Persecuted Christians Didn’t Go to Seminary, But They Have Been with Jesus

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🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

With the call to invest his life in ways that will outlive him for eternity, Pastor Bennie, a ministry leader working in ten different nations in Asia and Africa, desires to finish well—just as he saw his parents do. His passion is discipleship for young people to raise up Daniels and Timothys who will use their voices for Christ.

Pastor Bennie has his own story of watching his father praising God while being beaten by militants. At the age of six, Bennie asked, “Why can’t my dad protect me?” Working with young people today, he hears similar questions like, “Why is my father serving God in prison? What was his crime?”

Listen as Bennie shares about gospel work in Sierra Leone, bringing medical teams to serve people who have never seen a doctor, and discipling the hearts of former Muslims growing into evangelists, pastors and church leaders.

“Our job is to saturate them with the gospel,” Bennie said. He even distributes Bibles to Muslim students, knowing that God’s Word will produce fruit.

You’ll learn more about Alpha Ministries’ discipleship program for young people and what happened when Bennie asked, “How many of you have gone through persecution?” He will talk about serving and praying for persecuted Christians in Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and other nations.

As Bennie meets with young, persecuted Christians, he is challenged as he hears their stories of persecution and suffering, yet encouraged by the faithfulness they exemplify despite imprisonment, rejection, and other abuse.

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0:00.0	Pastor Benny grew up in a nation hostile to Christianity.
0:04.0	Benny's father was a courageous gospel worker, but Benny didn't understand that.
0:10.0	He had many questions.
0:12.0	Why can't my dad protect me?
0:14.0	Because at six years old, I saw my dad being nailed to a wall by a militant guy,
0:20.0	punching him, and my dad, his answer is,
0:22.5	hallelujah, praise the Lord. But growing up, that was in my mind. If their God is real, why can't
0:28.2	they protect him?
0:30.7	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world
0:36.4	would hate them. He sent them out as sheep
0:39.0	among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they're still coming
0:44.4	true today in the lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear
0:49.6	their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network.
0:55.5	Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton. We are in our studio today
1:00.1	in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Pastor Benny. Pastor Benny is a ministry leader working in
1:05.8	10 different nations around the world. He's working in Asia. He's working on the African continent. Lots of
1:12.4	amazing things that God is doing through his ministry. Pastor Benny, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs
1:17.6	Radio. Thank you, Todd. Thank you so much. It's a privilege to be here this morning. It's great to
1:23.3	have you here. Let's start out on the continent of Africa, and I know that you have been doing
1:29.2	work in Sierra Leone. Yes. I don't know that we have ever talked about Sierra Leone on Voice
1:34.2	of the Martyrs Radio before. So tell us a little bit about the church there, about your work there,
1:39.9	and especially about persecution, places where Christians are suffering.
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