TRAINING LEADERS: Building Resiliency To Face Christian Persecution
About this episode
Dr. Joe Handley and Janelle Stoops discuss the importance of training leaders to face Christian persecution and share their experiences in ministry.
It started as an English-teaching ministry in Japan in 1967. Today A3 is raising up church leaders in 25 countries; leaders equipped and unified to accelerate gospel movements around the world, including numerous hostile areas and restricted nations where The Voice of the Martyrs works with persecuted Christians. Dr. Joe Handley, CEO of A3, and Janelle Stoops, U.S. President for the ministry, join VOM Radio to share how A3 was founded and how it serves the global church by meeting one of the biggest needs: trained leaders. Relatively new to A3, Janelle will share her background as a gospel worker seeing God establish his church among Muslims in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. She also got a personal taste of Christian persecution as she and her family were expelled from the country they'd grown to love. She wrestled with having to leave the place they felt called to, but ultimately accepted that "God was working here before we got here, and even when we leave He is still going to be at work." Joe and Janelle will share challenges they face in ministry, how they work under the radar in places where Christian teaching is not welcome and how A3 provides resiliency training to leaders in…
People in this episode
Host: VOM Radio
Guests: Dr. Joe Handley, Janelle Stoops
Topics covered
- Christian persecution
- leadership training
- gospel movements
- resiliency
- global church
- fellowship
- ministry challenges
Keywords
- Christian leaders
- persecuted Christians
- A3 ministry
- gospel workers
- resiliency training
- church leaders
- Christian fellowship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: A3, The Voice of the Martyrs
Books & works: In the Shadow of the Cross
Places: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Japan
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- EAST AFRICA: Intimacy with Christ Prepares Christians for Persecution
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: "I think God calls us to be faithful."
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