Stories of Hope from a World in Crisis - Stories of Hope from a World in Crisis
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In America, we often downplay or ignore the harsh reality of Christian brothers and sisters being persecuted for their faith worldwide. But in this program, we will bring you powerful, firsthand accounts from front-line pastors. Discover how, even amidst adversity, God is working in extraordinary ways to strengthen and grow His church globally.
Main Points Key Themes & TakeawaysThe Reality of Pastoral Challenges:
- Many pastors face immense difficulties, including persecution, loneliness, and lack of resources.
- Despite these hardships, they are faithfully shepherding their congregations and witnessing God’s work.
- Underground churches thrive under persecution.
- Digital discipleship has been a powerful tool for evangelism and connection in the Arab world, offering anonymity for seekers.
- Over 120 conversions in one year through digital outreach alone.
- Training and discipleship programs are restoring hope among pastors displaced by terrorism.
- Over 80,000 pastors trained face-to-face in 2024, impacting millions of congregants.
- In Puerto Rico, pastors are rebuilding their communities and churches after devastating hurricanes.
- The A.R.T. of Survival training has equipped leaders to persevere and disciple others through crisis.
- Pastors demonstrate unwavering faith in the face of personal loss and persecution.
- The A.R.T. of Survival training has reached over 16,000 pastors, empowering them to minister effectively despite trials.
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Our eyes have been focused on the Middle East for months now. Tragedy, difficulty, bombs, wars. |
| 0:08.2 | Well, today, we're going to look at the Middle East in a way that you've never seen it. |
| 0:12.2 | You're going to hear stories where God in the midst of all the pain is doing miraculous things. |
| 0:17.7 | You don't want to miss it. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are a discipleship-driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like Christians. |
| 0:32.6 | And for today's broadcast, we're doing something a little different. |
| 0:35.6 | Many of you may not know this, but Living on the edge is dedicated to supporting pastors all around the world by providing them with |
| 0:42.7 | biblical resources and training to help them grow spiritually and care for their churches. So in just |
| 0:48.3 | a minute, Chip and Andrew Acardi, who leads our international team, will share some unbelievable |
| 0:53.5 | stories about how God is moving in places like the Middle East and Africa. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, there's a lot to get to, so here's Chip to dive right into this meaningful program. |
| 1:03.4 | Well, everywhere in the world that I travel, two things are true, Andrew. One, it's very hard to be a pastor. |
| 1:10.1 | They've been called by God for a very specific |
| 1:12.4 | purpose to take care of the flock of God. And the demands are super high. Most have never been formally |
| 1:19.6 | trained. Most are living in difficult situations. Persecutions in many parts of the world, |
| 1:25.3 | they're not imaginary. I mean, they're very real, they're daily, they're difficult. |
| 1:29.3 | Well, you pile on loneliness, discouragement. |
| 1:32.3 | Pastors are human, and it's tough. |
| 1:34.3 | The second thing is, here's what's equally true. |
| 1:37.3 | God is working all around the world and the lives through pastors. |
| 1:41.3 | Satan's disinformation campaign is to discourage us, to make us think that God |
| 1:45.5 | has checked out. Well, let me tell you, he's showing up in small and some really, really big |
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