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Christian Radio in Turkey
I
know it sounds unbelievable. Yet, it is true. At a time where
Christianity is subtly persecuted in various so called…..
“Christian countries”; At a time where the government of a
“Christian” nation as Greece shuts down radio stations that spread
the gospel, and other countries as France and USA do not hesitate to
take to the court those that speak about Christ in the schools, the
Lord shows that His work does not stop. The prayer that is and was
offered for unreached nations as Turkey, yea gives fruit.
I
was very pleasantly surprised when one day as I was working on the
page of the magazine, I found the link to a Turkish Christian radio
station, that broadcasts from Istanbul to all the area through the FM
band and to all the world through the Internet! My eyes and ears
couldn’t believe it, till I visited the station’s page. This is: http://www.gnmmujde.com/.
But it is not only the station that broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week to Istanbul and the suburbs (a potential audience of about
30-35 million people according to the station). Mustafa and Canet Efe
have extended their work to many other Christian activities. As their
page on the Internet says:
“Mujde Yayincilik
(Good News Publishing) is the one and only independent Christian
publishing institution in Turkey which was established with local
capital. Mujde Yayincilik has been working with many other Christian
organizations of the world. Mujde Yayincilik, entered through the
doors which the Lord had opened and began to work in many unique
projects. We have established the first official evangelistic FM radio
station, the first official evangelistic Bible correspondence course
and the first official evangelistic ministry group. We had the
privilege to offer the New Testament to the Turkish president and to
government ministers. We are working on publishing 20 million
scripture portions which will be distributed by the government. We
have released the first Jesus movie and audio cassette in Kurdish and
we are helping the ICI University with official theological training
in Turkey. Soon we hope to further serve the Christian Community by
providing Web based Christian Television Broadcasts. We are determined
to carry on with such projects under the guidance of the Lord.”
The
above are nearly unbelievable, but that’s how it is with the
miracles of the Lord: they look unbelievable, and the above are really
miracles. Miracles that show that the prayer and the effort to reach
this country of over 60,000,000 people were not without fruit. As I
visited the page I also understood how it happened and last year
someone from Istanbul had asked me to send him a Turkish New
Testament. I was wondering then, how he heard the word. But as it
seems God has a strong light in this big city. God hears every prayer
and may He raise up more people like Mustafa and his wife both in
Turkey and in other parts of the earth; Christian servants that will
not hesitate to present the true message of the gospel to their fellow
men. I would like to encourage you to send a word of support to our
brother at the following email address: gnmmujde@gnmmujde.com
Tassos Kioulachoglou