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David Paul fell in love with Muslims as a college student visiting Turkey (now T\u00fcrkiye) to share the gospel. After getting married, he and his wife thought they\u2019d go where Muslims are \u2014 the Middle East. God changed their plans, reminding them that millions of Muslims live in South Asia, yet very few mission workers go there. They knew God was calling them, and without ever visiting, they moved to South Asia more than a decade ago. Their focus is on reaching Urdu speaking Muslims with the gospel message.<\/p>\n

Listen as David shares difficulties from those early years of ministry and how we can encourage and pray for missionaries to push forward through their early challenges to reach maximum fruitfulness. Today David\u2019s challenges are different; one is the great need to develop more Muslim background believers (MBBs) to be leaders in the Urdu church.<\/p>\n

Listen to David tell stories of Urdu speaking Muslims who have come to faith in Christ and how different understandings of Islam can affect how much Christian persecution believers face for leaving Islam. David is also training Hindu background believers to reach their Muslim neighbors.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I encourage a believer to go into the face of persecution, I lose a lot of sleep.\u201d David says, \u201cIt\u2019s not an easy calling to ask people to do that.\u201d Yet, Davd knows it\u2019s what Jesus would do.<\/p>\n

Pray for Urdu speaking believers\u2014especially those facing persecution right now\u2014and for God to raise up Christian leaders and mentors among them.<\/p>\n

Register now to join VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton, and be a part of the I-Am-N Virtual Event, coming up March 8. You may also want to talk to your pastor or other church leaders about hosting this powerful event at your church. More details and free registration at www.IamNevent.com<\/a><\/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":"

David Paul fell in love with Muslims as a college student visiting Turkey (now T\u00fcrkiye) to share the gospel. After getting married, he and his wife thought they\u2019d go where Muslims are \u2014 the Middle East. God changed their plans, reminding them that millions of Muslims live in South Asia, yet very few mission workers go there. They knew God was calling them, and without ever visiting, they moved to South Asia more than a decade ago. Their focus is on reaching Urdu speaking Muslims with the gospel message. Listen as David shares difficulties from those early years of ministry and how we can encourage and pray for missionaries to push forward through their early challenges to reach maximum fruitfulness. Today David\u2019s challenges are different; one is the great need to develop more Muslim background believers (MBBs) to be leaders in the Urdu church. Listen to David tell stories of Urdu speaking Muslims who have come to faith in Christ and how different understandings of Islam can affect how much Christian persecution believers face for leaving Islam. David is also training Hindu background believers to reach their Muslim neighbors. \u201cEvery time I encourage a believer to go into the face of persecution, I lose a lot of sleep.\u201d David says, \u201cIt\u2019s not an easy calling to ask people to do that.\u201d Yet, Davd knows it\u2019s what Jesus would do. Pray for Urdu speaking believers\u2014especially those facing persecution right now\u2014and for God to raise up Christian leaders and mentors among them. Register now to join VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton, and be a part of the I-Am-N Virtual Event, coming up March 8. You may also want to talk to your pastor or other church leaders about hosting this powerful event at your church. More details and free registration at www.IamNevent.com 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-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nSOUTH ASIA: \u201cIt\u2019s Not an Easy Calling\u201d - 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-its-not-an-easy-calling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOUTH ASIA: \u201cIt\u2019s Not an Easy Calling\u201d - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Paul fell in love with Muslims as a college student visiting Turkey (now T\u00fcrkiye) to share the gospel. 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