April/May 2018 Listening World

Inside this issue Power in Persecution A New Era for Latin America New in your Listening Guide Prayer Matters

www.twr.org.uk From the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Russell Farnworth.

TWR’s International President, Lauren Libby, was recently asked “Is radio still relevant in today’s world?” As you might expect, he responded, “Yes, it is! In fact, it is more relevant than ever!” 90% of adults listen to the radio each week in the UK! And, around the world, radio continues to be an effective and impactful tool for mission. Lauren went on to make some interesting points which I thought I would share with you: Radio is inexpensive and accessible. Radio is a free source of encouragement and content. The internet can be disconnected in a country; however, radio waves can reach people beyond political or digital borders. Radio influences listeners! The audio nature of the medium helps explain its power to influence the listener. Radio can set a cultural agenda in which people are encouraged with spiritual programming. Radio reaches people in their own heart languages. Trust is engendered as people listen in their own languages, thereby increasing the impact of programming. And you don’t need to be able to read, thus bypassing literacy levels. It is a very versatile communication tool for proclaiming the good news of Jesus. Radio is well-situated to communicate spiritual truth on both a personal level and a community level. In many countries where TWR ministers, home churches have been formed based on radio programming. Radio is positioned for the future! New technology will enable radio to transmit not only audio but also written materials and even short videos directly into a village context without the internet. Radio is versatile, inexpensive, easily accessible and understandable. A great tool to reach masses of people with the hope that only Jesus brings! Thank you for partnering with TWR.

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2 Power in Persecution

Samir hated the Christian student, Zachariah, Persecution , a radio programme produced who sat next to him so much that he led his through the extensive contacts of TWR in friends to ambush the boy and beat him nearly collaboration with national partners ERF Medien to death. of Germany and TWR Czech. The primary purposes of the 15-minute episodes are: to Zachariah never came back to that school in enable persecuted believers to share their Sudan, but Samir eventually met other believers, testimonies as encouragement for others in accepted Christ and became a pastor. As a similar circumstances; to make non-persecuted result, his family declared him dead and he was believers aware of the trials faced by their arrested multiple times. brothers and sisters; and to promote concern and prayer for each other. Years later, though, he attended a conference where he told another pastor about the Featured are the stories of people like Samir; persecution he had inflicted as a youth. The like Alberto, a seminary student who was sent pastor began to cry. It was Zachariah, and he had to a labour camp after the Cuban revolution been praying for Samir for 25 years! and today serves as TWR’s representative there; and like Vladimir Lavrinenko, who was “I was able to understand why I became a told that Christians behind the Christian,” Samir said. “Not because I was smart should be imprisoned separately because they and not because there was anything special in tend to lead fellow inmates to Christ. But me, but because of this guy. I persecuted him; he there are also specialists like Nik and Ruth was praying for me.” Ripken, Thomas Schirrmacher, and Rupert Shortt who analyse the big picture of Samir’s story is one of dozens told in Power in persecution in the world today.

3 www.twr.org.uk Power in Persecution has been broadcast in Arabic and today is being aired on AM in a local language of Central Asia, where Christians are few and face widespread hostility. Brother Andrew van der Bijl, well-known as “God’s smuggler,” was interviewed for the programme and emphasised a sobering but heartening lesson.

“With persecution, there comes great blessing and growth of the church in ways that would be totally impossible without it,” Brother Andrew said.

Most of us take radio for granted, listening casually. But for Christians in many parts of the world, radio is a vital though dangerous source of ultimate truth, friendly encouragement and welcome advice.

That’s the case for Mahdi, who listens to TWR programmes like Power in Persecution in Yemen, ranked on the World Watch List as having extreme persecution of Christians.

“Your programme helps me like a baby starting to walk,” Mahdi wrote to TWR’s Arabic Ministries. “...You were the reason I am now saved! Pray for Yemen, please, and for the bad times we are going through. Pray for my faith and for my safety because if anyone knows about [my faith] I could be killed.”

“The programmes give them the will to continue and tell them their lives are not falling apart but falling into place, with the Lord working in their hearts and minds for his glory!" said TWR’s Arabic Ministries leader, whose name is withheld for security reasons. “We believe the Lord will turn ashes to beauty.”

