PERSECUTION IN MEXICO: “God Called Us Here”

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🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Isaac Santiago, VOM’s Regional Leader for Latin America, and his team are standing with Christians suffering for their faith in Mexico, Colombia and other nations. They are also reaching out to Christians in Latin America who aren’t currently facing persecution, telling them the stories of heroic faith and inviting them into fellowship with persecuted Christians.

Listen as Isaac shares his excitement for VOM’s Spanish resources. These include tools for pastors to share stories with their congregation and next year will also include The Voice of the Martyrs Radio in Espanol. Last month, people all across Latin America also joined in the Hearts of Fire Virtual Event.

In addition to telling the stories of persecuted Christians in Spanish, Isaac is also walking alongside brothers and sisters directly facing persecution.

Listen to hear the story of Mateo and Elena, husband and wife church planters in the “Circle of Silence,” an area of Central Mexico where less than 1% of the people are Biblical disciples. Mateo and Elena boldly moved to the area to answer Christ’s call; they faced pushback and persecution almost from the first day they arrived. Read more about how God continues to work in Mateo and Elena’s lives and pray for their continued ministry.

You can visit VOM’s Spanish website at www.vom.org/es. Please pray for wisdom and protection as Isaac and the Latin American team at The Voice of the Martyrs navigate their dual-focused Spanish ministry.

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0:00.0	When you think of places in the world that are difficult to reach with the Gospel, you might think of countries in them at least, or perhaps South Asia, and you'd be right.
0:11.0	But Isak Santiago reminds us that there are places in Mexico that are extremely resistant to the Gospel message, like one region called the Circle of Silence.
0:22.0	You can't move into these towns just because you want to have a reason.
0:28.0	And if you have a good reason, they will kick you out because nobody moves here.
0:33.0	One believer in Jesus lost his job because of his faith.
0:37.0	Working for university because they found out he was a Christian.
0:40.0	They literally stole his wife, his bank account.
0:47.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:50.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:56.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:03.0	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
1:08.0	Right now on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network.
1:11.0	Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton. I am in the studio today with Isak Santiago.
1:17.0	He is VOM's regional leader for Latin America. Isak, welcome to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:25.0	Thank you for having me.
1:26.0	I want to start out by talking about one part of your job because you wear lots of different hats over the course of a month here at Voice of the Martyrs.
1:34.0	But one part of your job is outreach, and it is specifically outreach to Spanish-speaking people to help them know the stories of persecuted Christians, to help them be able to be in fellowship with the body of Christ around the world.
1:47.0	Talk a little bit about that, what that is, what it looks like, maybe where you're at today and where you'll be a year from now or five years from now in that process.
1:56.0	The reason why we started was for that fellowship. That fellowship between our persecuted family and the rest of the world that had no idea what was happening.
2:05.0	Sometimes there will be persecution going on in their own country that they are unaware of.
2:13.0	Pastors in Bogota who don't know what's happening out in the red zones or pastors in Mexico City who don't know what's happening in some of the rural areas of Mexico.
2:22.0	That's kind of mind-boggling for us to think about not knowing what's happening even in your own country.
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