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The Back to Jerusalem Podcast
by Back To Jerusalem
Many mistake the idea of Back to Jerusalem as a movement of the Chinese church to evangelize Jerusalem. However, Back to Jerusalem is the goal of the Chinese church to evangelize the unreached peoples from eastern provinces of China, westwards towards Jerusalem. Our organization partners with the church of China to not only evangelize the religiously oppressed areas of Asia, but to also train and send Chinese missionaries into the unreached regions of the globe. This podcast is a publication of the 501(c)(3) organization Back To Jerusalem and chronicles our experiences from the field.
Episodes
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Episode 818: Is Kim Jong Un Dead?
BTJ has been working inside North Korea for years, and this year the team reached a major milestone: a Bible distribution center set up inside the country. With rumors swirling about Kim Jong Un’s health, BTJ keeps getting the same question: what is really happening on the ground? In this…
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Episode 817: Persecuted Church Conference Recap & End Times Deep Dive
Eugene Bach reports from the U.S. at the start of his October coast-to-coast tour, fresh from the Voice of the Persecuted gathering held in the heart of Oxford University – 500 years after William Tyndale completed the first printed English Bible in 1526, a work he paid for with his life. At...
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Episode 816: China's New Bible Translation
Eugene Bach delivers an update from inside southern China on a story Back to Jerusalem has been tracking for years: the Chinese Communist Party's project to produce its own translation of the Bible.
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Episode 815: North Korea's Hidden Flood Disaster
While the world has heard about flooding in Nepal and southern Tibet, a separate and possibly more devastating flood hit North Korea at the beginning of this month, destroying roads, bridges, railways, and thousands of homes. Eugene explains the two reasons this disaster has stayed hidden from…
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Episode 814: Hackers in Brazil
In Brazil, BTJ joins a Christian hackers conference focused on using technology for missions. Hackers attending the conference work on solutions for moving funds to missionaries, getting Bibles into closed countries, and using AI, software, and other skills to help spread the Gospel.
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Episode 813: The Tale of Two Jesuses
What if there were two Jesuses to choose from? Eugene explores the story of Pastor Jing Dianying and the Jesus Family in China, revealing how Jing was forced to choose between a kingdom built through force and one built through love, sacrifice, and faith. He connects this choice to the surprising...
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Episode 812: Climate change reveals the real China crisis
Eugene examines how China’s 2017 restrictions on NGOs drove most foreign organizations out of the country. He argues that the loss of these organizations, many of them Christian, has left China with fewer resources to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian needs, while persecution of...
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Episode 811: The Inconvenient Truth About Data Centers
Artificial intelligence is rapidly shaping how information is shared, but who decides what is true? Eugene Bach examines AI bias, the growing race to control data centers, and why Back to Jerusalem is investing in secure digital infrastructure to protect Scripture, missionary resources, and the...
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Episode 810: The Overlooked Women of the BTJ Vision
Four newly discovered Chinese biographies changed everything Eugene thought he knew about the Back to Jerusalem vision. In this episode, he uncovers a remarkable pattern hidden throughout its history: the overlooked influence of courageous women whose faith helped shape one of China's most…
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Episode 809: Your Place in God's Legacy
In today’s Back to Jerusalem podcast, Eugene shares why legacy matters for missions and how the Chinese church is carrying the faith of our fathers across the 10/40 window. From growing up without a father to discovering a spiritual family that stretches from Adam and Abraham to modern Chinese...
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Episode 808: BREAKING - Pastor Ezra Jin Released From Chinese Prison
BREAKING UPDATE: Pastor Ezra Jin, founder of Beijing's Zion Church, has been released from prison in China and reunited with his family in Los Angeles, arriving on July 3, just before America's 250th Independence Day celebration. Eugene shares the full story.
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Episode 807: What The Pope Got Wrong About the Tower of Babel
Eugene Bach reports from Germany, reflecting on Pope Leo's recent comparison of AI to the Tower of Babel. Eugene digs into Genesis 11 and offers a mission field perspective the pope didn't mention: that Babel's true failure was resisting God's first command to go forth, multiply, and scatter…
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Episode 806: Missionaries in War
Eugene Bach reports live from Dubai after days with underground house church leaders from across the Middle East. He connects a 100 year prayer movement started by persecuted Moravian believers under Count Zinzendorf to the missionaries God is raising up from China today. Many of these workers…
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Episode 805: Exclusive Report from Veteran Chinese Missionaries
Eugene Bach reports from a secret meeting on an island in Asia where veteran Chinese missionaries gathered to form their first-ever Chinese-led mission board. These leaders, some with 20+ years on the field, outlined four strategic priorities: multiplying small independent mission groups…
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Episode 804: I'm Confused About Iran
Iran appears increasingly isolated, yet missiles and drones keep flowing. A new China–Iran railway through Central Asia may help explain why. Drawing on years of travel in the region, Eugene examines the corridor, its geopolitical implications, and what it could mean for the future of the Middle...