4 Effective from 1 April 2018 Listening Guide

Broadcasting in the UK: Nationally on Sky Guide 0138, Freesat 790 and Freeview HD 733

Sunday on TWR TWR TWR INSPIRE Midnight to 6am 6am to 12noon Eddie Bridle hosts inspirational Bible teaching to edify you in your faith and prepare you for the week ahead. 00.00 Max McLean reads the Bible - 6.00 Every Last Word with Philip Ryken pure and simple! 6.25 The Road to Reallity 5.45 Rendezvous with Dick Saunders 6.50 Search for Truth 7.05 In Touch Weekend with Charles Stanley 7.30 IFL Weekend with Chuck Swindoll 8.00 Living a Legacy with Dr. Crawford Loritts 8.30 Moody Presents 9.00 IFL Weekend with Terry Boyle 9.30 Renewing You Mind with R. C. Sproul 9.56 Sound Words with Derek French 10.10 Treasured Truth Weekend with James Ford Jr. 10.35 Let My People Think with Ravi Zacharias 11.00 Steve Brown Etc.

TWR LIFE TWR FOCUS 12noon to 6pm 6pm to Midnight Join Dave Piper for programmes with encouragement James Maidment-Fullard guides you through and challenge for the whole family! programmes that help you gain a Christian understanding of the world around you - including news and current 12.00 Building Relationships affairs from our Manchester studios. 1.00 Viewpoint with Jim Lyon 1.30 Commission 6.00 Word Alive from GNBA 1.45 A Visit with Mrs G 6.28 Works with Berni Dymet 2.00 Paws and Tales 6.55 TWR Wavelength 2.30 Treasure Chest 7.00 Turning Points 2.35 Adventures in Odyssey 7.30 Faith and Business 3.00 HomeWord Weekend 8.00 NewsDesk 4.00 Truth for Life Weekend 10.00 The Exchange 4.25 Unlocking the Bible 10.30 Beyond the Poverty Line 4.50 Riches of Grace 11.00 The Political Exchange 5.20 First Person 11.30 NewsDesk Lite 5.45 Stories of Great Christians 11.45 The Olive Tree

5 www.twr.org.uk Monday to Fr TWR BIBLE TWR TALK Midnight to 6am 6am to 12noon Start your day with inspirational programmes to encourage you in serving God wherever he has placed you.

00.00 Max McLean reads the Bible - 6.00 Back to the Bible with Ron Moore pure and simple! 6.23 A Different Perspective with 5:45 Rendezvous with Dick Saunders Berni Dymet 6.33 Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll 7.03 Renewing Your Mind with R. C. Sproul 7.29 Making Your Life Count hosted by Steve Douglass 7.30 In Touch with Charles Stanley 7.55 Unlocking the Bible with Colin Smith 8.20 Bible Focus with Good News Broadcasters 8.30 Turning Point with David Jeremiah 8.56 Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers 9.19 Key Life with Steve Brown 9.33 Telling the Truth with the Briscoes 10.00 Today’s News Review from our Manchester Studios 10.14 Character Focus with Morris Hull 10.17 Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee 10.45 Focal Point with Mike Fabarez 11.10 Know the Truth with Philip De Courcy 11.35 Truth for Life with Alistair Begg

6 Broadcasting in the UK: on Sky Guide 0138, Freesat 790 and Freeview HD 733 online at twr.org.uk via the TWR-UK smartphone & tablet app facebook.com/TransWorldRadioUK twitter.comTWRuk riday on TWR TWR WORD TWR CHOICE 12noon to 6pm 6pm to Midnight James Maidment-Fullard hosts a selection of TWR favourites to help you in your programmes committed to applying the eternal daily walk with God. truths of Scripture to your everyday life.

