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Growing Up with VOM 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
The following account comes from VOM’s Be-a-Voice Network member, Jessi S. For information about how you can be a part of the Be-a-Voice Network, visit http://www.be-a-voice.net. I first learned abou...
MOVING TOWARD MUSLIMS: Feeling Like a Project 23 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
Tears misted Basma’s eyes as she touched my arms and looked at me. “Beautiful. You are beautiful.” It was the look a proud mother would give her daughter. Basma had been a mother to me in many ways. ...
Caught Up in the Day-to-Day 22 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
A few weeks ago in our staff chapel service, the speaker reminded us again that “our work matters on behalf of the persecuted church.” When you work in a Christian organization, it’s easy to get caugh...
Reaching Tibet 21 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
In Lhasa, everywhere Buddhists are ceaselessly mumbling chants, rubbing prayer beads in calloused fingers and spinning prayer wheels. Imagine that you are called to be a missionary in China. Yo...
Young Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Becoming a Christian 20 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
Unless God intervenes, this young man will spend the next ten years in Iran's harshest prison. Christian convert from Islam Mohammad-Hadi Bordbar, known as Mostafa, was sentenced to ten years in pris...
Pressed on Every Side 19 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
It was Sunday, and the congregation of Grace Sonmin Church in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, had gathered for their weekly worship service. Even though their country was now free from oppressive Communist rule...
"I Felt Fire" 16 Aug 2013 | 11:16 pm
VOM Newsletter readers will recognize the face of Umar Mulinde from VOM's June newsletter. He has been threatened and burned with acid, yet he continues to follow Christ. That newsletter article was ...
Prison Time Just for Asking 15 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
How many non-Christians do you know who would be willing to go to prison just to ask a question about Jesus? A few weeks ago, I was meeting with a VOM-sponsored evangelist who lives and works in the ...
Rescued from Darkness 14 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
Have you ever heard a Christian say “I don’t really have a testimony”? I have. This especially seems to be a common saying among people who have grown up as Christians or in the church. I’m tired o....
"You Should Read Them" 13 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
Since the beginning of our ministry, VOM has encouraged Christians in the West to write letters of encouragement to prisoners. Over the years VOM has sent out lists of prisoners, pre-printed postcards...
