Awana has been discipling children for more than 70 years. Today Awana is active in more than 130 countries—including places where Christian persecution is common—helping 5.6 million children to know Jesus as Savior, belong to a church that supports them and become all that God wants them to be. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Steve Cahoon on this episode of VOM Radio.
Would your faith in God falter if your parents were martyred on the mission field? Saul and Ezra talk about renewing their faith, accepting God’s plan and even going to minister in the very place in Uganda where their parents were killed—and seeing the legacy Warren and Donna left even in their short time of missionary service. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews them on this episode of VOM Radio.
It’s been more than a month since fighting broke out in the capital city of Sudan. Christians and non-Christians alike are dealing with extreme hardship, difficulty, and terror as the battle between two warring Islamist factions continues. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Brad Phillips, founder and president of the Persecution Project Foundation, to hear how we can pray for persecuted Christians in Sudan.
What's it like to have to flee your homeland and learn a new system of healthcare, school, and work? How are Afghans adjusting to life elsewhere, and what is life like for those still under the Taliban regime? Find out as Todd Nettleton interviews John Weaver for Part 2 of this discussion.
What pressures do our persecuted brothers and sisters face living in Afghanistan today? How has life for Afghans changed under the strict Islamic rule of the Taliban? Find out as Todd Nettleton interviews John Weaver on this episode of VOM Radio.
What does an average day look like for Christians in North Korea? How is the Bible still getting there today? Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Dr. Eric Foley, CEO of VOM Korea in Seoul.
Would you have the boldness to share your new faith in Christ with your family if they were Muslim? Maksud and his younger brother did, and they didn't get the reaction they expected. Listen as Todd Nettleton interviews Brother Maksud on this episode of VOM Radio.
What forms of persecution do our brothers and sisters in Laos face for their faith in Christ? A Laos pastor named TK shares more about persecution and his own story to becoming a Christian. Listen to Todd Nettleton interview TK on this episode of VOM Radio.
What happened during Richard's interrogation with the Chinese police? How did Richard and Jeanette see the fruit in their own lives from this persecution? Listen to hear Todd Nettleton interview them on part 3 of their story on this episode of VOM Radio.
How would you respond to your spouse being detained by the Chinese police? What did Jeanette rely on during this time? Listen as Todd interviews Richard and Jeanette in part 2 of their conversation in 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.
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.
Over the last decade, God has allowed VOM Radio the opportunity to bring you into fellowship with persecuted Christians and tell the stories of what God is doing around the world even amid suffering and persecution. This week we’ll look back on some of the most moving moments of the first decade of VOM Radio.
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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As a young woman in an Islamic culture in Central Asia, Sara was drawn to stories of Jesus. He was a good man, she thought, one whose life matched his teachings. But how could Jesus be God? Sara wrestled deeply with this question in her search for truth. Intellectually, she found the Bible to be true, but she couldn’t commit to everything it said. Listen to hear how Sara came to understand Jesus as the perfect sacrifice for her sin and the peace he gave to overcome her anxieties as Todd Nettleton interviews her on this episode of VOM Radio.
