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