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In the midst of his persecution, Dmitry "David" Shestakov remembered Christ on the cross, and determined in his heart that if Christ suffered willingly, David also would persevere through his time of suffering. As a young man, David was a criminal and a drug user. His mother's desperate prayer—even though she was an atheist—led to Shestakov surrendering his life to Christ. Once surrendered, he imm...

Joe Handley leads Asian Access , a ministry to train and equip church leaders—including many working in countries where Christians face persecution for their faith. Listen as Joe shares the process used to train leaders, and the special challenges of raising up leaders prepared to endure and thrive in spite of persecution and hostility. Joe will also talk about how the principles taught translate...

Brother "Ali" says that the current situation in Iran is "chaos." But he says God is using that chaos as "a perfect storm" to bring more Iranians to faith in Christ. You'll be encouraged by stories of how God is reaching Iranian people with His love—a love that can overcome depression, sickness and need, replacing chaos with the peace of God. Listen as Ali shares the story in the Bible that inspir...

"Brother Joel" is back to discuss current persecution in China and how the church there is responding. Joel speaks especially to the current status of Bible distribution in China, and why Chinese Christians need a new Bible every 3-5 years . Joel will also tell how he and his wife personally think through and plan for the possibility they will receive "the gift of persecution," and who inspired hi...

In Part 2 of our interview with Pastor Hassan Abduraheem Taour he shares how his heart remained upbeat, even as the judge pronounced him guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. He'll talk about how reading the Bible is different inside prison than when you're free. Hassan says he experienced persecution as a blessing from God—a blessing that brought him to weep tears of joy. "It is really...

Pastor Hassan Abduraheem Taour helped train Sudanese pastors to be ready for persecution. He didn't know that he was also preparing himself for the day he'd be arrested in Sudan, charged with aiding espionage alongside VOM's Africa regional director, Petr Jasek , and sentenced to 12 years in prison. There were difficult days in prison, yet Pastor Hassan experienced the joy of the Lord—joy so power...

Pastor Kumar is a part of the All India Christian Council, helping Christians all over India who face persecution and pressure for living out their faith in Christ. Listen as Kumar talks about how persecution in India is increasing, to the point that every day a Christians is facing persecution somewhere in India. What challenges will a Hindu who chooses to follow Jesus likely face? Kumar will als...

Pastor John Cao has trained literally thousands of Chinese church leaders, including many who have taken the gospel to other parts of China and even across the border into other nations. In recent years Cao's ministry has expanded to Myanmar, where he set up schools to minister to poor children from minority tribal groups. But his bold ministry in and out of China has not gone unnoticed by Chinese...

This weekend marks the launch of a new video-based curriculum to allow your family, Bible study group or Sunday School class to take an up-close look at the lives and faith of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, the founders of The Voice of the Martyrs. Our guests are Cole Richards, President of The Voice of the Martyrs and one of the on-screen speakers in the video series, and John Grooters, the direct...

The first time "Kyung-ja" heard about God, it wasn't from a missionary or on a gospel radio broadcast. She first heard about God from a female North Korean guard who was beating her! Listen this week as our sister from North Korea shares about the suffering she faced in her homeland, suffering that led her to flee her country, but also eventually led her into relationship with Jesus Christ. You'll...

Last week we heard Gary Witherall talk about how God called him and his wife, Bonnie, to serve evangelizing Muslims in the Middle East. In this second part of our conversation, Gary describes the day his wife, Bonnie, was martyred in the clinic where she served Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Gary talks about hearing God's voice in that time of grief, and making a conscious choice to forgive his...

Gary Witherall and his wife, Bonnie, heard God's call to tell people in the Middle East about Jesus. They answered that call by moving to Lebanon, where they served with Operation Mobilization , building relationships with Lebanese people and Palestinian refugees—until the day Bonnie was martyred in the clinic where she served refugee women. Listen as Gary shares about how God called them to the M...

