# What can we learn from Africa’s growing church amid trial and persecution? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878/what-can-we-learn-from-africa-s-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878/what-can-we-learn-from-africa-s-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution.md Podcast: [Faith & Clarity - Biblical Perspectives and Biblical Wisdom on News & Cultural Issues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878) Published: 2025-11-12T11:00:36+00:00 Episode link: https://www.denisonforum.org/current-events/global/what-can-we-learn-from-africas-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution/ Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/15db9022-6d3d-4cc5-89ed-d9a756f20584/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878/episodes/what-can-we-learn-from-africa-s-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution Duration seconds: 2853 ## Resource In this episode of Faith & Clarity , host Mark Turman sits down with Dr. Louis Blom, president of Judea Harvest, for an inspiring conversation about how God is moving across the continent of Africa. Dr. Blom shares his remarkable journey of faith—from growing up under apartheid in South Africa to leading a movement that has planted thousands of churches and trained countless pastors and evangelists. Through creative ministry tools, such as tent churches and solar-powered audio Bibles, Judea Harvest is helping to bring the gospel to some of the most remote and unreached communities in the world. Together, Mark and Louis reflect on the spiritual landscape of Africa, where persecution and poverty often meet profound revival and resilience. They explore how digital innovation, local leadership, and global collaboration are shaping the future of evangelism—and what the Western church can learn from Africa’s deep faith and dependence on God. It’s a conversation that reminds us that the Great Commission is still unfolding today, and that God’s Spirit is powerfully at work in every corner of the world. Topics (0:00): Welcome to the Faith & Clarity podcast (01:04): Introducing Dr. Louis Blom and Judea Harvest (03:03): Dr. Blom's journey to faith (06:49): Experiencing apartheid in South Africa (14:47): The Great Commission and global evangelism (21:55): Understanding Africa's spiritual landscape (24:58): Persecution and conflict in Nigeria and Mozambique (26:37): Economic and religious motivations behind conflicts (29:20): Spiritual landscape and revival in Africa (33:10): Judea Harvest's church planting strategies (36:21): Innovative tools for ministry in West Africa (41:32): Future plans and how to support Judea Harvest Resources Ask Us Anything: info@denisonforum.org… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878/episodes/what-can-we-learn-from-africa-s-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-clarity-biblical-perspectives-and-biblical-wisdom-on-news-cultural-issues-4688878/what-can-we-learn-from-africa-s-growing-church-amid-trial-and-persecution.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.