Heart Allegiance and Negotiated Identity

BMBs go through extraction experience for the sake of their new faith in Jesus. A few make a successful transition and establish a new life in a new culture with a new identity. Unfortunately, many more suffer the loss of family, cultural identity, and community, an experience that sometimes leaves deep psychological wounds. In this article, the author endeavors to answer the questions, “Is extraction the only option for new believers from a Muslim culture? Are there ways for new believers to integrate their identity in Christ within their cultural and family identities, even in Muslim societies?”