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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 …
4 years, 8 months 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 …
4 years, 8 months 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 Pr…
4 years, 8 months 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 an…
4 years, 8 months 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 an…
4 years, 8 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 wh…
4 years, 9 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 o…
4 years, 9 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 …
4 years, 9 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 fo…
4 years, 9 months ago
MARTYRS' WIDOWS: "Until We Die, We Will Serve Christ"
Semse Aydin and her husband, Necati, were expecting a baby. Necati had been arrested for gospel work in Turkey, and now the couple had a decision to …
4 years, 10 months ago