North Korea: Pillars of the Church

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 31 December 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The North Korean government has built a counterfeit religion to control it s people, a mirror image of Christianity that features their own trinity, their own meeting halls, their own sacred writings and even their own hymns to their god – Kim Il Sung. Following a different deity, like Jesus Christ, is a treasonous act deserving of death. Many describe North Korea as "the worst place in the world to be a Christian." But Dr. Eric Foley, the leader of VOM Korea, tells us that North Korean Christians don't say that! Instead they focus on serving Jesus Christ in spite of watchful government eyes and great danger. This week on VOM Radio you'll hear how North Korean Christians pray—sometimes right out in the open!—and how you can pray for them more effectively.

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0:00.0	You probably know that North Koreans aren't free to worship the one true God or meet together in churches like we do here in the United States.
0:09.0	But instead of completely eliminating church, the North Korean government has tried to set up a hollow alternative.
0:16.0	Here's Dr. Eric Foley.
0:18.0	Every week you will see 100% of North Koreans in buildings that look a lot like our church buildings only in the
0:24.9	front instead of a cross you would see a big portrait of Kimil-Sung and someone goes up to
0:29.5	the front and they sing from the Kimil-Sung hymnal 600 songs of praise, many of which you would know.
0:36.2	Songs like How Great Thou Art. It was sung at the funeral of North Korea's former leader.
0:43.2	It was sung to Kimil-song, how great you Kimil-song are.
0:47.2	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:51.2	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent
0:55.4	them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of the
1:00.0	apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the
1:04.3	world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how
1:08.9	we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:12.1	Welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:13.0	Welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:14.8	We're going to talk about one of the most fascinating
1:17.5	countries in the world today, and it's fascinating to me.
1:21.5	I think it'll be fascinating to you as well. We're going to talk about North Korea and in order to do that we have Eric Foley with us. Dr. Eric Foley now in the studio with us. He is the president of VOM Korea. He's also the author of a book called
1:36.7	These Are the Generations and we're going to talk about that. Eric, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs
1:41.6	radio. Always good to come on and be able to do the radio show with you Todd.
1:45.4	Thank you.
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