THE JOURNEY TO FAITH The Engel Scale Mapping the spiritual journey of Muslims from awareness to discipleship Awareness No awareness of the Gospel — God works as Sovereign to initiate contact -16 to -10 Interest Growing interest in Christianity — God works as Teacher opening minds -9 to -5 Conviction Seeking and counting the cost — God works as Convicting Spirit drawing hearts -4 to -1 Conversion Repentance & faith in Christ — God works as Savior bringing new life Level 0 Discipleship Growing in faith, community & witness — God works as Lord building His church +1 to +6 Engel’s Scale for Muslims A framework for understanding the spiritual journey from Islamic orientation to mature discipleship in Christ Adapted from the work of Mark J. Good · Assemblies of God World Mission · Southern Asia Pre-Conversion (-16 to -1) Conversion (0) Post-Conversion (+1 to +6) PRE-CONVERSION LEVEL DESCRIPTION GOD IS… MAN’S TASK -16 Islamic Orientation Prayer -15 Recognition of sinfulness, fear of God and judgment Stirring -14 Positive experience with Christian believers Directing Contextualizing -13 Change in attitude toward Christianity SYMPATHIZER Befriending -12 Discovery of Jesus and the Word Guiding Testifying -11 Attraction to the Historical Christ -10 Seeking Christ through questions and dialogue SEEKER Explaining -9 Exposure to Biblical teaching Teaching -8 Experience of God’s real presence FOLLOWER Visiting -7 De-emphasis of Qur’an, Muhammad, and Islamic Rituals -6 Accepting the Cross, Death and Resurrection of Christ as truth Convicting -5 Continued exposure to Christian love, friendship, and acceptance Accepting / Loving -4 Believing in Christ as Savior BELIEVER Forgiving -3 Belief in Preeminence of Christ Spiritual Warfare -2 Receive an opportunity to commit life to Christ Challenging -1 Confession of Christ as Master / Lord DISCIPLE CONVERSION 0 Regeneration of the Holy Spirit Redeeming POST-CONVERSION +1 Publicly identifying as member of a Christ-believing community Exhorting +2 Functioning member of local Body +3 Water Baptism Delivering +4 Freedom from religious spirit Fasting / Praying +5 Continued growth in character, lifestyle and service Empowering Discipling +6 Part of Team Leadership Calling Releasing Based on work by Mark J. Good · Assemblies of God World Mission · Southern Asia Adapted from the Engel Scale model for the Muslim context Engel scale – IslamDownload