Happy 4th of July, Mosab Hassan. Welcome to America!

Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of the founder of Hamas and author of "Son of Hamas," has been granted temporary political asylum in the United States. Mosab spoke at Emmanuel, Enid last year and his testimony of faith in Christ was powerful, his humility endearing, and our church family was greatly impacted by what Mosab had to say about Jesus Christ and what it means for genuine Christians to love their enemies. We sent several hundred signatures on a petition to Homeland Security requesting our government grant him asylum. Mosab's U.S. attorney, Steve Seick, sent me the following email this afternoon:

Wade -


I would like to thank you for the tremendous support you gave to Mosab. I am certain that the letter you wrote and the petitions you circulated contributed greatly to the decision by the Department of Homeland Security to agree to granting him asylum. Without your help and prayers, this may have ended much differently.

Although I'm just a backwater lawyer in southern California, if there is ever any way I can repay the generosity of spirit you and your church have shown, I would be pleased to do so.

Steve Seick

We are grateful for Steve's legal efforts in helping Mosab, and we are thankful for the decision of Homeland Security. Our government has done right in this decision! Happy 4th, Mosab, and welcome to America!

In His Grace,

Wade

Our Prayers Are with Mosab Hassan and His Case Before the U.S. Immigration Court

Our church forwarded to the U.S. Immigration Court this week an official petition with several hundred signatures requesting the United States government grant Mosab Hassan political asylum. Mosab, the author of the bestselling book Son of Hamas, is the son of one of the founders of the largest terrorist organization in the Middle East. Hasab has come to faith in Christ and his testimony is a gripping story of God's amazing grace and love.

Mosab spoke at our church and I can vouch for his  integrity, his love for Christ, and his delight in doing whatever he can to lead his Muslim friends to an understanding that the key to a peaceful world is following the admonition of Christ to "love your enemies." Christianity Today is reporting that "so far very few within the community of Christian leaders have come forward in recent days to vouch for Mosab or pledge their support in his fight against deportation." Mosab's own father has issued a fatwah of death against his own son. Our church has answered the call to help Mosab. The government's concern is that Mosab may still be a terrorist. Those of us who know him or have read his book know that you cannot talk about the love of Christ in such real, personal language and be a fraud. If you would like to write a letter in support of Mosab's petition for political asylum, asserting your view he is not a terrorist and is no danger to the citizens of the United States, please address your letter to:

The U.S. Immigration Court
401 West A. Street
Suite 800
San Diego, CA 92101