AFRICA: Christian Persecution Updates from Mozambique, Ethiopia and Uganda
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🗓️ 26 June 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Christians—especially pastors—are being targeted by an Islamist insurgent group in Northern Mozambique, a group that already pledged allegiance to ISIS. A VOM worker recently visited the area and met with Christians who are among 800,000 displaced people. He heard horrible stories of violence and persecution, but also saw persecuted Christians continuing to serve and advance the gospel in spite of their suffering and loss.
Sean Paton will tell us how the church in Mozambique is responding, as well as give an update to listeners on current persecution in Ethiopia and Uganda. Paton is Africa Regional Director for VOM.
Sean will also encourage prayer for Eritrean Christians who fled for refuge into Ethiopia, but now face Eritrean troops who crossed the border during conflict in the Tigray region. He’ll share specific ways to pray for Christians in each nation discussed.
Listen here to learn more about the situation in Mozambique from a previous VOM Radio guest, Will Hart.
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| 0:00.0 | When you come to faith in Christ, you can be secure, even when you lose everything in this world. |
| 0:09.0 | A brother of ours in Mozambique has experienced that truth. |
| 0:15.0 | Sean Patton tells us what this brother said about sacrifice and loss. |
| 0:22.0 | What could separate me from God? |
| 0:24.0 | Death? No. The war? No. |
| 0:27.0 | When I fled, I left my food. My house was burned down. |
| 0:31.0 | But Jesus was not cut out of me. He was not burned out of me. |
| 0:35.0 | So I continued to encourage and serve. |
| 0:39.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:43.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:46.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:49.0 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles |
| 0:52.0 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:56.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton. |
| 0:58.0 | We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:04.0 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:06.0 | My name is Todd Nettleton. We are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with Sean Patton. |
| 1:12.0 | Sean is the Africa Regional Director for Voice of the Martyrs overseeing all of our work, |
| 1:18.0 | all of our projects on the continent of Africa. |
| 1:21.0 | Sean, welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:24.0 | Thanks, Todd. It's good to be here. |
| 1:26.0 | I want to start out in Mozambique because we have just had one of our co-workers. |
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