No, not a joke.
A U.S. military chaplain who served in Iraq is calling Christians to take up the spiritual battle against radical Islam, inviting them to “adopt a terrorist for prayer.”
“Where is the Christian response to terrorism?” writes former reserve chaplain Thomas Bruce on his organization’s website, Adopt-a-Terrorist for Prayer. “If the struggle against violence done in the name of Islam is primarily spiritual, then defeating it requires a spiritual response.”
The website continues, “The war on terrorism transcends flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). It involves spiritual powers behind twisted ideologies. With prayer, we fight fire with water. We engage the actual enemy with a spiritual weapon forged by the completely opposite Spirit.”
Founded in 2008, Adopt-a-Terrorist for Prayer features short biographies of individuals identified by the FBI and State Department as terrorists and terrorism sponsors. It even offers to send “adoption papers” to those who will agree to pray for the spiritual liberation, repentance and salvation of radical jihadists.
Look at these lovable little scamps available for adoption:
