Middle East and North Africa: "Because of Jesus!"

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Churches in Algeria have been closed by the government. Pastors have been threatened. But ministry continues. Pastor Abraham and Sara are back on VOM Radio this week to continue our conversation about God's work in the Middle East and North Africa—and the Christian persecution that Christ's followers face.

Listen for the story of one pastor who has repeatedly changed his phone number because of constant threats. Yet he remains in his country and continues to share the gospel with Muslims.

They will also offer an update on the situation for Christians in Syria as we near the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.

Abraham and Sara will also share how Christians fleeing violence and danger in the region are going as missionaries to their new homelands—sometimes reaching their countrymen even in far-off lands!

You'll be equipped to pray for Christians in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria and other nations as you listen this week.

The International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians (IDOP) is only weeks away. The Voice of the Martyrs offers resources to help you and your church pray for persecuted Christians on November 2–and throughout the year. Be sure to watch the new short film telling the story of ongoing Christian persecution in Democratic Republic of Congo—and how God is bringing healing to Christians who've suffered attacks and trauma. Access all the IDOP resources here.

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0:00.0	Pastor Abraham was serving a church in the Middle East, but he wasn't seeing the results that he'd hoped for.
0:08.6	In fact, he felt like giving up.
0:11.4	Until God took to me very direct message, I want you to equip people.
0:17.5	I want the church to be like station.
0:20.4	And God said, they need hospital. They need
0:23.5	restoration to their life, to their character, to their mind, to their family, and give them
0:29.6	space at the church to experience my Jehovah Rapha. He's the healer. Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:40.8	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:44.3	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:47.3	Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles,
0:50.2	and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:59.0	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.
1:02.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:04.0	My name is Todd Nettleton.
1:05.0	Last week we heard part one of a conversation with two guests that we recorded here in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
1:11.8	We just called them Abraham and Sarah.
1:15.0	And they told us about a church in the Middle East that welcomed refugees through their doors.
1:20.9	We heard how those refugees caused an awful lot of trouble.
1:25.1	They stole things from the church.
1:26.7	They didn't have adequate hygiene.
1:29.0	But God used this church's sacrifice. Their willingness to endure the frustration and the
1:34.8	inconvenience. God used that to show his love and draw people to Jesus. Abraham and Sarah are
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