CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION: What’s Different About Christians Who Endure?

Описание: Do we really believe that to live is Christ, and to die is gain?

After serving for more than a decade as a gospel worker and church planter in Asia, Brother Kevin asks all believers to consider whether we actually live as if we believe these words from Philippians 1:21. He says that of ten people who come to faith in Christ in the area where he works, nine recant when the pressure of persecution rises. Yet seeing the joyful endurance of the one who remains faithful is a great source of encouragement to him.

Kevin will share how the Lord called him to serve unreached people groups in Asia, and explain what a new believer is likely to face when they come to Christ in a Buddhist and animistic culture, where persecution usually begins at the family or village level.

Because of fear-based animistic practices and the communal culture, the entire community feels like they are at risk when a member of their community becomes a Christian. Kevin has walked with friends who’ve been put in prison or kicked out of their villages. Some are living in tents because they refused to recant their commitment to Christ. Yet they meet these hardships with joy, responding in faith and perseverance to their persecution.

Kevin will discuss how individualistic worldviews in Western nations like the United States compare to the collective Asian culture, and how believers show the unity within Christ’s body as they rely on each other when part of the body is hurting.

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00:00 - Animism vs. Christianity: Blood, Fear, and Grace
00:31 - Voice of the Martyrs Radio Introduction
01:00 - Kevin’s Call to Missions in Asia
03:09 - Life and Ministry in a Closed Country
05:04 - Why Converts Face Persecution in Asia
10:52 - Stories of Persecuted Believers
16:02 - The Greatest Needs of the Asian Church
20:13 - How VOM Supports Persecuted Families
22:28 - Living Out “To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain”