Podcast Episodes

LIBYA: "Jesus Is Worth Dying For"

On December 5, 2013, Ronnie Smith was shot and killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi. In this second half of our interview with Anita Smith, Ronnie's widow, she talks about the legacy her husband lef…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

LIBYA: She Forgave Her Husband's Killers

On December 5, 2013, Ronnie Smith was shot and killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Within days, Ronnie's wife, Anita, spoke on national TV in the US about her love for the Libyan people and about …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Christian Persecution Isn't Strange, But Sacred

Aaron Miller leads VOM's work in the Middle East. Recently he spoke in a college chapel, including telling the story of an experience of persecution he endured in India.

Aaron says even though the Bi…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

IDOP 2021: Let's Pray Together for Persecuted Christians

Join us this week for a podcast concert of prayer on behalf of persecuted Christians around the world in commemoration of the International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians (IDOP).

Leaders fro…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

SABINA MOVIE: The Heart of the Gospel is Forgiveness

John Grooters is the director of a new movie portraying the marriage, choice to become Christians and early persecution of VOM's founders, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand—told through the eyes of Sabina…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

CENTRAL ASIA: Pastor's Murderer Becomes His "Spiritual Grandson"

Jonathan Ekman and Matthew Hanson recently visited persecuted Christians in Central Asia—Christians caught between a growing wave of radical Islam and governments with a communist-style distrust of a…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

REACHING MUSLIMS: “The Prize To Be Won”

How long was it from the time you heard Jesus died, until you knew that He rose again? What did you feel in that interim? Grief? Loss? Defeat? And what did it mean when you knew that He did rise agai…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

IRAN: Remembering Martyrs, Ministering Today

Rashin Soodmand was 13 years old when Iran's government executed her father, Pastor Hossein Soodmand, and buried him in an unmarked grave in a part of the cemetery reserved for "the cursed." But kill…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

IRAN: Martyr's Daughter Says "They Couldn't Stop My Father"

Rashin Soodmand was 13 years old when her father, Pastor Hossein Soodmand, was executed in Iran for the crime of apostasy.

Rashin remembers that day as a strange mix of sadness and joy as she, her fa…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Transformation through Grace and Truth

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 story of a…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago