{"id":5494,"date":"2025-12-20T20:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/moving-moments-of-2025-part-1\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:09:03","slug":"moving-moments-of-2025-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/moving-moments-of-2025-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVING MOMENTS OF 2025 &#8211; PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we begin looking back on some of the most moving moments shared on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio in 2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Hope &#038; Nagy have been called by God to live in some very difficult places. They were serving Him in Libya when civil war broke out; they stayed and thrived under the Lord&#8217;s protection. Then they heard the Lord call them to a new and equally-challenging land.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Jerry Mattix has been banned twice from entering T\u00fcrkiye, once in 2013 and again earlier this year. Jerry knows God is able to do His work among Turkish people without him in the country.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Nathan and Kari were raised differently, yet the Lord called them to Himself, and to missions, together. In South Asia, they are seeing the gospel on fire, not waiting for foreign missionaries but moving forward through the gospel fervor of national Christians.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->John Samara knows the high cost of serving Christ in a place like Syria. He grew up there and continues to serve persecuted Christians in the Middle East and North Africa through <a href=\"https:\/\/ananiashouse.org\/\">Ananias House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Eric Mock, from <a href= \"http:\/\/www.SGA.org\">Slavic Gospel Association<\/a>, shares how war between Russia and Ukraine has actually accelerated SGA&#8217;s ministry as they provide aid and share the gospel with hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Teaching students in the UK and around the world, Dr. Michael Reeves has a passion for strengthening the faith of persecuted Christians in hostile and restricted nations. He served as a missionary on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Ty Scott, leader of VOM&#8217;s work in east and southern Africa, shares about Christians living in a country that has never been discussed on VOM Radio until this year \u2014 Comoros. He also shared how VOM handles Bible distribution in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Author of the book, <em>Inside Afghanistan<\/em>, John Weaver, shares what it looks like to be a Christian in Afghanistan today. Believers must carefully plant gospel seeds and seek out people of peace.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style= \"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Abraham &#038; Sara minister to Muslim refugees in the Middle East who are open to the gospel. They see the hunger to know Jesus, and the Lord is revealing Himself to these refugees through dreams, visions, and the love of Christ, as seen in the example of Abraham, Sara, and their team.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After hearing these brief excerpts, you&#8217;ll want to listen to the entire conversations with these guests from 2025. Click on the links below to listen at <a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/subscribe\"><strong>VOMRADIO.net<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or listen in the\u00a0<a href= \"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/app\/\"><strong>VOM APP<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/hopeandnagy\">Hope &#038; Nagy, gospel workers to Libya and the Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/turkiye-foreign-christians-being-forced-out\">Jerry Mattix, long-time aid ministry worker and pastor in T\u00fcrkiye<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/missions-the-nations-are-here\">Nathan &#038; Kari, gospel workers in South Asia with the International Mission Board (IMB)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/syria-whats-happening-with-christians-under-new-regime\">John Samara, Founder and Executive Director of Ananias House<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/russiaukraine-the-war-accelerated-our-ministry\">Eric Mock, the Senior Vice President of the Slavic Gospel Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/deep-knowledge-of-god-helps-christians-endure-persecution\">Dr. Michael Reeves, President of Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/africa-bibles-partnerships-and-equipping-the-next-generation-for-gospel-work\">Ty Scott, VOM&#8217;s Regional Leader for East and Southern Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style= \"text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/afghanistan-afghan-christians-sow-spiritual-seeds-through-gospel-conversations\">John Weaver, long-time gospel worker in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\"> <span style= \"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"> <span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style= \"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/abrahamandsara\">Abraham &#038; Sara serve refugees at a church in a Middle Eastern country<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We thank the Lord for allowing VOM Radio to encourage and challenge listeners all over the world this year. Thank <em>you<\/em> for faithfully listening and praying for our persecuted family in restricted nations and hostile areas around the world!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear from you!\u00a0<a href= \"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/feedback\"><strong>Let us know<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0what conversation in 2025 most inspired your faith or equipped you to pray. You can also\u00a0<a href= \"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/vomradio\/donate\/\"><strong>give online<\/strong><\/a> to support persecuted Christians through the work of The Voice of the Martyrs.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, we&#8217;ll have Part II of our look back to the most moving moments of 2025 on VOM Radio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vomradio.net\/episodes\/detail\/moving-moments-of-2025-part-1\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we begin looking back on some of the most moving moments shared on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio in 2025:    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hope &amp; Nagy have been called by God to live in some very difficult places. They were serving Him in Libya when civil war broke out; they stayed and thrived under the Lord&#8217;s protection. Then they heard the Lord call them to a new and equally-challenging land.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jerry Mattix has been banned twice from entering T\u00fcrkiye, once in 2013 and again earlier this year. Jerry knows God is able to do His work among Turkish people without him in the country.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nathan and Kari were raised differently, yet the Lord called them to Himself, and to missions, together. In South Asia, they are seeing the gospel on fire, not waiting for foreign missionaries but moving forward through the gospel fervor of national Christians.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Samara knows the high cost of serving Christ in a place like Syria. He grew up there and continues to serve persecuted Christians in the Middle East and North Africa through Ananias House.