The run-up to Christmas 2024 is the time when the radio series Voice and Hands with Reach Beyond goes out.
In the most recent episodes, we’ve heard about recycling projects working with refugees in Athens, hope and dignity for people fleeing civil war and persecution in Southeast Asia, and the rise of social media ministries by Christian pastors in India.
That’s all been part of episodes five to seven of the series. You can listen again to each one here: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/
In episode five we were in Southern Europe – on the shores of the Aegean Sea – in Greece, where a unique recycling project for the homeless is underway. It’s a scheme called Trash-2-Treasure that grinds up discarded plastic bottles and other rubbish – but with a message of the hope of salvation from the HANDS of Jesus:
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/
In episode six the focus was on Southeast Asia, where we heard how Reach Beyond is helping young trafficked Rohingya women who’ve been traumatised multiple times – by family death, and by persecution – and sometimes by being told by family members that they’re cursed. We heard how missionaries can share the salvation of Jesus and lift those curses.
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/
And in episode seven, we heard from India, about a new initiative that shares the voice of Jesus with both Christians and non-Christians – through technology. A WhatsApp group that started just a few years ago with less than a hundred members, now has 75-thousand followers across the continent – and posts daily devotionals in five languages. The Pastor – a Reach Beyond partner – says social media can have immediate impact…
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/
I’m Martin Cooper, and together with Colin Lowther we’ve been tracing the history and heritage of Reach Beyond. https://reachbeyond.org.uk/.
The health and community action has developed more recently; but the radio ministry began almost 100 years ago in a wooden shed in Ecuador.
It blossomed into a worldwide service via shortwave that provided programmes in 26 major languages – including Russian, Japanese, and Portuguese as well as 22 indigenous dialects of Latin America.
Today they serve through FM radio, online, and in social media apps. That was the key topic in episode one of our radio series. You can listen again here: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/
Voice and Hands with Reach Beyond continues through to the end of December. It’s live every Saturday evening at 8 o’clock, repeated on Sunday at 8 in the morning. You can hear it on TWR-UK on this link: https://www.twr.org.uk/show/Voice-and-Hands/ And there’s full details of the Christian missionary charity, Reach Beyond, here: https://reachbeyond.org.uk/
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It’s amazing how they try to help refugees. God help them.
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