What does it look like to serve on the mission field in the Middle East during the time of September 11th? What brought Gary and Bonnie to serve in Lebanon in the first place? Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Gary Witherall on this episode of VOM Radio.
As the first believers in their village, what persecution have they faced for planting a church there? How can you pray specifically for our persecuted family who have been imprisoned for Christ? Join Todd Nettleton as he interviews Carter Gates on this episode of VOM Radio.
How does God show up when doors are closed? What do you rely on in difficult times? Listen to this episode of VOM Radio as Todd Nettleton interviews Hanna Massad on how God revealed himself in closed doors and the scriptures their family trusted in amidst persecution.
Serving the Lord in the face of intense Christian persecution, Pastor Hanna Massad has been threatened, he buried his martyred coworker, and the Bible Society where his wife worked was bombed. Yet to him this was an honor and privilege. How could Hanna see this as an honor and privilege? Find out on Todd Nettleton's interview with Hanna on this episode of VOM Radio.
What are we as Christians doing to shrink the 4-in-10 people who have never heard the name of Jesus? Are you sending laborers into the harvest? Praying for the gospel to go out? Are you going? Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Brother Harold on this episode of VOM Radio.
“Tell me the truth! Dead or alive?” When Susanne Geske heard the answer to that question—that her husband, Tilmann, had been murdered along with two Turkish Christians, Necati Aydin and Ugur Yüksel—she was overwhelmed with shock. The Geskes had been in Turkey (now called Türkiye) for 10 years. It’s a Muslim country, and they knew there was some risk for Christians. But she never thought their family would be affected. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Susanne on this episode of VOM Radio.
What will God have planned in this new year with our persecuted family in restricted and hostile nations? How can we pray for them going into this year? Listen in as Todd Nettleton interviews Jonathan Ekman on international ministry in this episode of VOM Radio.
How has God been at work amidst the hardships in 2022? Join Todd Nettleton as he continues to share some of the most powerful moments on VOM Radio this past year.
The nation of China has been on the front pages of newspapers and the top of newscasts in recent weeks with widespread protests. But how will these developments—and the recent elevation of President Xi Jinping to what is essentially a permanent presidency—mean for our Christian brothers and sisters? How are they preparing themselves, and especially young believers, to withstand that persecution? Join Todd Nettleton as he interviews Bob Fu on this episode of VOM Radio.
With almost 90% of people in Bhutan identifying as Buddhists, those who follow Christ are a tiny minority. Pastor Rajiv, a church planter and leadership trainer in South Asia, works to reach Bhutanese people for Christ and knows what happens when someone follows Jesus in this restricted nation. Rajiv will share his own story of coming to Christ and how he was called into missions. Listen as Todd Nettleton interview this pastor on this episode of VOM Radio.
Join this week in looking back on some of the most moving moments on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio in 2023. We thank the Lord for allowing VOM Radio to share these amazing stories of the power of the gospel and God’s peace in the midst of persecution throughout 2023. We also THANK YOU for listening and praying for our persecuted brothers and sisters in hostile nations and restricted areas.
The anxious mother in India had tried everything. Her son was very sick. It seemed he would soon die. She’d been to the Hindu temples and made offerings to many Hindu gods. Nothing had worked. Her son only became sicker. Then, a traveling salesman suggested that she pray to Jesus. She did—and her son was healed! Amazed and awe-struck, the mother and son hunted down the salesman to find out more about this Jesus who answers prayers. Today, her son is a pastor and evangelist who’s travelled more than 40,000 miles sharing the gospel. God is at work in hostile and restricted nations!
That’s just one of the stories you’ll hear this week from David Witt, CEO of Spirit of Martyrdom and a former staff member at The Voice of the Martyrs. David will also share stories from his encounters with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM’s founders, and the “holy experience” of visiting one of the prison cells where Richard was held in Communist Romania.
David will also tell how he became aware of and involved in ministry to persecuted Christians, and how God used the attacks of 9-11 to draw the attention of American Christians to radical Islam and the scriptural call to love our enemies.
Today, the ministry David leads is training up church planters and leaders in multiple countries—with an eye on training that’s easily reproducible to other potential leaders. Listen as he shares how those being trained immediately put their learning into action, and how we can pray for these frontline gospel workers.
The International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians is coming soon. CLICK HERE to access resources—including a video about a persecuted Christian in Nigeria—to help your church, small group and family pray for persecuted Christians on this important day.
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This month we are commemorating the 10th Anniversary of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. This week we look back on one of the most powerful conversations ever shared on VOM Radio airwaves. Sister Amber spent more than a decade in Tibet providing vocational training to local people and sharing the gospel. She felt God’s call especially to work among Tibet’s nomadic tribal people. Amber watched as God brought about a great ministry breakthrough: people who’d been completely closed to her message were now asking to learn more about Jesus! But just days after the breakthrough Amber experienced persecution. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Amber on this episode of VOM Radio.
“People need God, but they just didn’t know it.” Sara says. It was only a short time into her outreach ministry when Sara first experienced pushback. God reminded her that Jesus faced persecution with humility and that is the model Sara tries to follow when opposition arises. Her own family’s responses to her Christian faith reminded her that she couldn’t save anyone herself but had to trust God to do the work, and to trust his timing. Listen as Todd interviews Sister Sara on VOM Radio.
