WEAR THE CROWN: Iran

Pastor Hormoz is sharing about a television ministry to Iran. The gospel is going out in satellite waves and is reaching fertile hearts in Iran.

Many families in Iran have access to satellite television, even though having a satellite dish is illegal. Many will cut other expenses, even food, in order to have a dish because it is their connection to the outside world.

The television even offers a live house church service as a way of modeling the house church concept for Christians in Iran. Thousands of Iranians have responded by email and phone. They are asking for prayer, they are accepting Christ, and they want Bibles.

One woman called into the show before Ramadan, wondering if as a Christian she should fast during Ramadan or not fast. Her husband was a radical Muslim, and she was concerned that he would divorce her or harm her if she did not fast. The pastor encouraged her to fast during the Islamic holy month, but not to fast for Allah but to fast and pray for the salvation of her husband. She called three days into Ramadan, saying that as they had watched the television program her husband had decided to leave Islam and follow Christ.

Even the persecutors of Christians in Iran are coming to follow Christ!