He announced that mass religious conversion to Christianity is "happening right before our eyes.
All of them told me that Iranians back home are disillusioned with Islam and are on a desperate search for spiritual reality. "Back home in Iran, young people my age have turned away from Islam," another young convert, Mahmoud, told me.Many young Iranians want nothing to do with Islam now, even though they are forced to pretend that they support it.Before I left Australia, I became good friends with three more young Iranian converts to Christianity. May our Lord bless you so much.” — ASSIST NewsBut Iranian Christians haven’t been left isolated. And pray that what is happening in Iran will spread throughout the Middle East.A few days later, two random pages of the Bible ended up on his doorstep, blown by the wind.
They thanked us so much – they were so happy!”Building a strong church in the area – even if it’s one that has to remain underground – is key to supporting the whole community. But this method of small-group discipleship actually produces stronger Christians than a bigger church would. And they couldn’t believe they had so much food, because they hadn’t had such an amount of food since the start of the crisis. Their neighbour asked how it was possible to be this kind in such dark times: they told him that it wasn’t them helping him, but that it was Christ that helped this neighbour through them.
Underground church distributes food aid in Iran. For the last few years, researchers have credited the underground church in Iran as the fastest-growing Christian church in the world. All of them left Iran to find a better life in Australia. Most people reject the idea of an all-powerful Muslim cleric running their country. It has unique characteristics that defy comparison with churches in America and Europe, and in the opinion of some who know it well, the church in … Believers are jailed and tortured.
“The main church is my house, and through the Internet, I connect to everybody,” Raizal continues. At some point, as hard-liners lose power, democracy and an unexpected wave of religious freedom will become a reality in Iran.And that's why Iran's believers need our prayers more than ever.
It has unique characteristics that defy comparison with churches in America and Europe, and in the opinion of some who know it well, the church in the West could learn by studying it.
Yet one ministry there has reported that so many people are being converted they can't keep enough Farsi Bibles in stock to give to new believers.The latest breaking Christian news you need to know about as soon as it happens. Beginning in the 1970s some Protestant pastors started to hold church services in homes in Persian, rather than in one of the ethnic Christian minority languages such as Armenian or Syriac. Elam also reports that many people make decisions for Jesus after watching Christian television broadcasts.It's no secret in the Muslim world that Iranians are rejecting the core values of the Ayatollah Khomeini's Iranian Revolution, which he launched in 1979. The relief packages were a big blessing and God had guided us to the right people.”She continues: “There were two children who were very weak and sick because they hadn’t been eating well. Another church leader shared how the non-Christian family members of believers are encouraged by the packages. Members of the underground church in Iran report how blessed they feel to be able to do this work and how much impact it has: “The distribution was a fabulous and unbelievable experience,” says one Christian. One Iranian Christian in an underground church says: “I just want you to thank your friends on our behalf for making such a wonderful moment for the body of Christ. A 17-year-old boy said: “I had almost reached the point to say the world is absolutely dark, but now I see there are still some good people with good hearts living in this world and they are Christians!”“In this time of crisis, we have over 10 hours of prayer meetings every day,” says Salomeh.
“People were astonished when we gave them the food. (Getty Images) Last week during a trip to western Australia, I spoke in a small church comprised mostly of Iranian immigrants.