There have been significant changes in China this year, changes that greatly affect our Christian brothers and sisters and how they live out their faith. First, new "regulations on religion" took effect, attempting to give China's communist government more control over church activities. Secondly, term limits were abolished for China's President, allowing current leader Xi Jinping to lead the coun...

Bryson Vogeltanz works with Passion Ministries to call 18-25 year olds to a deeper walk with Christ, and to be involved with the work of God around the world. Listen as he shares how young people at a Passion Conference were challenged to help VOM deliver Scripture Balloons into North Korea, and how they overwhelmingly responded. He'll also talk about putting on a Passion event inside a predominan...

Ben Foley is the president of Serve Now, a ministry empowering churches and Christian leaders in many different countries to serve the Lord and to reach out with the Bible in one hand and a cup of cold water in the other. Listen in as Ben shares about the work of Serve Now, and how God very specifically guided him into the ministry. He'll also share the first prayer request of Christians under thr...

Al Fadi is a former Wahabbi Muslim from Saudi Arabia. He says when he tells Saudi friends that he's now a Christian, they say, "That's impossible!" They don't believe a Saudi Muslim would ever leave their religion to follow another faith. But Al Fadi did leave Islam behind when he encountered followers of Christ during university studies in the United States. Listen as Al Fadi shares how his heart...

Rebecca George is the principal writer for VOM's new book:  WURMBRAND: Tortured For Christ the Complete Story . Listen this week as she shares how she went about researching the lives of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, the founders of The Voice of the Martyrs. Rebecca will tell us what her writing process is like, and why she felt the need to start the story by telling about the Wurmbrand's life bef...

This weekend marks Father's Day, and our guest is Phil Nettleton, long-time missionary and father of VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton. Listen as Phil shares about how God called him into missionary service, about the challenges missionaries face on the field and specific ways that you can pray for missionaries that you know or that your church is sending. He'll also share how God makes each place a...

Scott Brawner leads Concilium, an organization which provides safety, security and crisis-management training to missions, churches and ministries working in the U.S. and around the world. Listen this week as he shares thoughts on answering the need for those called to be gospel workers to be aware and intelligent about security and safety while still honoring the higher call of Jesus to take the...

Sam Brownback serves as the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, leading the State Department's efforts to promote religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities around the world. Listen this week as he shares about how religious freedom serves as a foundation for many other freedoms, and which countries he sees moving the wrong direction on the issu...

Manfred Mueller leads Hilfsaktion Martyrerkirche (HMK), The Voice of the Martyrs' sister mission in Germany. Listen as he shares about the early days of HMK's work in Germany, including the rejection of the message of Richard Wurmbrand when he first came out from behind the Iron Curtain. Manfred also recalls his own childhood, when his parents and grandparents were involved in delivering Bibles in...

Sister Amber spent more than a decade in Tibet, providing vocational training to the people and sharing the gospel message of Christ's love. She felt God's call especially to work among Tibet's nomadic tribal people, who jokingly call themselves "the roof on the roof of the world." Amber watched as God brought about a great ministry breakthrough: people who'd been totally closed to her message wer...

"Brother Steven" is a church leader from the nation of Uganda, a country where more than 80% of the people identify themselves as Christians but where some areas are almost entirely Muslim and even pushing for Sharia law. Steven says Muslims in the country have an aggressive strategy to recruit Christians to convert to Islam, and he'll share how Christians are responding. Church leaders are workin...

Brother Harold has lived and ministered in Central Asia more than 15 years, serving among Muslims and seeing the challenges faced by those who choose to leave Islam and follow Christ. Listen this week as he challenges American believers to be more committed and more involved in gospel efforts to reach the unreached. Harold will share some of the challenges mission workers are facing around the wor...

Sister Sahar was born into a Muslim family in Saudi Arabia. When she came to the U.S. to attend university, a Christian friend shared the love of Christ and a Bible with her, and Sahar came to realize that Jesus was more than a prophet—He is the Son of God. But choosing to follow Christ came with a price: Sahar's mom refused to speak to her for months after finding out that she was a Christian. To...