CUBA: "We All Pay A Price"
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 23 November 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Cuban pastors go to church each week knowing government spies are planted among their congregation, people wanting to collect evidence to get the pastor arrested. It's just one of many ways the Cuban government brings constant pressure against the church.
Listen in as Jonathan Ekman, VOM's Vice President for International Ministry, shares stories from a recent visit to Cuba and the believers he met there and how they inspired his faith.
Believers in Cuba willingly pay a high price for following Christ and building His church—a price that extends to their children as well. You'll be inspired by their faithfulness, and inspired to pray for Christians in Cuba by this conversation.
You can give online to support VOM's work in Cuba and other nations through a gift to support Front Line Ministry at https://vomradio.net/donate.
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| 0:00.0 | A pastor in Cuba was murdered. |
| 0:02.7 | Questions still remain about who killed him. |
| 0:06.6 | But his congregation didn't shrink back in fear. |
| 0:10.1 | In fact, the pastor's sons are working harder than ever to spread the gospel. |
| 0:15.0 | VOM's Jonathan Ekman was in Cuba not long ago and heard the story. |
| 0:20.0 | I think they just have a different view of life and ministry than I have sometimes. I think, yeah, this happened to our dad, could happen to us. But we have this window of opportunity to impact our people, this nation with the |
| 0:35.9 | gospel and we're going to seize it and we're going to do everything that we can. |
| 0:40.4 | I've met with those brothers several times and I always walk away from those |
| 0:44.9 | meetings just amazed. |
| 0:46.4 | Other leaders in Cuba have said this is the future of the church. I think it's |
| 0:50.9 | just a Jesus centered approach to life. |
| 0:54.0 | In many of the leaders that we work with, that is their focus. |
| 0:58.0 | It's on Christ, what Christ has called them to do. |
| 1:01.0 | The rest of the things are just details. |
| 1:05.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 1:08.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life |
| 1:16.4 | of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers |
| 1:20.6 | around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:26.8 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio. |
| 1:29.2 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:31.6 | My name is Todd Nettleton and I'm in the studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with our vice president for international ministry here at V. O. M. Jonathan, welcome back to V. O. M to Vio. Thank you Todd. It's great to be with you. |
| 1:46.0 | And we're going to talk today. We're going to kind of interview each other because both of us had the opportunity a couple of months back to travel to Cuba and to meet with |
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