PETR JASEK: 10th Anniversary of His Imprisonment, "He Just Loves Jesus More"

VOMRadio

The Voice of the Martyrs

Christianity, Martyr, Vom, Persecution, Gospel, Pastor, Persecutedchurch, Apologetics, Islam, Christian, Church, Missions, Missionaries, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ten years ago this month, Petr Jasek traveled to Sudan on behalf of The Voice of the Martyrs to meet with and encourage Sudanese Christians. At the airport on his way out of the country, Petr was arrested and later sentenced to life in prison. His first prison cellmates were ISIS fighters—men who hated Christians and quickly began to persecute Petr.

Petr Jasek spent 445 days in Sudanese custody. Listen this week as Petr shares about his first night in a jail cell, how God uniquely prepared him with a dream and how he discovered that his cellmates were radical Muslim ISIS fighters. In prison, Petr felt the Lord's presence very near as—once he received a Bible—he spent hours every day reading the Bible and praying.

In Petr's lowest moments, God brought to his mind the names and faces of other persecuted Christians—men and women Petr had met during his years overseeing VOM's work in Africa. He began to pray for other persecuted believers and his spirit lifted as his focus changed from his own difficulties to praying for other Christians. The story of Petr's imprisonment—and the ministry God allowed him inside—is told in his book, Imprisoned with ISIS: Faith in the Face of Evil.

Days after returning home, Petr sat down with VOM Radio to share his story and thank the thousands of people who prayed for him and his Sudanese co-defendants during his long months in prison. To hear Petr share the entire story of his arrest, imprisonment, and eventual release, go to www.vomradio.net/petr.

This interview was recorded during the VOM National Conference in Bartlesville, OK, where Petr shared how his time in prison and the lessons he learned there still impact him ten years later. To view a video version of Petr's interview, go to VOM's YouTube channel.

The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria and Bangladesh, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We were locked up in a room maybe four meters by six meters.
0:06.0	More than 50 people squeezed into this room.
0:09.0	They brought 12 new prisoners.
0:12.0	And I have learned in the years to recognize the little tiny voice of the Holy Spirit
0:17.0	openly telling me, Peter, get up, go, sit beside them and share the gospel with them.
0:24.1	And so I prayed with them. And so this is really something that the Lord always has a purpose
0:31.4	when he sends his witnesses to prison. Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:39.8	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:43.3	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:46.5	Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they're still coming true
0:50.3	today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:53.6	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear
0:55.1	their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio
1:00.0	network. We are recording this episode of Voice of the Martyrs Radio at the Voice of the Martyrs
1:05.6	National Conference on the campus of Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville. And our guest this week for
1:12.9	longtime VOM radio listeners, as well as for people who have followed the Voice of the Martyrs,
1:18.3	really doesn't need an introduction. But I'm going to give him an introduction anyway.
1:23.3	Peter Yossack grew up under communism in Czechoslovakia as the son of a pastor. So he has
1:30.6	memories as a young child of the day he came home from school and his parents weren't there
1:35.9	because they had been called to the police station and were being interrogated. He was inspired
1:41.4	by the example of Richard Wormbrand to serve persecuted Christians, and eventually
1:47.8	he led Voice of the Martyr's work on the continent of Africa. So all over the continent of Africa,
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 14 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Voice of the Martyrs, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Voice of the Martyrs and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.