SOUTH ASIA: Lord, Build Your Church Here

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🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Kimberly, gospel workers in South Asia, join VOM Radio again this week to share more about how the Lord is working in remote villages of South Asia. Struck by the boldness of local believers, Ben and Kimberly see the fearlessness persecuted Christians there have in preaching the gospel. The threat of jail doesn’t stop them from preaching; they will preach in jail if necessary.

With the rise of anti-conversion laws in South Asia, in many places it is illegal for people to change their religion or to lead others to change their faith. Yet Christians there continue to evangelize and reach people for Christ.

Ben and Kimberly will share how persecution is part of the DNA of believers there, and how they are equipping locals with training and discipleship tools. They will also share a story of how God opened one of the darkest villages in this region—a place that had been completely closed to the gospel. Listen to how God planted a church in that village—on the very spot where Christians had prayed God would build His church.

Ben and Kimberly love sharing what the Lord did in that village. Kim says, “it’s incredibly exciting to see fruit like that.” But they also remind us that even though we may not see immediate fruit we must keep being faithful; God is working whether we see it or not.

Pray for Christians in South Asian nations like India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh to stand firm and find their identity in Christ, Pray for Ben and Kimberly to receive wisdom from the Lord as they continue in ministry. Listen to part one of Ben and Kim’s story to learn more about how they started in overseas missions!

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0:00.0	Ben and Kimberly have seen God build his church in areas of South Asia where Christians often face persecution
0:08.1	Ben and Kimberly have been struck by the boldness of these believers. The church itself is
0:14.6	not scared of coming persecution
0:17.1	Ben will ask pastors every once in a while. Well, what if they start putting pastors in jail? What are you?
0:22.8	We just preach we preach the gospel. It doesn't matter. We just started church in jail. Just preach it. Yeah
0:30.1	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told us disciples that the world would hate them
0:36.7	He sent them out as sheep among wolves
0:39.8	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
0:46.9	Join host Todd Nettleton. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network
0:54.4	Welcome back to the Voice of the Martyrs radio. My name is Todd Nettleton. I'm excited to share part two
1:00.1	Of a conversation that we began last week with Ben and Kimberly. They are gospel workers in South Asia
1:06.4	And if you missed last week's program
1:08.8	I want to encourage you go to our website vomradio.net. You can listen to it there
1:14.0	You can also find it wherever you listen to podcasts
1:17.2	Let's review just a little bit of what we heard from Ben and Kimberly last week. I grew up in a missionary family grew up in South America and Ecuador
1:25.8	But I was one of those kids that rebelled against everything. I hated
1:29.6	God hated church hated my family
1:32.2	Ended up with 35 felony charges. I ended up pleading to five felony charges of manufacturing trafficking
1:39.9	Methamphetamine is given 220 years to sentence as 210s and a five and was sent to prison
1:44.7	Then it was in my prison
1:45.8	So one day the Lord had just brought me to that point of where I had nowhere left to turn but turned to him
1:51.6	And I knelt down in my prison cell that day and surrendered my life to Christ and through just absolute miracle and the legal system
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