Although Thabiti Anyabwile pastors a church in the Cayman Islands, he has had deep involvement with the growing church in Dubai. He has taken part in a number of Christian / Muslim debates there. Recently he spoke to EN.
EN: What is your family background and how did you come to Christ?
TA: I grew up in what’s commonly called ‘the Bible Belt’, the south-eastern United States, known for its culturally conservative nominal Christianity. Like most people, I considered myself a Christian simply because I grew up in ‘a Christian nation’. But I knew almost nothing of the Lord and his gospel.
