This is the testimony of Esther, an Iranian lady who grew up as a Muslim under the Ayatollah's Islamic regime. Her story is a powerful one - of religious rituals and rules, of strict segregation, of being silent and unseen.

She had only 8 hours to flee the country at one point because of a particular threat of being reported to the government. Her husband got caught and imprisoned on that day.

In the UK, Esther began a journey to Jesus that involved visions, paintings, Scripture that came into her mind (though she had never seen a Bible) and a powerful dream.

This is an amazing story of freedom - in more ways than one.

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In this episode we meet Ron, who spent decades with his family living in South Asia with nomadic peoples - shepherds and goatherders who spend the winters on the plains and the summers up in the mountains. We'll hear about the many dangers that they face and the many tragedies they endure.

We also learn about how the nomadic life and mindset can teach us much about the various cultures and historical contexts of the Bible. In what sense are we, as the people of God, also nomadic? What is significant about the theme of 'tabernacle' throughout the Scriptures?

Ron mentions the help that one of John Piper's books was to him in his time of grief. You can download The Misery of Job & The Mercy of God for free here.

To learn more about nomads or working with nomads, do check out The Nomadic Peoples Network here. For the courses that Ron mentions in the episode, visit this site. And for Ron's podcast, Let Nomads Move You, visit your normal podcast platform or click this link.

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In this episode Matt hosts Dick Brogden, a missions leader with decades of experience of church planting amongst Muslims in various countries across Africa and the Middle East.

Topics include the power of indirection and compassion, the theology of suffering & survivor’s guilt, and effective global partnerships.

Questions Dick addresses include: What are some of the key factors that help workers stay long-term in difficult places? What is the difference between calling, assignment and role? How can we respond when Muslims publicly challenge or criticise our faith? How do Arab believers help Westerners to understand bible stories from a Middle-Eastern perspective?

Do check out Dick's books at: https://www.abidepublishers.com/shop

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In this episode Matt interviews Peter who spent years working in the Sahara desert amongst one of the most populous unreached Muslim people groups in the world, the Fulani.

It's an amazing story of dreams & discipleship, baptisms & betrayal, polygamy, malaria, imprisonment and death threats. But in spite of all the troubles, the church is born and begins to grow in remarkable ways.

Some of the books that Peter recommends are:

Glenn Schwartz, When Charity Destroys Dignity; Jean Johnson, We Are Not the Hero; Jonathan Bonk, The Realities of Money and Missions; and from a non faith-based perspective: Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts

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In this episode Matt interviews a Revival historian called Mathew Backholer about the connection between the great revivals of church history and global mission.

Enjoy a brief overview of several hundred years of missions history in which we talk about the Nestorians, the Moravians, the Welsh Revival, the martyrdom of Robert Jermaine Thomas in Korea and much more.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Mathew's book, Global Revival, Worldwide Outpourings can be found here.

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In this episode we meet a young ex-Muslim called Shahriq Khan, who grew up in New York to immigrant parents from Pakistan and India.

Shahriq in many ways embodied the American dream, the son of immigrants who achieved great success in education and business. But then he began to question the faith he had been raised in. And his searching led him to Jesus.

His story has not been without many trials, including rejection, criticism and pressure from his family and friends to come back to Islam, and a season of partying that led to a period of deep depression and hopelessness.

But the Lord’s kindness and grace has drawn him back into great community, where Shahriq testifies to a journey of healing and deliverance, growth and discipleship – and a huge heart to bring the gospel to Muslims and to teach others how to do so.

Do check out his Instagram page @realshahriqkhan

Or you can find him on Youtube @RealShahriqKhan

And for training resources and to join the underground community, visit this webpage.

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In this episode we meet Yasmeen, a lady from rural Switzerland who has spent more than twenty years in Africa.

You’ll hear about bold African evangelists forced to dig their own grave for preaching in a certain village, the beginnings of a movement to Christ in Darfur (in the midst of years of horrific violence and civil war), the smuggling of bibles in peanut sacks, and how Yasmeen’s husband was regularly interrogated by the police.

This is a powerful story of incarnational love, of unlikely friendships, of Muslims finding the truth about Jesus, of hope for hopeless refugees in Sudan.

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In this episode Matt & Mike do some myth-busting, challenging many of the half-truths and misunderstandings about mission in today's world.

Here are the 10 myths that they tackle:

1. There are churches all over the world. Our task is done.

2. There are too many needs around us.

3. Mission is everything we do. (Everyone is a missionary.)

4. We should just send money to local evangelists, who are more effective.

5. Mission is 'West to the Rest' (a neo-colonial endeavour).

6. Missionaries are super-spiritual - and I'm not.

7. Missionaries are super-gifted - and I'm not.

8. Missionaries receive a special call from God.

9. Missionaries have to give up their careers to go.

10. Missionaries live in mud huts.

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