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Episode 803: Trump Goes to China
When President Trump and his entourage — including Elon Musk and Tim Cook — traveled to Beijing, they left behind something they NEVER part with: their phones, laptops, and iPads. Most people missed what that really means. Back to Jerusalem missionaries have been warning about China's aggressive...
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Episode 802: Now is the Time to Visit China
Eugene is experiencing things that haven't been possible in China for as long as he can remember. No visas, no VPNs, easier than ever to travel in and around China... but are these things good?
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Episode 801: Racist Jesus
Was Jesus racist? A Buddhist professor and a progressive California pastor both claimed this passage in Mark 7 proves Jesus only cared about Jews. Eugene unpacks the story of the Syrophoenician woman through a lens he learned sitting with China's underground house church, revealing layers in the...
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Episode 800: Death Row Miracle with Shagufta Kausar
Shagufta Kausar spent 8 years in a Pakistani death row cell for blasphemy—beaten, isolated, and offered freedom if she'd deny Jesus. Instead, she prayed for her enemies, saw visions of Christ, survived prison earthquakes, and watched God turn guards into friends who begged for her prayers. Her…
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Episode 799: The Modern Day Slave Trade
Joseph joins Eugene on the podcast to discuss the horrors of the modern-day slave trade happening right now inside of Pakistan. You will be shocked by the number of people who are experiencing this nightmare.
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Episode 798: Tucker Carlson said Muslims Love Jesus, Is He Right?
Something has been bothering Eugene today, so he had to do a quick podcast to share something with you. Not only does he think that Tucker Carlson's recent comments are wrong, they are dangerous.
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Episode 797: Revelations From the Mission Field
Mac joins Eugene to discuss starting businesses on the mission field and his journey from restaurant owner to training missionaries in food-based enterprise. Is it possible for missionaries to become fully self-sustaining and never need donations from Western churches?
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Episode 796: Two Types of Secret Churches
Eugene wanted to share insights from recent conversations with underground house church pastors in China. They revealed many disturbing things, including widespread misinformation aimed at downplaying the persecution occurring there.
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Episode 795: Prophecy Unfolding in Iran
Eugene wanted to take a moment to share something that he believes is crystal clear in the Bible and may relate to what we're seeing in Iran today. The similarities and symbolism of this Biblical prophecy and what we're seeing in the news today was too overwhelming not to share.
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Episode 794: URGENT Update from Iran
This is the audio from a recent livestream. As you have been seeing on the news, the situation in Iran is extremely dire. Eugene has been working in Iran for more than 20 years but he has never received more messages from Christians inside of Iran than right now. Here's the latest.
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Episode 793: Update on Zion House Church
Just shortly before recording this podcast, Eugene was able to sit down with one of the pastors that was able to escape from being arrested when the Chinese police raided meetings of the Zion House Church. He shares an update with the latest known information on those who were arrested in October...
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Episode 792: Quick Update From Korea
Before boarding a flight in Korea, Eugene has some very exciting news to share with you. Baptisms in Afghanistan, doors opening in North Korea, and more.
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Episode 791: The Ayatollah is Dead
The world is not going to be the same after today. What we have just witnessed is not only the killing of a leader, president, or military leader, but the death of the highest religious leader of Shia Islam. What does this mean for the Church in Iran?
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Episode 790: 2026 Business As Missions Conference
Doing business inside of closed countries is one of the best, most practical ways of preaching the Gospel. We'd love for you to join us at our next Business as Missions conference in the Middle East. Chinese missionaries who are starting and operating businesses inside of places like Saudi…
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Episode 789: Bibles Needed in China
Eugene just met with an underground house church pastor who shared something urgent: Bibles are being confiscated in raids across China and the need has never been more desperate. BTJ is pushing to get 200,000 Bibles into China this year and just three US dollars gets one Bible into the hands of…
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Episode 788: The 10-Year Anniversary of the BTJ POD
It's the 10-year anniversary of the Back to Jerusalem Podcast and Eugene is recording it the same way he's recorded every other episode... alone, on his phone, mid-hike, somewhere inside the borders of..... Eugene reflects on a decade of sharing from the underground church, the critics who called...
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Episode 787: Why the Free Palestine movement is silent on Iran
Eugene discusses the unfolding crisis in Iran, where hundreds are dying in their fight for freedom from the Islamic regime. Yet, many of the same voices that cried “Free Palestine” are now silent. In this episode, Eugene reveals three powerful reasons behind that silence. You won't hear these...
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Episode 786: Why Candace Owens is Wrong
In this episode, Eugene examines Candace Owens' recent defense of China's crackdown on Pastor Ezra Jin and the Zion underground house church. She echoes CCP claims of CIA and Mossad infiltration through Christianity. Discover the reality of religious persecution in China and why unregistered...
