Iranian woman baptised after waiting 24 years
Iain Taylor
Can you imagine waiting 24 years for the chance to be baptised?
That was exactly what happened to Maral*, one of 34 Iranian Christian women who attended Elam Ministries women’s conference recently in a country close to Iran. Elam’s purpose is to strengthen and expand the church of Christ in and beyond Iran. The women’s conferences have been going for over 15 years for Persian-speaking (Iranian and Afghan) women. The multi-day residential conferences enable women to enjoy Bible teaching, worship, fellowship, and prayer ministry.
One million Iranian believers – claim
Iain Taylor
Two persecuted church agencies – Release International and Article 18 – have hailed the news that there are now well over a million practicing Christian believers in Iran. Almost all are converts from Islam.
Daniel Pipes, a Jewish researcher and author, was one of the first to notice the trend. In Newsweek he wrote ‘Something religiously astonishing is taking place in Iran, where an Islamist government has ruled since 1979: Christianity is flourishing. The implications are potentially profound.
The Iranian secret agent surprised by the gospel
Iain Taylor
An Iranian secret agent who was gathering undercover intelligence to ensnare Christians has found himself unexpectedly coming to faith.
Now ‘Arvin’ has started a new fellowship group which includes two relatives – former regime hardliners – who have also come to faith through his witness. The story came to en via Elam Ministries, an organisation founded in 1990 with a vision to reach the Persian-speaking world for Christ. Its executive director David Yeghnazar spoke of the extraordinary story of this dramatic conversion that took place in Iran recently:
