China: Finding the Rainbow

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 25 August 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We hear different things about the church in China. Some say the church is completely free; others will tell you that persecution is real and common. Where does the truth lie? Nick, one of our VOM international workers, recently returned from China and shares an update on the status of the church there and some personal thoughts about what it means to sit down with persecuted Chinese believers and hearing their stories, including the family of a pastor who is in prison right now.

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0:00.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples the world would hate them.
0:08.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves, and we all know what happens to sheep among wolves.
0:13.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles and they are still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:20.0	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
0:30.0	Welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. We're excited to have you with us today.
0:35.0	We've got a great program planned for you. We're going to be talking with one of my VOM
0:39.5	co-workers about Voice of the Martyrs work work in China about the persecuted church there
0:44.7	how the church is persecuted and how they respond and how God sustains and
0:50.7	encourages them even as they go through persecution.
0:54.3	Then later on we're going to have a question from one of our listeners.
0:57.4	This is a call from South Carolina and the question is about financial accountability and how VOM spends the
1:05.0	dollars that our faithful donors give us in order to serve the persecuted
1:08.9	church. It's an important question for Voice of the Martyrs and really it's an important question for every
1:14.5	ministry organization so we'll be talking about that later on in the show if you want to
1:19.5	connect with us if you have a question or you have a country that you'd like to hear more about, you can connect with us online at vomradyo.net. You can hear past episodes. You can connect up with this episode. You can share it with your friends. You can also call our question and comment line. It's 1-800-7-75069. We'll have that number again later for you, but listen in today. We're going to be talking about China and I want to welcome Nick into our studio. Nick, if you're one of our first time listeners Nick is one of my coworkers and he is a part of the
1:56.7	international department at Voice of the Martyrs focusing on the country of China
2:01.0	and focusing on the persecuted church there, supporting the church there,
2:06.4	how can we help them, what do they need and so we're excited to have you with us today Nick
2:10.9	thank you for joining us. Thanks Todd, my pleasure. Let's talk a little bit
2:15.2	first because one of the first things somebody's going to say out there is well wait a minute
2:20.3	I thought they didn't persecute Christians in China anymore. I heard that that's all over now and everything's free.
2:26.4	So you talk to people around the country when somebody says that to you.
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