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It is illegal to bring a Bible into North Korea, and illegal to possess one inside the country. But VOM continues to find ways to get God\u2019s Word into the hands of North Koreans. Dr. Eric Foley, CEO of VOM Korea<\/a> in Seoul, says everything changes every day in North Korea, bringing new challenges and requiring new responses to continue bringing the gospel to desperate people in \u201cthe hermit kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to hear how persecuted Christians in North Korea practice biblical obedience in spite of a brutal regime that demands utter loyalty. How can Christians follow the first commandment, \u201cYou shall have no other gods before me,\u201d while living in a country that deifies members of the Kim family? Dr. Foley shares how, despite the consequences for even the slightest hint of Christian behavior, our brothers and sisters continue to boldly take risks and exercise wisdom to follow Christ inside North Korea.<\/p>\n

One way members of the persecuted church in the DPRK are encouraged and discipled is through VOM radio broadcasts sharing passages from the Bible or sermons delivered in the North Korean dialect. With five broadcast times throughout the day, Dr. Foley asks us to pray that the Lord would continue thwarting efforts of the North Korean government to jam these Christian radio broadcasts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Foley, author of These Are The Generations<\/em><\/a> (affiliate link), will also share his own story of persecution for spreading the gospel to North Korea. He reminds us that getting God\u2019s Word out, even just one copy<\/em>, is worth it.<\/p>\n

Pray for North Koran Christians to be faithful to Christ as they go about their daily lives in this restricted nation, and for more North Koreans to be able to read and listen to the Bible for themselves.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast<\/a> Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the VOM App<\/a> for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is illegal to bring a Bible into North Korea, and illegal to possess one inside the country. But VOM continues to find ways to get God\u2019s Word into the hands of North Koreans. Dr. Eric Foley, CEO of VOM Korea in Seoul, says everything changes every day in North Korea, bringing new challenges and requiring new responses to continue bringing the gospel to desperate people in \u201cthe hermit kingdom.\u201d Listen to hear how persecuted Christians in North Korea practice biblical obedience in spite of a brutal regime that demands utter loyalty. How can Christians follow the first commandment, \u201cYou shall have no other gods before me,\u201d while living in a country that deifies members of the Kim family? Dr. Foley shares how, despite the consequences for even the slightest hint of Christian behavior, our brothers and sisters continue to boldly take risks and exercise wisdom to follow Christ inside North Korea. One way members of the persecuted church in the DPRK are encouraged and discipled is through VOM radio broadcasts sharing passages from the Bible or sermons delivered in the North Korean dialect. With five broadcast times throughout the day, Dr. Foley asks us to pray that the Lord would continue thwarting efforts of the North Korean government to jam these Christian radio broadcasts.\u00a0 Dr. Foley, author of These Are The Generations (affiliate link), will also share his own story of persecution for spreading the gospel to North Korea. He reminds us that getting God\u2019s Word out, even just one copy, is worth it. Pray for North Koran Christians to be faithful to Christ as they go about their daily lives in this restricted nation, and for more North Koreans to be able to read and listen to the Bible for themselves. Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the VOM App for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nNORTH KOREA: Christianity Is Existential Threat to Kim Regime - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/north-korea-christianity-is-existential-threat-to-kim-regime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NORTH KOREA: Christianity Is Existential Threat to Kim Regime - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is illegal to bring a Bible into North Korea, and illegal to possess one inside the country. 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