Podcast Episodes

ARRESTED IN MIDDLE EAST: Prison Was a Mission Field

Brother Nathan had a ministry sharing the gospel and praying with Muslims in the Middle East. He and other believers had been evangelizing for more than eight years. The responses were almost always …

Published on 9 months ago

Learning From Persecuted Christians: "Is Jesus for the tough places?"

Nik and Ruth Ripken went to Africa as missionaries. They experienced great works of God, but also great hardship and loss. Malaria almost killed them. Four Christian friends in Somalia were killed in…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

OM President: Who Am I to Stop Missionaries From Going To Hard Places?

Andrew Ginsberg has been the president of Operation Mobilization USA for the last six months, stepping into the role and following in the footsteps of George Verwer, founder of OM (and past VOM Radi…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

SYRIA: What's Happening with Christians Under New Regime?

Do you believe the Lord brought them to us so they can hear the gospel?"

The question was asked by a pastor in Aleppo, the war-torn city in Syria. Members of the Islamist group that would soon contro…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

TÜRKIYE: Foreign Christians Being Forced Out

Dozens of foreign Christians have been quietly forced out of Türkiye in recent years.

After moving his family to Türkiye (formerly Turkey) in 2001, Jerry Mattix served in aid ministry and as a pastor…

Published on 10 months ago

MISSIONS: Christ Will Empower Us to Take His Message to the World

Four in 10 people on earth have never heard the name of Jesus. Brother Harold, a gospel worker for 15 years among Muslims in Central Asia, joins VOM Radio this week to share what he's seen and learne…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

MISSIONS: The Nations Are Here

"And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'" – Luke 10:2

Nathan and Kari hav…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Persecuted Christians Didn't Go to Seminary, But They Have Been with Jesus

With the call to invest his life in ways that will outlive him for eternity, Pastor Bennie, a ministry leader working in ten different nations in Asia and Africa, desires to finish well—just as he sa…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

CHINA: "The Gospel Can Be Our Best Comfort"

In the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party, loving Jesus makes Christians "unpatriotic."

Bob Fu, founder and president of China Aid, explains: "[The communists believe] you cannot love your country a…

Published on 11 months ago

"The Lord Protected Us in Libya. He Will Do It Again"

When Hope first mentioned to her husband the idea of moving their family to the Arabian Peninsula to continue their gospel work, Nagy's reply was direct: "Never! Don't mention that country to me agai…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago