SOUTH ASIA: Never Heard the Name of Jesus

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🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Only 1.4% of people in Nepal are Christians. Hundreds of thousands of Nepali people live their entire lifetime without ever meeting anyone who follows Jesus. Hundreds of thousands of people in Sri Lanka (1.4% Christian), Bangladesh (0.4%), Bhutan (0.3%) and the Maldives (0.03%) also live and die without ever hearing the gospel message—or even the name of Jesus.

God broke the hearts of Tim and Dawn for the lost people of South Asia—and called them to go and live in the region as ambassadors for Christ. Listen as they share their backgrounds, how that call came and some of the challenges of adjusting to life and raising a family in South Asia.

Tim and Dawn will also share how they witness for Christ in the context of hostile and restricted nations where Christians are persecuted by speaking Biblical truth into peoples’ lives. Just as Jesus used parables to communicate spiritual truth, Tim and Dawn often share simple stories from the Bible, then invite their listeners to respond to the message of the story. Listen for the story of a Buddhist man responding to the story of Moses and the golden calf.

The tools Tim and Dawn are using to spread the gospel—hospitality, conversation, simple Bible stories—are available to listeners in free nations, too. Who in your life could you share Biblical truth with this week?

Pray for Tim and Dawn and their fellow gospel workers in South Asia.

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0:00.0	In the West, we encounter a good number of people who've heard something about Jesus,
0:05.0	but who have rejected Him in some way. Gospel work in South Asia is very different.
0:12.7	Tim helps us understand what it's like to be around people who have never heard anything
0:18.8	about the God of the Bible. Our workers encounter people who have never rejected Jesus.
0:24.6	They have never said no to Him. They've never refused our request to pray for them.
0:29.5	They simply have never heard the name of Jesus, and if they have heard that name,
0:35.2	they have a very flawed understanding of who Jesus is.
0:42.3	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world
0:48.0	would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of the
0:54.0	apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:59.1	Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on
1:04.6	the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is
1:09.3	Todd Netletons. We are in the studio today in Barlesville, Oklahoma, with two more of our one name
1:15.7	only guests. If you've listened for a long time, you know we often have people working in hostile
1:20.9	and restricted nations. We don't want to compromise their security, so we just use one name.
1:25.9	This week we have Tim and Don. They are serving in South Asia and have been for a number of years.
1:32.1	Tim and Don, welcome to Voice of the Martyrs Radio. Well, thank you. Yeah, thanks so much, Todd.
1:37.2	You guys started out in pastoral ministry here in the US, and at some point God picked you up and
1:44.0	transplanted you to South Asia. Talk to me about that process. How did you sense that calling?
1:49.6	Was that something you had always sensed? And you knew that was the goal? Or did he kind of change
1:53.4	your path? Just give me a little bit of background on how you ended up serving in South Asia.
1:58.5	Yeah, I think I'll let Don start. We normally let her share a little bit about weird from two very
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