PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS: Witnessing Their Pain, Caring for Their Trauma
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 3 February 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
For persecuted Christians and others who have gone through trauma, that trauma can affect all aspects of their life. Brother Philip is a field minister in Africa for The Voice of the Martyrs, specifically focused on training Christian leaders to provide trauma care for Christians who have endured persecution.
Listen as Philip shares how trauma rewires the brains of victims. For persecuted Christians, that affects how they relate to God and experience faith.
As a trained trauma-care provider and brother in Christ, Philip believes it's a gift to listen to the stories of our persecuted brothers and sisters and bear witness to the pain they've experienced. It is important to address physical, emotional and mental needs. But the great blessing of VOM's work is to be able to address spiritual needs for trauma survivors as well.
Hear how Philip and his coworkers structure trauma care efforts for persecuted Christians and the benefit of designing this care around the truth of God's Word.
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| 0:00.0 | Our Christian brothers and sisters in hostile and restricted nations sometimes face moments of life and death. |
| 0:06.0 | The effects of those experiences can last long after the immediate danger is over. |
| 0:14.0 | An emotional form of distress that really interrupts their ability to do life. |
| 0:19.0 | It affects all aspects of their lives. |
| 0:22.0 | Everything from their ability to work. Sometimes a traumatized |
| 0:25.2 | individual might be scared to go out in their fields afterwards, even if it's safe. |
| 0:29.4 | It's going to certainly affect their physical health, their emotional health. |
| 0:34.6 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:39.6 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:43.3 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:46.2 | Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles, |
| 0:49.1 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:53.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 0:58.0 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network. |
| 1:01.0 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:03.1 | My name is Todd Nettleton. |
| 1:04.3 | I hope you're not just a listener today. |
| 1:07.1 | I hope we can recruit you as a prayer partner for brothers and sisters in Christ |
| 1:12.4 | who are facing persecution. |
| 1:14.0 | In a few minutes we're going to hear from Brother Philip. |
| 1:17.0 | He's going to help us understand how trauma affects those who are persecuted |
| 1:22.0 | and how VOM is directly responding to help meet this need. |
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