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Episode 785: The Truth About the Attacks in Australia
There has been wall-to-wall coverage on the deadly shooting in Australia that took place during the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah by the Sea. In this podcast, Eugene hopes to reveal why we are seeing attacks like this and why it is part of a broader pattern that Christians and Jews cannot afford to...
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Episode 784: Christmas in Nigeria
Everything you're hearing in the news about Nigeria is wrong. Christians in Nigeria are suffering. There is an ongoing genocide and the support for this violence runs deep. Eugene shares the latest.
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Episode 783: North Korea Bible Smuggling
Eugene Bach shares rare insights into North Korea’s underground church and urgent Bible needs. Drawing from 25+ years in China, he tells stories of faith, persecution, and hope—revealing how believers thrive through Back to Jerusalem’s Gatekeepers program.
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Episode 782: 30 Christians Arrested in China - Help Needed
Last week, Chinese police ramped up their persecution against Christians when they conducted dawn raids on churches in several provinces, cutting power, breaking down doors, and arresting believers including 30 pastors and leaders in a house church network known as Zion House Church.
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Episode 781: Rising Fear of Persecution in Europe
Eugene shares how, in the last 10 years, the UK has experienced a massive social and spiritual shift. As the Muslim population rises in some areas, several churches in the UK have chosen not to host BTJ speakers who’ve faced persecution in Muslim nations, fearing that their own churches could...
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Episode 780: BTJ Martyr Scholarship
Eugene shares the story of a friend’s daughter who is applying for the BTJ Martyr Scholarship Fund; a fund created to help children of missionaries who have suffered for their faith. He also reflects on the painful reality many children face when their parents’ decisions to follow Christ bring...
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Episode 779: Assassination of Truth
Eugene delivers a powerful message from within China's borders following the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk. Drawing from 25+ years of mission experience across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Eugene reveals the spiritual warfare behind attacks on free speech and truth-tellers.
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Episode 778: The BTJ VPN
China may face plenty of criticism, but one thing they do well is controlling information and monitoring the internet. After years of trying the world's leading VPNs, nothing could penetrate the "great firewall" inside of China, until our incredible BTJ Hackers created their own VPN... and it...
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Episode 777: A New Generation
Eugene has spoken at universities across the world, and he believes there’s something unique about the new generation God is raising up. In this episode, he shares the story of a 19-year-old preparing to head to the mission field. The question is: is he ready?
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Episode 776: Will US/China Trade Save the Chinese Economy?
After spending the summer in China, Eugene offers a firsthand look at what’s happening on the ground as the U.S. and China work through trade negotiations—an issue he believes could shape the world more than any other right now.
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Episode 775: Using Business for Missions
Eugene challenges the old model of missions funding and shows how business can open new doors for missionaries to continue sharing the gospel.
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Episode 774: Jesus in North Korea
Join Eugene as he shares powerful, never-before-told stories from inside North Korea in this special mountain-top podcast recording. After decades of working with the underground church and smuggling Bibles into the Hermit Kingdom, Eugene reveals the incredible truth: Jesus never left North Korea.
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Episode 773: Middle East Update with Myles Weiss
Myles and Eugene from Back to Jerusalem return with another free-range conversation exploring the gospel in closed countries, touching on topics like the Body of Messiah in Iran, Chinese missionaries in the Muslim world, the future of Gaza, Israel’s military strategy, and the intersection of the...
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Episode 772: Rapture is Racist, According to CNN
Believing in Biblical prophecy and End Times as it relates to the war between Israel and Iran might make you a racist, or at least that is the idea one walks away from when reading CNN’s latest article entitled “Prophecy, not politics, may also shape America’s clash with Iran.”
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Episode 771: Iran
Eugene Bach reveals the untold spiritual story behind Iran's current crisis and why millions are turning to Christ despite persecution. Discover the real battle happening in Iran right now.
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Episode 770: Missions Have Changed Forever
There has been a massive–and seemingly permanent–shift in international missions. Eugene is seeing unprecedented scrutiny related to funds being used for missions... and it's not only in the most restrictive closed countries that you may be thinking of.
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Episode 769: How Did The Chinese Church Grow So Big?
Eugene is often asked this simple question, "how did the church in China grow so big?" In a country full of persecution and crackdown on practicing Christianity, how are thousands of Chinese being saved every single day?
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Many mistake the idea of Back to Jerusalem as a movement of the Chinese church to evangelize Jerusalem. However, Back to Jerusalem is the goal of the Chinese church to evangelize the unreached peoples from eastern provinces of China, westwards towards Jerusalem. Our organization partners with the church of China to not only evangelize the religiously oppressed areas of Asia, but to also train and send Chinese missionaries into the unreached regions of the globe. This podcast is a publication of the 501(c)(3) organization Back To Jerusalem and chronicles our experiences from the field.
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