A Global Harvest: Updates on Persecuted Christians in Syria, Nigeria, India and other Nations

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Miller, Vice President of International Ministry at The Voice of the Martyrs, joins VOM Radio this week to look back at some of God’s blessings he and his team experienced during 2024 and to look ahead at nations where VOM’s work may change or expand in 2025.

Listen as Aaron recounts a visit to meet Christian widows in Nigeria. These women endured losing their husbands in violent attacks, yet they gathered to worship together and even prayed boldly for their persecutors to come to know Christ.

He’ll also share the story of a God-ordained encounter with a persecuted pastor’s son in southeast Asia—and the sadness of an unmet need when that pastor was imprisoned.

Aaron also tells us of meeting with a martyr’s widow who still boldly goes out to minister each week in the same area where her husband was murdered.

Looking ahead to 2025, Aaron will advise listeners how to pray for Christians facing persecution in Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh and Syria. He’ll also tell how Christian persecution has changed in India, which led VOM to reclassify India as a restricted nation in the VOM Global Prayer Guide. Yet Indian Christians still boldly witness for Christ—even inside prison!

Finally, Aaron challenges listeners to continue to pay attention to the members of Christ’s body facing persecution in this new year—even though it can be painful to witness their suffering and loss. Aaron will suggest some specific ways to pray in these opening weeks of 2025.

The first day of the new year marked the launch of a new, daily podcast from VOM: Extreme Devotion is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet helps users pray daily for persecuted Christians throughout the year, as well as giving free access to e-books, audio books, video content and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

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0:00.0	Even before the regime change in Syria, Syrian Christians were returning into Syria and restarting their churches.
0:11.0	They were publicly worshipping. I mean, these are cities like Aleppo. People were crossing back in, and they did it.
0:20.1	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:23.6	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:26.6	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:29.6	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:32.6	and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:36.6	Join host Todd Nettleton
0:38.4	as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
0:43.6	Radio network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton. Happy New
0:48.9	Year. Welcome to 2025. We have kind of had a tradition here on Voice of Martyrs Radio. And now that we're more
0:56.9	than 10 years old, we can talk about traditions here on VOM radio. One of those is we start out the
1:03.5	year with an interview with one of our leaders, the leader of our international work. And we really
1:09.7	kind of do two things. So we try to look
1:11.8	backwards at the previous year and say, hey, what did God do? What were some places where maybe
1:17.7	things changed or something is different now? And then we try to look forward as well and say,
1:23.5	okay, what are the things we should be praying for? What are the things we should be aware of
1:27.5	as we enter into this new year walking in fellowship with our persecuted brothers and sisters
1:32.8	around the world? So I am very pleased to welcome back to the studio, Aaron Miller. He is the vice
1:38.7	president of international ministries here at The Voice of the Martyrs. He has been our guest
1:43.7	several times before.
1:45.3	Aaron, welcome back to VOM Radio. Todd, thank you so much. I'm excited to be with you.
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