SERVING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS: “We Need To Be Intense”

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The Voice of the Martyrs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 19 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Tony Benjamin travelled to meet persecuted Christians long before he was the president of a ministry serving such believers. In fact, he wasn’t even an employee when he joined a missions trip to Vietnam. But meeting and ministering alongside persecuted Christians there left a permanent mark on Tony’s life and faith—and today he leads The Voice of the Martyrs Australia.

Tony says more and more Christians in Australia desire to be part of “the fellowship of Christ’s suffering,” and the ministry is growing dramatically each year. He and the staff are finding ways to speak directly to Australia’s Christians—including airing VOM Radio broadcasts. They also are reaching outside Australia’s borders and inviting Christians across the South Pacific into fellowship with persecuted believers.

Listen as Tony shares about witnessing the start of a flourishing ministry in Egypt that today reaches Muslims all over the Middle East and North Africa. As the difficulties Christians face intensify, Tony encourages each of us to enhance our relationship with God, the ultimate source of our strength. Tony will also equip listeners to pray for VOM Australia and its ongoing work to serve and bless persecuted Christians.

Merv Knight, the co-founder of VOM Australia, has previously been a guest on VOM Radio, including remarks he shared on his retirement from the board of VOM-USA and memories of serving with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, the founders of The Voice of the Martyrs.

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0:00.0	Tony Benjamin says there's no better time to share the hope we have in Jesus.
0:06.2	We are living in very different times to 10 years ago. The one message I would say to the church
0:12.8	globally is get the realization of what's happening around you spiritually. Don't just listen to
0:20.4	the media and listen to that and use this opportunity of all this uncertainty to enhance your
0:27.7	relationship with God because that's where we draw our strength from at the end of the day.
0:34.3	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world
0:40.0	would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of
0:45.9	the apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:51.1	Join host Todd Nettletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. Right now
0:56.5	on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My
1:01.0	name is Todd Nettletons and we have a special privilege this week on Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:05.8	We're going to meet the CEO, the leader of our sister office in Australia. Tony Benjamin is
1:13.0	the CEO of Voice of the Martyrs Australia. Tony, welcome to Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:18.9	Thank you very much, Todd. It's fantastic to be here. And one thing for our listeners in the US,
1:24.4	who may not know this, you take these broadcasts and release them in Australia on the radio there too.
1:30.8	That is correct. It goes through at Australia and Oceania, which includes many of the smaller
1:37.1	islands around the South Pacific. That is a great thing for me. That's great for me to hear
1:42.6	part of my growing up. And I don't know if you know this, Tony, but I spent four years in
1:46.4	Papua New Guinea as a missionary kid. So that part of the world is sort of part of my heart and
1:52.3	part of my upbringing. So I love it. If it's on the radio in that part of the world, that's fabulous.
1:59.4	Let's talk a little bit about Voice of the Martyrs Australia. And we have had Merv Night on
2:05.5	the radio here. He's talked a little bit about founding it, about working with Richard and
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