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Mock, from Slavic Gospel Association, shares how war between Russia and Ukraine has actually accelerated SGA&#8217;s ministry as they provide aid and share the gospel with hundreds of thousands of people.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Teaching students in the UK and around the world, Dr. Michael Reeves has a passion for strengthening the faith of persecuted Christians in hostile and restricted nations. He served as a missionary on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ty Scott, leader of VOM&#8217;s work in east and southern Africa, shares about Christians living in a country that has never been discussed on VOM Radio until this year \u2014 Comoros. He also shared how VOM handles Bible distribution in Africa.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Author of the book, Inside Afghanistan, John Weaver, shares what it looks like to be a Christian in Afghanistan today. Believers must carefully plant gospel seeds and seek out people of peace.    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Abraham &amp; Sara minister to Muslim refugees in the Middle East who are open to the gospel. They see the hunger to know Jesus, and the Lord is revealing Himself to these refugees through dreams, visions, and the love of Christ, as seen in the example of Abraham, Sara, and their team.   After hearing these brief excerpts, you&#8217;ll want to listen to the entire conversations with these guests from 2025. Click on the links below to listen at VOMRADIO.net\u00a0or listen in the\u00a0VOM APP.   \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hope &amp; Nagy, gospel workers to Libya and the Middle East  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jerry Mattix, long-time aid ministry worker and pastor in T\u00fcrkiye  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nathan &amp; Kari, gospel workers in South Asia with the International Mission Board (IMB)  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Samara, Founder and Executive Director of Ananias House  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Mock, the Senior Vice President of the Slavic Gospel Association  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dr. Michael Reeves, President of Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ty Scott, VOM&#8217;s Regional Leader for East and Southern Africa  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Weaver, long-time gospel worker in Afghanistan   \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Abraham &amp; Sara serve refugees at a church in a Middle Eastern country  We thank the Lord for allowing VOM Radio to encourage and challenge listeners all over the world this year. Thank you for faithfully listening and praying for our persecuted family in restricted nations and hostile areas around the world! We&#8217;d love to hear from you!\u00a0Let us know\u00a0what conversation in 2025 most inspired your faith or equipped you to pray. You can also\u00a0give online to support persecuted Christians through the work of The Voice of the Martyrs. Next week, we&#8217;ll have Part II of our look back to the most moving moments of 2025 on VOM Radio.<\/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-5494","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>MOVING MOMENTS OF 2025 - PART 1 - 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\/moving-moments-of-2025-part-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MOVING MOMENTS OF 2025 - PART 1 - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week, we begin looking back on some of the most moving moments shared on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio in 2025:  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hope &amp; Nagy have been called by God to live in some very difficult places. They were serving Him in Libya when civil war broke out; they stayed and thrived under the Lord&#039;s protection. Then they heard the Lord call them to a new and equally-challenging land.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jerry Mattix has been banned twice from entering T\u00fcrkiye, once in 2013 and again earlier this year. Jerry knows God is able to do His work among Turkish people without him in the country.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nathan and Kari were raised differently, yet the Lord called them to Himself, and to missions, together. In South Asia, they are seeing the gospel on fire, not waiting for foreign missionaries but moving forward through the gospel fervor of national Christians.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Samara knows the high cost of serving Christ in a place like Syria. He grew up there and continues to serve persecuted Christians in the Middle East and North Africa through Ananias House.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Mock, from Slavic Gospel Association, shares how war between Russia and Ukraine has actually accelerated SGA&#039;s ministry as they provide aid and share the gospel with hundreds of thousands of people.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Teaching students in the UK and around the world, Dr. Michael Reeves has a passion for strengthening the faith of persecuted Christians in hostile and restricted nations. He served as a missionary on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ty Scott, leader of VOM&#039;s work in east and southern Africa, shares about Christians living in a country that has never been discussed on VOM Radio until this year \u2014 Comoros. He also shared how VOM handles Bible distribution in Africa.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Author of the book, Inside Afghanistan, John Weaver, shares what it looks like to be a Christian in Afghanistan today. Believers must carefully plant gospel seeds and seek out people of peace.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Abraham &amp; Sara minister to Muslim refugees in the Middle East who are open to the gospel. They see the hunger to know Jesus, and the Lord is revealing Himself to these refugees through dreams, visions, and the love of Christ, as seen in the example of Abraham, Sara, and their team.  After hearing these brief excerpts, you&#039;ll want to listen to the entire conversations with these guests from 2025. Click on the links below to listen at VOMRADIO.net\u00a0or listen in the\u00a0VOM APP.  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hope &amp; Nagy, gospel workers to Libya and the Middle East \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jerry Mattix, long-time aid ministry worker and pastor in T\u00fcrkiye \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nathan &amp; Kari, gospel workers in South Asia with the International Mission Board (IMB) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Samara, Founder and Executive Director of Ananias House \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Mock, the Senior Vice President of the Slavic Gospel Association \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dr. Michael Reeves, President of Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ty Scott, VOM&#039;s Regional Leader for East and Southern Africa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Weaver, long-time gospel worker in Afghanistan  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Abraham &amp; Sara serve refugees at a church in a Middle Eastern country We thank the Lord for allowing VOM Radio to encourage and challenge listeners all over the world this year. 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