Yes, the Church Should Convert Muslims

Catholic.com ^ | 11/4/2026 | Marcus Peter

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The Greek expression mathēteusate panta ta ethnē explicitly commands the making of disciples literally among all nations.

That identifies conversion and incorporation into Christ’s covenantal family as an essential dimension of the Church’s apostolic commission.

The universality of this command is even more significant when considering Christianity’s earliest expansion throughout territories governed by political authorities who frequently regarded Christian conversion as a direct challenge to established religious institutions…

Yet the earliest Christians proclaimed the gospel throughout the Roman Empire despite encountering imprisonment, social hostility, and martyrdom, because their apostolic conviction rested upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ, his universal sovereignty, and the recognition of salvation to be found only in Him.

Saint Paul gut-wrenchingly declared in 1 Corinthians 9:16 that divine necessity compelled his preaching, and that failing to proclaim the gospel would constitute a profound betrayal of his apostolic vocation.

The Church’s entire missionary identity is a result of the saving mission of Christ. Hence, it possesses an enduring theological significance that transcends any fluctuating political circumstances confronting Christian communities throughout the world.

Pope Paul VI, in Evangelii Nuntiandi, declared that evangelization constitutes the Church’s “deepest identity” and explained that the Church exists precisely to proclaim Christ and communicate divine grace (14).

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TOPICS: Islam; Ministry/Outreach
KEYWORDS: evangelism; gospel; islam; muslims

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Evangelism doesn’t just mean signing up to be a missionary in a foreign country. It can mean God expects us to encounter the very people around us. And it doesn’t just include preaching and churching either. Praying for them is a start.

[Da Coyote]

Given our present Pope, are we sure that he’s not trying to Muslimize the Catholic Church?

[No name given]

That’s true.

[allendale]

Sorry but the agnostic, homosexuals in the hierarchy are not really interested in those sorts of conversions.

[PGalt]

Convert Muslims? Muslims aren’t into conversions or conversations. They have singleness of purpose plans. Other church goers of every other faith and even atheists will have two choices. Submit or die.

[PeterPrinciple]

Lets define church. It is not an institution, it is God’s chosen gathering together.

Mal 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name.

The above is the best definition of church I have found.

Now to the issue of converting. That is not the goal. That is not our job.

We are called to speak the truth, sometimes with your indoor voice, sometimes outdoor voice.

[stanne]

This is a very confusing piece

He quotes Bishop Barron whose quote can be interpreted in many ways. And then he quotes Pope Paul VI. Who talks about evangelization.

Then the writer says he grew up in a Muslim community. What does that mean?

That he thinks Catholics convert people? The way Muslims do?

Evengelization equals converting, in this article, it seems

He needs to define evangelization

I’m surprised Catholic answers published this

Catholics cannot convert people. It’s not what we do. Jesus never said go out and convert all nations, as the article suggests. The catechism doesn’t either

And as someone who “was raised in a Muslim community” he needs to figure out the vast difference of conversion and evangelization. He should mention the consequences to Muslims for converting to the Christian faith .

[escapefromboston]

I think Vlad Tepes had a better plan on dealing with Muslims

[stanne]

“Now to the issue of converting. That is not the goal. That is not our job.

We are called to speak the truth, sometimes with your indoor voice, sometimes outdoor voice.”

Even the Long Island Dominican nuns taught us this.

[butlerweave]

Bring them into the light

[stanne]

“Convert Muslims? Muslims aren’t into conversions or conversations. They have singleness of purpose plans. Other church goers of every other faith and even atheists will have two choices. Submit or die.”

The issue seems to be a post election thing

If so, no, it is not an issue of our welcoming every ‘diversity is our strength” double speaks, let’s just say we’ll convert people and not intend to do it nonsense.

The issue is that our politicians need to convert to following the oath they take to protect and defend our constitution. That means protecting our right to practice our Judeo Christian faith, and that of any American citizen.

We are not called, as Americans citizens, to assimilate immigrants. Were busy. They can assimilate themselves to be American, the constitution and the culture. Or they can go back to where they came from

As Catholics, the constitution provides us freedom to practice that religion, not the freedom to misinterpret Catholic teaching and convert people who come to this country who don’t want to assimilate

The timing of this article is interpreted to mean we are to respond to the ridiculous election in which, by the way, 51% Catholics voted democrats

I think the writer should focus on reverting Catholics to not vote pro abortion. That’s some splaining they’ll have to be doing at judgement day.

[AZJeep]

Of course, we should convert muslims.
Unfortunately, muslims are very hard to convert.
Muslim is not just faith, it is a way of life, which they grew up in, and there are very substantial consequences for conversion.
Like death penalty, and loosing your family and friends.
Despite that, there are missions dedicated to converting muslims and there are moderately successful.
Especially these fanatical islamists are giving a lot of more moderate muslims second thoughts about their religion.

[Texas Fossil]

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