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“How do you do North Korean ministry?”

This tops the list of Voice of the Martyr’s Korea’s Frequently Asked Questions every time. The answer? We don’t.

Our goal is to aid the existing church inside of North Korea—not establish our own. The Bibles we provide were translated by the North Korean government. The discipleship materials we give were, in part, translated by North Korean defectors. The instructors we train up are all North Korean defectors.

That’s right. We train North Korean defectors to do North Korean ministry.

Each one of these defectors is well-aware of the suffering of their brothers and sisters; a suffering which they, themselves, have experienced. They have tried everything in an effort to relieve their family’s suffering. They have sent wealth, culture, and even escape routes, but none of these things relieves the darkness they see around them. In the words of one defector: “When I was in North Korea, I thought that if people were well-fed, they would have peace of mind. But in South Korea, I found that this was not true.”

Many North Korean defectors are searching for a solution to their family’s suffering.

They are finding this answer in the person of Jesus Christ.

In our Underground Technology and Underground University classes, North Korean defectors learn more about Christianity and how to implement the peace that Christ preached of—even in the darkest of circumstances. They visit other defectors in hospitals, in prison, and even in countries all across Asia.

In our classes, North Korean defectors learn how to finally bring light to the darkness they sought to eliminate.

This week, we would like to share with you a moment from our most recent graduation. Join in listening to Pastor Foley’s address and in praying for the graduates who are continuing to minister faithfully to their own people:

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Persecution Isn’t Just For Spiritual Giants

What do a Columbian widow, a Syrian refugee, a Nigerian orphan, and you have in common?

Listen to VOM Canada’s Greg Musselman to find out:

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What Is the Cross?

What is the cross?

According to our good friend, Dictionary.com, the cross is “a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times … upon which Jesus died,” but we know there’s more to the cross, don’t we?

We know that following Jesus requires taking up something more than an “upright and transverse piece,” but can we go on to describe what this “something more” is?

“Often, Christians will over-spiritualize the cross,” VOM speaker and In the Shadow of the Cross instructor, Greg Musselman explains. “The cross was actually a very gritty and deeply disturbing reality.”

When Jesus died on the cross, he was subjected to death as a traitor—yet Jesus knew no sin. Though Jesus had betrayed no man or state, he experienced suffering more agonizing than the worst traitor.

It is into this suffering that Jesus calls us to follow him.

As Christians, we should not be shocked when we experience suffering for the sake of Christ. Suffering and persecuted are promised to us by scripture. Voluntary suffering is essential to being a Christian. Through it, God accomplishes something that can’t be learned any other way.

Many Christians grimace at this thought.

We would much rather be presented scriptures like James 4:2; scriptures like Matthew 16:24-26 make us feel uncomfortable. (which is why we over-spiritualize them). This is why, as Greg Musselman says, “many Christians want Jesus, but they don’t want the cross.”

But Christ himself chose to climb onto the cross; we, as his servants, cannot insist he remove himself—or us—from it.

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