MISSIONS: The Nations Are Here

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

“And he said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.’” – Luke 10:2

Nathan and Kari have served as gospel workers in South Asia through different seasons of life. Today they serve as leaders there with the International Mission Board (IMB). Listen as they share how they arrived on the mission field from two very different upbringings. Nathan grew up in a family with generations in missionary service. Kari didn’t find Jesus until her 20s—after exploring Hindu and Buddhist teachings and spirituality.

Nathan and Kari understand the great need in South Asia for gospel seed planting, harvest and discipleship. The IMB reports that every year there are an average of 106 people groups engaged with the gospel for the first time.

“The gospel fire is burning,” Nathan says, “and it’s not waiting for foreign workers but in the hands of locals.”

Nathan and Kari will share how they equip both Western gospel workers and local believers to focus on the missionary task. In South Asia, Christian persecution continues, at times propelled by government decrees (like anti-conversion laws in India) and at other times coming from close family members of the believer.

Listen as Nathan and Kari share advice to those who are pursuing missions as the Lord calls and how personal spiritual disciplines help sustain us in the tasks the Lord has for us. Pray God will provide more laborers into the unstoppable gospel wildfires around the world. Learn more about the Four Fields mission philosophy at Four Fields of Kingdom Growth.

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0:00.0	Our country is changing, and the nations are coming. They are here, and they are in, most likely
0:06.0	in your backyard, you can go and tell people the gospel right now. That one person that's sitting
0:13.4	next to me on the airplane or that one person that I met the other day, that one person,
0:18.3	their lives could be changed just like mine, and their family could
0:21.4	be reached.
0:24.2	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:27.2	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:30.7	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:33.9	Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:40.8	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
0:45.5	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network.
0:48.2	Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
0:50.3	My name is Todd Nettleton.
0:51.4	We are in the studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with another set of one-name guest. If you are a longtime Vyome Radio listener, you know. We often just use one name in order to protect the workers that we interview here on Voice of Martyrs Radio. This week, it is Nathan and Kerry. They help lead the International Mission board's work in South Asia. That includes,
1:12.9	I believe, eight different countries. Nathan and Kerry, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:18.1	Thank you, Todd. It's pleasure to be with you. Such a partner organization, we've had years of
1:23.0	history together. Well, it is great to have you here. And Nathan, I know your mission history. Mission kind of runs in your blood. And I can sort of identify with that. It runs in my blood as well. Talk a little bit about that and how your family's been involved for generations. But ultimately, you know, I'm reminded of the saying that God doesn't have grandchildren, and God called you to missions at some point.
1:46.8	How did that happen?
1:48.5	My mother was born on the mission field in North India as it happens.
1:52.7	Both of her parents were missionary kids as well.
1:55.8	So her grandparents were both missionaries.
1:58.5	That makes my kids, though, as Carrie and I go back to the field
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