By Nik Ripken

Since Muslims equate believer’s baptism with salvation, they often begin to step up persecution when that occurs. And rightly so, for at that point, the follower of Christ breaks with his or her old community of faith and enters the emerging Body of Christ, the church. Investigating the relationships between missionaries, Muslim Background Believers, and baptism the article suggests a baptism tied deeply to local believers and a local MBB church. Further, the article suggests that when western missionaries baptize, premature persecution may be the result.