{"id":4688,"date":"2023-10-14T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/south-asia-lord-build-your-church-here\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:09:03","slug":"south-asia-lord-build-your-church-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/south-asia-lord-build-your-church-here\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH ASIA: Lord, Build Your Church Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and Kimberly, gospel workers in South Asia, join VOM Radio again this week to share more about how the Lord is working in remote villages of South Asia. Struck by the boldness of local believers, Ben and Kimberly see the fearlessness persecuted Christians there have in preaching the gospel. The threat of jail doesn\u2019t stop them from preaching; they will preach in jail if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>With the rise of anti-conversion laws in South Asia, in many places it is illegal for people to change their religion or to lead others to change their faith. Yet Christians there continue to evangelize and reach people for Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Ben and Kimberly will share how persecution is part of the DNA of believers there, and how they are equipping locals with training and discipleship tools. They will also share a story of how God opened one of the darkest villages in this region\u2014a place that had been completely closed to the gospel. Listen to how God planted a church in that village\u2014on the very spot where Christians had prayed God would build His church.<\/p>\n<p>Ben and Kimberly love sharing what the Lord did in that village. Kim says, \u201cit\u2019s incredibly exciting to see fruit like that.\u201d But they also remind us that even though we may not see immediate fruit we must keep being faithful; God is working whether we see it or not.<\/p>\n<p>Pray for Christians in South Asian nations like India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh to stand firm and find their identity in Christ, Pray for Ben and Kimberly to receive wisdom from the Lord as they continue in ministry. <a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/south-asia-i-shouldnt-be-alive-i-shouldnt-be-free\"> Listen to part one<\/a> of Ben and Kim\u2019s story to learn more about how they started in overseas missions!<\/p>\n<p>Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! <a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/subscribe\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a>. Or listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the <a href= \"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/app\/?_source_code=VOMRadio\">new VOM App<\/a> for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/south-asia-lord-build-your-church-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and Kimberly, gospel workers in South Asia, join VOM Radio again this week to share more about how the Lord is working in remote villages of South Asia. Struck by the boldness of local believers, Ben and Kimberly see the fearlessness persecuted Christians there have in preaching the gospel. The threat of jail doesn\u2019t stop them from preaching; they will preach in jail if necessary. With the rise of anti-conversion laws in South Asia, in many places it is illegal for people to change their religion or to lead others to change their faith. Yet Christians there continue to evangelize and reach people for Christ. Ben and Kimberly will share how persecution is part of the DNA of believers there, and how they are equipping locals with training and discipleship tools. They will also share a story of how God opened one of the darkest villages in this region\u2014a place that had been completely closed to the gospel. Listen to how God planted a church in that village\u2014on the very spot where Christians had prayed God would build His church. Ben and Kimberly love sharing what the Lord did in that village. Kim says, \u201cit\u2019s incredibly exciting to see fruit like that.\u201d But they also remind us that even though we may not see immediate fruit we must keep being faithful; God is working whether we see it or not. Pray for Christians in South Asian nations like India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh to stand firm and find their identity in Christ, Pray for Ben and Kimberly to receive wisdom from the Lord as they continue in ministry.  Listen to part one of Ben and Kim\u2019s story to learn more about how they started in overseas missions! Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast. Or listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the new 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-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SOUTH ASIA: Lord, Build Your Church Here - 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\/south-asia-lord-build-your-church-here\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOUTH ASIA: Lord, Build Your Church Here - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ben and Kimberly, gospel workers in South Asia, join VOM Radio again this week to share more about how the Lord is working in remote villages of South Asia. 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