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The 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