain
Rev. Hossain is a Muslim background Christian who is serving as the
Chairman of Prime Evangelistic Church and President of the Bangladesh
Bible Society. He opposed the first translation that removed key phrases
and books of the Bible and continues battling these translations in his
present role.
Rev. James Halder
Rev. Halder is the former president of Bangaldesh Bible Society serving
during the time the first Bible translations that omitted key phrases were
distributed in Bangladesh. He opposed these translations. He is a Muslim
background Christian serving with First Church of the Nazarene in Dhaka.
David Babul
David Babul is a Muslim background Christian and became one of the
supervisors with the ministry of Shahadat and opposed him when Shahadat
falsified the reports of Christian converts in Bangladesh that later circulated
in the United States as fact.
Didarul Alam
Didarul Alam is a devout Islamic scholar and creator of FactsinIslam.com.
Although a fundamental Muslim, he knows insider movements well and
has served as a translator for Christian literature on several occasions.
Mizanur Rahman
Mizanur is an Isai Muslim. He became a Christian early on studying at City
Discipleship Center in Dhaka. He went on to serve as Training Director
with Mosihee Jamaat Ministry in Kushtia, later joining the ministry of Dr.
Milton Coke and his national director Timothy Manaan where he became
an Isai Muslim. Mizan is no longer with Coke’s ministry and owns a large
fish hatchery.
Cast Biographies (cont...)
Habib Rahman
Habib came to Jesus through the correspondence school run by Mosihee
Jamaat. After the closing of Mosihee Jamaat, Habib joined the ministry
work of Dr. Milton Coke and his national director Manaan whose teaching
promoted practicing Islam while following Jesus and not Mohammed.
Habib worked with Milton and Manaan for some years before opposing
their translation work. He is a home doctor and calls himself Isai Muslim.
Rev. Edward Ayub
Rev. Ayub is a Muslim background Christian. He is the founder and
moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh. He also serves as
Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Isai Fellowship of Bangladesh
one of the largest organized bodies of Muslim background Christians in
Bangaldesh. Rev. Ayub’s ministry is one of the most vocal against insider
movements and teachings that downplay the church as integral to the
Christian identity.
Dr. Michael Horton
As a theologian with a deep understanding of Christian history, Dr.
Horton brings clarity to the implications of contemporary methodologies
to the western church. He is editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation
magazine and co-host of the nationwide radio broadcast, White Horse
Inn. He is a prominent author and serves as Professor of Systematic
Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California.
Dr. Jeff Morton
Dr. Morton is highly versed in evaluating and analyzing missions
methodologies and practices. He served as a missionary with SIM in
Liberia and Guinea for most of his early ministry work. He is now a
professor of Intercultural Studies and World Religions at Biola University.
Dr. Morton also teaches missionaries internationally as an i2 Ministries
trainer. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Peter Jones
Dr. Jones understands better than anyone else where culture beings to
infect Biblical Christianity and brings that to bear on the films topic.
He is the founder and President of The TruthXChange, a non-profit
dedicated to battling neopaganism. Dr. Jones has a PH.D. from Princeton
Theological Seminary, is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church
in America and serves on the executive committee of the World Reformed
Fellowship.
Crew Biographies
Bill Nikides
DIRECTOR
Bill spent over 27 years working in the Muslim world engaging cultures and
worldviews in North Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, and central, south and east
Asia. He is regarded as the leading expert in Muslim ministry specifically on
insider movements and their impact on cultures. He writes and publishes regular
works on the topic for theological and mainstream publications. He has spent
countless hours interviewing Muslims and former Muslims that have resulted
in a high level of cross-cultural techniques and understanding. His wealth of experience gives him the
insight, forethought and precision necessary in investigative story-telling and examination.
Jay Friesen
PRODUCER
Jay has worked on every level of the broadcast programming and production industry
for the past 14 years launching Red Futon Films in 2009 to focus on value-added
content creation. He most recently returned from a production in Cuba and has spent a
considerable amount of time producting in the target area of Bangladesh as well as other
Muslim-majority countries like Malaysia and Egypt. Previous feautre credits include
Producer on the documentary, Unheralded and Associate Producer of the documentary
Wrestling for Jesus.
Jon Mckee
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jon has worked in the production/post-production world for over 10 years in roles from
local news photojournalist and editor local television stations to working as a Director
of Photography and editor for large commercial clients and national broadcast television
programs both in Los Angeles and Texas. His clients include ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX,
The History Channel, CMT, Nike, The Dallas Cowboys, Ford Motor Company, Texas
Instruments, Entertainment Studios, and San Mar Studios. He brings the experience and
creative technique necessary producing professional results in a demanding international
environment.
Red Futon Films
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Red Futon Films is a boutique film production company located in the beautiful
Big Sky State of Montana. They began in 2009 with the strategy to leverage a vast
network of professionals to fulfill the goal of creating content that brings hope,
encouragement and added value to society. Since that time, they have told the story
of a variety of non-profit organizations throughout southeast Asia, Africa, and the
United States. This is their second feature length documentary.