Podcast Episodes

TÜRKIYE: Given a New Testament and a Vision, He Became a Follower of Jesus

Brother Bayram came to the United States from Türkiye (Turkey) to further his education. He started a business, where one day a Christian customer gave Bayram a New Testament. He began to read it, th…

Published on 17 hours ago

PERSECUTED ERITREAN PASTOR’S DAUGHTER: None of Our Suffering is Ever Wasted

Hana Menghisteab is back on VOM Radio this week in a follow-up conversation after sharing with us on the 20th anniversary of her father’s arrest in Eritrea. This week, Hana shares how that interview—…

Published on 1 week ago

CHINA: Counted Worthy to Suffer for Christ

When Yang Rongli, a pastor of Linfen Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi Province, China, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, she responded with words of celebration.

“I got the top reward!” she said,…

Published on 2 weeks ago

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION: What’s Different About Christians Who Endure?

Do we really believe that to live is Christ, and to die is gain?

After serving for more than a decade as a gospel worker and church planter in Asia, Brother Kevin asks all believers to consider wheth…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Questions for Converts: Are you ready to be rejected? To die for Jesus?

Some Christians in Malaysia—ethnically Chinese or Indian believers—have freedom to practice their faith in Christ. But if an ethnic Malay person becomes a believer in Jesus, he or she will face inte…

Published on 4 weeks ago

ASIA/PACIFIC: “Who’s Going to Buy Rice From You, Now That You’re a Christian?”

This week, Carter Gates, leader of VOM’s work in the Asia/Pacific Region, shares about a recent gathering of VOM front-line workers, where they spent time in fellowship, sharing stories and encouragi…

Published on 1 month ago

God Enables Persecuted Christians to Hear Our Prayers

Established 28 years ago by Congress, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is charged with monitoring religious persecution around the world, reporting to Congress…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

IRAN: “What you intended for evil, God used for good”

Neda was born in Iran to a Muslim family. She grew up as a Muslim and married a well-known Iranian athlete. But their marriage was on the rocks. At 22, feeling broken and empty, Neda called out to Al…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

MONGOLIA: Church is the Core of Missions

Last week Brian and Louise Hogan, trainers to church planters and former missionaries to Mongolia, shared about their efforts to plant a church in Mongolia—and the high cost they paid for serving the…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

MONGOLIA: “Was I called? Was I chosen? And did I obey?”

Brian and Louise Hogan, missionaries and church planters in Mongolia, responded to God’s call with obedience. They arrived in the city of Erdenet in the early 1990s; there were no churches in the cit…

Published on 2 months ago