12.00 News from our Manchester Studios 6.00 Back to the Bible with Ron Moore 12.23 A Different Perspective with 6.23 A Different Perspective with Berni Dymet Berni Dymet 12.33 Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll 6.33 Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll 1.03 Renewing Your Mind with R. C. Sproul 7.03 Renewing Your Mind with R. C. Sproul 1.29 Making Your Life Count hosted by 7.29 Making Your Life Count hosted by Steve Douglass Steve Douglass 1.30 In Touch with Charles Stanley 7.30 In Touch with Charles Stanley 1.55 Unlocking the Bible with Colin Smith 7.55 Unlocking the Bible with Colin Smith 2.20 Bible Focus with Good News 8.20 Bible Focus with Good News Broadcasters Broadcasters 2.30 Turning Point with David Jeremiah 8.30 Turning Point with David Jeremiah 2.56 Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers 8.56 Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers 3.19 Key Life with Steve Brown 9.19 Key Life with Steve Brown 3.33 Telling the Truth with the Briscoes 9.33 Telling the Truth with the Briscoes 4.00 Discover the Word hosted by 10.00 The Front Page from our Manchester Mart De Haan Studios 4.14 Character Focus with Morris Hull 10.14 Character Focus with Morris Hull 4.17 Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee 10.17 Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee 4.45 Focal Point with Mike Fabarez 10.45 Focal Point with Mike Fabarez 5.10 Know the Truth with Philip De Courcy 11.10 Know the Truth with Philip De Courcy 5.35 Truth for Life with Alistair Begg 11.35 Truth for Life with Alistair Begg

7 www.twr.org.uk Saturday on TWR TWR BIBLE TWR FOCUS Midnight to 6am 6am to 12noon James Maidment-Fullard guides you through programmes that help you gain a Christian understanding of the world around you - including news and current affairs from our Manchester studios.

00.00 Max McLean reads the Bible - 6.00 Word Alive pure and simple! 6.28 Christianity Works with Berni Dymet 5.45 Rendezvous with Dick Saunders 6.55 TWR Wavelength 7.00 Turning Points 7.30 Faith and Business 8.00 NewsDesk 10.00 The Exchange 10.30 Beyond the Poverty Line 11.00 The Political Exchange 11.30 NewsDesk Lite 11.45 The Olive Tree

TWR LIFE TWR INSPIRE 12noon to 6pm 6pm to Midnight Join Dave Piper for programmes with encouragement Eddie Bridle hosts inspirational Bible teaching to edify and challenge for the whole family! you in your faith and prepare you for the week ahead.

12.00 HomeWord Weekend 6.00 Every Last Word 1.00 Adventures in Odyssey 6.25 The Road to Reality 1.25 Treasure Chest 6.50 Search for Truth 1.30 Paws & Tales 7.05 In Touch Weekend 2.00 A Visit with Mrs G 7.30 IFL Weekend with Chuck Swindoll 2.15 Commission 8.00 The Front Page Omnibus 2.30 Viewpoint 9.00 IFL Weekend with Terry Boyle 3.00 Building Relationships 9.30 Renewing Your Mind Weekend 4.00 First Person 9.56 Sound Words 4.25 Stories of Great Christians 10.10 Treasured Truth Weekend 4.40 Riches of Grace 10.35 Let My People Think 5.10 Truth for Life Weekend 11.00 Steve Brown Etc 5.35 Unlocking the Bible Weekend

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8 New In Your Listening Guide

TWR-UK: Leading from doubt to decision to discipleship . In the Listening Guide you will find new programmes to strengthen you in your walk with the Lord: equipping you for work, encouraging you to take your place in church history and enabling you to love your neighbour.

Beyond the Poverty Line Faith and Business

In Beyond the Poverty In Faith and Business Lin e, Dave Piper is James Maidment- joined by Christians Fullard looks at Against Poverty as some of the issues he uncovers how faced by Christians the church can be in the arena of equipped to tackle business. You will the poverty found take a look at the on its doorstep. You’ll hear testimonies from theology of work, meet Christians currently people who have been lifted out of poverty, involved in business and get to hear about the discussion and analysis of poverty in the UK lives of well-known Christian entrepreneurs. and be challenged as to how you can get Saturdays 7.30 am or Sundays 7.30pm involved to make a difference. Saturdays 10.30am or Sundays 10.30pm Turning Points

Sometimes church The Front Page history – even world history – In The Front Page our hinges on a single news team take you moment and a single through the biggest person. In Turning story of the day in Points Eddie Bridle depth through introduces you to discussion, analysis some key people from church history, looking and interviews with at what they did, what impact they had at the special guests. Then at time and the legacy they left behind. You will the weekends, in The Front Page Omnibus , the go on a tour of 2000 years of history and be team will take you back over the week’s assured that, although the times may change, stories and discuss what developments have the Word of God does not, and will always be occurred since the team first reported on it. enough for his people until the Lord Jesus comes again. Monday to Friday 10pm Omnibus: Saturday 8pm Saturdays 7am or Sundays 7pm

