Muslims in Turkey: Curious about Christ
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
And God is multiplying the reach of His message. During Covid quarantine, Radio Shema used digital platforms like Instagram to reach millions of people, seeing ten times more feedback from listeners and twenty times more responses from people coming to faith!
Soner also shares memories of his three friends, martyred 15 years ago this month in the offices of a Christian publishing house in the city of Malatya. Soon after the killings, four teenagers came to the radio station where one threatened Soner: "If you say anything, I will kill you."
Soner will also help us pray for Christians in Turkey, and for the ministry of Radio Shema. Pray for protection and courage for Christians in Turkey as they face strong opposition. Pray for effective discipleship to raise up more pastors and leaders for the persecuted church, and pray many more Muslims in Turkey will hear the gospel.
Soner is also praying for more radio stations—he estimates that 95% of the people in Turkey have not yet heard the gospel message. Last week, Soner shared how he came to faith in Christ after growing up Muslim, the opposition from his family and friends, and how the ministry of Radio Shema came to be. Listen to last week's episode here.
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| 0:00.0 | Sonar Tufan was grieving. |
| 0:03.0 | Three Christians had been killed in his home country of Turkey. |
| 0:06.5 | One of those went to his church, was a close friend. |
| 0:11.0 | While he was still dealing with that grief, |
| 0:14.0 | some teenagers came to the radio station |
| 0:16.0 | where Sonar worked and told him not to testify in the case. |
| 0:22.0 | And the leader of the group told his finger as a grunt |
| 0:27.0 | and he said, don't do nothing in this case. |
| 0:30.0 | If you do, if you talk, if you say anything, I will kill you. |
| 0:37.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:40.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:44.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:47.0 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles |
| 0:50.0 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:54.0 | Join host Todd Netletons. |
| 0:56.0 | We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 0:59.0 | 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 Netletons. |
| 1:05.0 | Last week here on Vom Radio, we heard part one of our conversation with Sonar Tufan. |
| 1:11.0 | He told us how he came to faith in Christ after growing up as a Muslim in Turkey. |
| 1:17.0 | We heard about the opposition he faced from his own family members, as well as others. |
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