John Chau: Going at Any Cost
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Pam Arlund, Global Training and Research Leader for All Nations International, joins The Voice of the Martyrs Radio this week to share about John Chau's mission to North Sentinel Island, where he was killed in 2018. Arlund was part of screening John for mission service and training him to go and serve.
As a teenager, John sensed God calling him to take the gospel to the Sentinelese people. For nine years, he prepared to go to the island, live among the people, learn their language and share Christ with them. John's story and legacy are being commemorated this year on Day of the Christian Martyr.
Listen as Arlund shares her memories of John, including his hunger for training and knowledge and his in-depth preparation and planning for life on the island. She'll also talk about the days after John's murder, the extreme pressure All Nations leaders experienced from media and others, and the surprising response from some North American Christians.
Pam also shares how we can pray for North Sentinel Island and for God to raise up individuals willing to heed His call to missions and to take the gospel to the ends of the earth—even to places where Christian persecution is common.
Read more about John Chau's story and watch a video about his mission.
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus can ask me to give my life for him and tell me that I'm safe and both are true at the same time |
| 0:07.4 | Because he sees the eternally-existent me |
| 0:10.7 | He knows the me that will exist after this earth and so he can both demand my life on earth and say I'm safe because both are true at the same time |
| 0:21.4 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path in fact |
| 0:25.2 | He told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves |
| 0:31.2 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world |
| 0:38.3 | Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network |
| 0:45.8 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs radio |
| 0:47.9 | My name is Todd Netleton and we're in the studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for a very special conversation with Dr. |
| 0:54.9 | Pam Arland. Dr. Pam is the global training and research leader for all nations international |
| 1:01.3 | That was the agency that sent John Chao to North Sentinel Island and if you receive the Voice of the Martyrs magazine |
| 1:08.8 | You already know that coming up is the day of the Christian Martyr |
| 1:12.8 | We are honoring this year the legacy and the memory of John Chao and so I thought what a what a great way to honor his memory |
| 1:21.6 | By talking to Pam and talking about how he was trained how he was |
| 1:26.5 | Recruited how he was sent out and some of the preparation that went into John's ministry in North Sentinel Island |
| 1:34.4 | Pam welcome back. I know you're here just a few weeks ago. Welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs radio |
| 1:40.0 | Thank you. It's good to be back. So |
| 1:42.4 | Tell us a little bit about those those initial conversations with John talk about your process of |
| 1:49.4 | Sort of getting to know him and kind of trying to sense |
| 1:54.0 | Is is this really what God is calling John to is this something all nations should be a part of sending him |
| 2:00.5 | Just talk us through that process a little bit |
| 2:04.1 | Man, I was just so impressed with all of the things that he listed and all the research that he had already done |
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