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Children develop attitudes and opinions about the Bible from an early age. Awana<\/a> has been discipling children for more than 70 years. Today Awana is active in more than 130 countries\u2014including places where Christian persecution is common\u2014helping 5.6 million children to know Jesus as Savior, belong to a church that supports them and become all that God wants them to be. Steve Cohoon is a leader at Awana. Listen this week as he shares how their discipleship program may look different in India, Pakistan or the Middle East than it looks at an American church. He\u2019ll also discuss the focus on leader development, raising up future leaders who will teach more kids about Christ.<\/p>\n

Steve will share how Awana finds local volunteers and gives curriculum and training to these leaders to equip them to go and train up others. He also will tell how God opens doors for Awana workers to reach children who aren\u2019t growing up in Christian homes\u2014Hindus and Muslims and those of other faiths.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to see every child everywhere reached and discipled for the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d It takes only one willing person to start an AWANA program.<\/p>\n

Listen as Steve shares testimonies from Awana alumni and more about how their program is adapted for use in other countries, including being welcomed into public schools in Africa.<\/p>\n

Pray for the work of Awana, especially inside hostile and restricted nations. Pray God would allow continued ministry in underground church situations, training leaders and seeing the gospel flourish.<\/p>\n

June 29 marks\u00a0<\/span>Day of the Christian Martyr<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, when Christians around the world honor a persecuted Christian who laid down their life for the cause of Christ. This year\u2019s resources from The Voice of the Martyrs\u2014including a short<\/span> video<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u2014focus on the story of Abdiwelli Ahmed, an ethnic Somali former Muslim gunned down in northern Kenya in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the video<\/span><\/a><\/span> about Abdiwelli\u2019s faith and ministry and access\u00a0<\/span>all the resources for this year\u2019s Day of the Christian Martyr<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to bless your church, small group or family with his inspiring example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio!\u00a0<\/span>Subscribe to the podcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily reminders to pray for persecuted Christians\u2014in the\u00a0<\/span>VOM App\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>for your smartphone or tablet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Children develop attitudes and opinions about the Bible from an early age. Awana has been discipling children for more than 70 years. Today Awana is active in more than 130 countries\u2014including places where Christian persecution is common\u2014helping 5.6 million children to know Jesus as Savior, belong to a church that supports them and become all that God wants them to be. Steve Cohoon is a leader at Awana. Listen this week as he shares how their discipleship program may look different in India, Pakistan or the Middle East than it looks at an American church. He\u2019ll also discuss the focus on leader development, raising up future leaders who will teach more kids about Christ. Steve will share how Awana finds local volunteers and gives curriculum and training to these leaders to equip them to go and train up others. He also will tell how God opens doors for Awana workers to reach children who aren\u2019t growing up in Christian homes\u2014Hindus and Muslims and those of other faiths. \u201cOur goal is to see every child everywhere reached and discipled for the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d It takes only one willing person to start an AWANA program. Listen as Steve shares testimonies from Awana alumni and more about how their program is adapted for use in other countries, including being welcomed into public schools in Africa. Pray for the work of Awana, especially inside hostile and restricted nations. Pray God would allow continued ministry in underground church situations, training leaders and seeing the gospel flourish. June 29 marks\u00a0Day of the Christian Martyr, when Christians around the world honor a persecuted Christian who laid down their life for the cause of Christ. This year\u2019s resources from The Voice of the Martyrs\u2014including a short video\u2014focus on the story of Abdiwelli Ahmed, an ethnic Somali former Muslim gunned down in northern Kenya in 2013. Watch the video about Abdiwelli\u2019s faith and ministry and access\u00a0all the resources for this year\u2019s Day of the Christian Martyr\u00a0to bless your church, small group or family with his inspiring example. Never miss an episode of VOM Radio!\u00a0Subscribe to the podcast.\u00a0Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily reminders to pray for persecuted Christians\u2014in the\u00a0VOM App\u00a0for 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-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nAWANA: Reaching Kids for Christ Across the World - 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\/awana-reaching-kids-for-christ-across-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AWANA: Reaching Kids for Christ Across the World - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Children develop attitudes and opinions about the Bible from an early age. 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