MISSIONS: "Past the Grave into Eternity"
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 21 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As a missionary kid, Brother John was raised by parents focused on bringing glory to God's Kingdom. His father taught theology in the Bahamas and eventually moved the family to an unreached area –British Guiana – so people there could know that true freedom is only in Jesus. As a grown man, John took his own family to serve among Muslims.
Brother John is now the Vice President of Global Engagement for the International Mission Board, helping send missionaries and plant churches all over the world, with a special focus on unreached peoples and areas.
Listen as Brother John shares the story of Dr. Martha Myers and other Christians who served in Yemen before being martyred for their faith in Christ. Yet even in that loss and heartache, the Lord moved to further His Word. With an emphasis on the authority of scripture in missions work, Brother John loves distributing audio Bibles since many unreached people are illiterate or prefer listening to the scriptures rather than reading. He'll also tell of hearts transformed in the deaf community as they reach out with God's Word.
More than 90% of the IMB efforts are focused on reaching the unreached for Christ. Pray unreached peoples will encounter the gospel and that the Lord would open doors in restricted nations for Bibles to be distributed.
Listen to Brother John's previous interview on VOM Radio here where he shared how teaching your children foreign languages is a strategic plan to serve the Lord.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Martha Myers was serving the Lord by serving as a doctor in Yemen. |
| 0:05.6 | She was so effective as a doctor and as a gospel worker that the husband of one of her patients |
| 0:12.9 | wanted to kill her. Brother John explains what was going through this Yemeni man's mind. |
| 0:20.4 | The reason that I had to put a stop to Dr. Martha is I brought my wife there for treatment |
| 0:27.1 | and she touched her with such kindness and love that my wife was just talking about what a |
| 0:34.4 | noble woman she was and I knew if I did not stop this woman that everyone would want to be a Christian. |
| 0:41.6 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world |
| 0:47.3 | would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of the |
| 0:53.4 | apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:58.4 | Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now |
| 1:03.9 | on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome back to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:08.2 | My name is Todd Netletons and you know God is at work in places all around the world. |
| 1:13.4 | Churches are growing. People are coming to faith in Christ. Brother John has a unique perspective |
| 1:20.4 | on God's work across the globe and he's going to tell us some of what he has seen. He is the |
| 1:26.7 | vice president of global engagement for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist |
| 1:32.2 | Convention. I happen to be traveling when John came to visit our headquarters. So my colleague, |
| 1:38.4 | Kim graciously agreed to interview brother John. You may remember Kim interviewed my wife and I |
| 1:44.2 | about our trip to the Middle East just a few months ago here on Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:49.3 | Kim like me has traveled the world to interview persecuted Christians. She has written many of |
| 1:55.0 | their stories for The Voice of the Martyrs magazine. Let's join this conversation between my colleague, |
| 2:01.3 | Kim and brother John from the International Mission Board. Brother John, can you tell me what does it |
| 2:06.8 | mean that you're the VP for global engagement? What is your role in compass? Well, one of the great |
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