Friday, January 16, 2009

Christian Missionary Who Was Raised Muslim to Speak in Midland

The Rev. Karim Baidaoui has a unique perspective on the differences between Christianity and Islam. Raised as a Muslim in Morocco, Baidaoui came to America to attend Ohio State University. He ended up in Arlington, Texas, working as a manager of a restaurant where he met and fell in love with a Christian woman. When the couple went to tell her parents of their wedding plans, the woman’s mother insisted Baidaoui become a Christian before marrying her daughter.

Baidaoui was baptized in 1991. He and his wife, Susy, have three children and live in the Dallas, Texas, area. In 2005 he completed his studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and became a missionary-at-large in the Texas district of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

CLICK HERE to read the complete story by the MRT's Megan Lea Buck

Baidaoui will be bringing his message to Midland January 18 when he visits Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 5110 N. Garfield Street. He will preach during the 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. services, and later that day he will meet with teenagers to talk about dating and marriage.

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