TURKEY: Pray as Brunson Trial Begins

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🗓️ 13 April 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On Monday, April 16, American pastor Andrew Brunson will begin his trial in a Turkish court room. He’s charged with espionage and terrorism, and a guilty verdict could carry a 35 year prison sentence. Andrew and Norine Brunson have served the people of Turkey for 23 years. This week on VOM Radio, their daughter Jacqueline shares about her dad’s arrest and how he’s doing as he awaits the opening of the trial. Jacqueline and her siblings were raised in Turkey and consider it home. Listen as she shares about her parents’ love for the Turkish people and culture, and how the family has seen God’s sovereign hand at work, even in the midst of this challenging ordeal. Finally, Jacqueline will give us specific ways to pray for Andrew, Norine and others involved as the trial begins Monday, and how we can pray for the wider Body of Christ in Turkey. Please share this conversation with other Christian friends to encourage them to pray as Andrew’s trial begins on Monday.

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0:00.0	Jacqueline grew up as the daughter of an American pastor serving a church in Turkey.
0:07.0	One day her parents came home with some pretty dramatic news.
0:12.0	I remember that my parents came home and informed me that there was a
0:17.4	man who had come to our church and had pulled a gun out and almost killed my
0:21.4	dad that day. That was pretty scary for me as a kid to hear.
0:26.0	I think that my parents response was very, very forgiving though,
0:30.0	and to choose to stay in Turkey despite that risk,
0:33.0	despite what had just happened,
0:34.9	really showed their dedication to serving the ward there.
0:39.9	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:43.2	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:46.7	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:49.6	Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today
0:54.1	in the lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as
0:58.1	we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the
1:02.4	Voice of the Martyrs Radio
1:03.4	network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd
1:07.5	Nettleton and some of you are tuning in to hear the second half of our
1:11.8	testimony from Hamid from Iran. We are going to break in and not
1:17.2	talk to Hamid this week. He will be back next week to finish telling his story of coming to faith in Iran and the reason that we're
1:24.7	breaking in to that is a very special guest and a very timely guest. Our
1:30.8	guest this week is Jacqueline Fernari.
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