THE AMAZING STORY OF PAKISTAN’S
CHRISTIANS:
A look back over 2,000 years of
Christian history in the land we now
know as Pakistan
By Michael Wakely
Malcolm Down. 192 pages. £12.99
ISBN 978 1 915 046 826
Written by someone who has loved and served the people of Pakistan for many years, this book presents a whistle-stop tour through the history of Christian witness in the Punjab area in a heartfelt way.
Surprising to many may well be the fact that this history is traced back as far as Pentecost and was not wholly dependent on 19th-century missionaries. On the grounds that Parthians were present among the crowds hearing Peter preach on that occasion, it is argued that it is possible, even likely, that the gospel was taken back to the region at that point. The author also draws on the oral tradition that the apostle Thomas was commissioned to preach in the area.