9 www.twr.org.uk Because You Cared: A New Era for Latin America

Since 1964, TWR has been broadcasting Gospel staff, board members, supporters and invited programmes from Bonaire, but in recent years, guests on the island to celebrate the launching appeals for a stronger radio signal have grown of a 450,000-watt transmitter. When the louder from across the region. Listeners on the transmitter was switched on, the potential edges or outside the existing broadcast audience for Gospel broadcasts to places like footprint have received an inconsistent TWR , Venezuela and Brazil doubled to 100 signal or nothing at all. million. The new signal goes by the name of Shine 800 AM. A Cuban listener recently wrote, “Two months ago, we moved, and in our new house, we cannot Bernard Oosterhoff, station director of TWR hear you – the signal arrives very poorly. We Bonaire, said, “This week we welcome over 50 regret the move because of this inconvenience. guests from around the world and many local Do you know if the signal will be improved this guests to dedicate the new transmitter to the year?” Lord. A project of nearly five years has come to an end. God provided all the skilled people and In Venezuela many local radio stations that means to buy and install the new transmitter, carried TWR programming have been closed by and we praise him for that.” the government, making good coverage from Bonaire especially critical. As for the effectiveness of the newly upgraded transmitter: the day after the station launched, And so it is with great delight that we can TWR Cuba Director Alberto Gonzalez – now announce that on Tuesday 30 January 2018 a able to listen to TWR from his Havana office – new era dawned in Latin America when the received 40 emails from listeners across Cuba, most powerful radio station in the Western finally able to clearly hear the broadcasts. Hemisphere was inaugurated on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean. Praise the Lord for the expanded signal from Bonaire, and for the supporters in the UK and TWR President Lauren Libby joined ministry around the world who made it possible.

10 Remembering Dick Saunders and Billy Graham Two of TWR-UK’s most loved Bible teachers Billy Graham was quoted as saying, in an have passed away this year: Dick Saunders in adaptation of the words of DL Moody, “Someday January at the age of 87 and, in February, Billy you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Graham at the age of 99. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed Both men had been part of TWR-UK’s schedule my address. I will have gone into the presence since the earliest days, and their ministries have of God.” had an immeasurable impact on our listeners in the intervening decades. Along with years of You will doubtless join us in thanking God for faithful Bible teaching, Dick and Billy proclaimed the many fruitful years of ministry these men the Gospel through their lives lived in faithful gave in service of their Lord and Saviour, Jesus obedience to Christ. Christ. We also remember in our prayers the families of the two men, particularly Betty Some years ago, Dick confided, “I’m not asking Saunders, Dick’s wife of over 60 years. the Lord to give me a long life [but] I would love to be a gracious old man for people to come to and glean from my years of experience.” Since the news of Dick’s death was announced, we have been deluged with very touching comments from listeners who benefitted from his ministry, which show how faithfully God answered that prayer. Fire at TWR Global HQ In late December a fire broke out at TWR’s Global Headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Smoke damage affected the whole building, and the area nearest the fire sustained structural damage. By God’s grace no one was injured, the ministry has continued without a break and supporters have already contributed the vast majority of the funds to cover the costs not met by the insurance. The repair work is expected to take until around August, until when the Spanish and Women of Hope teams are in alternative work accommodation, including in what used to be the dining room.

You can read more about Dick Saunders’ life and work, and keep up to date with the latest from Cary by going to our website: www.twr.org.uk

11 www.twr.org.uk Prayer Matters TWR-UK During April and May we invite you to join us in praying for TWR’s ministry in the UK and (at the weekends) around the world.

PRAYER DIARY

Please pray for the production team, that they would have MONDAYS wisdom and creativity in bringing the Word to the World.

Please pray for the office staff and their essential contributions to the ministry. TUESDAYS Please pray especially for those who speak with listeners that they would have clarity and grace in all their conversations.

Please join us in praying for our listeners , WEDNESDAYS especially those who are isolated or housebound. Please pray that the Word would be powerful and effective in their lives.

Please pray for the technical team who ensure that THURSDAYS the programmes make it to broadcast. Please pray that they would know God’s power in their daily tasks. k u . o c . n

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