Jesus Speaks Farsi

In this second episode of our “Planting churches in Iran and Beyond” series, Joe talks with Samuel, an Argentinian pastor and evangelist, about God’s calling him to minister to people across the world from his home country, specifically in Iran. His unique church-planting story includes smuggling Bibles into a closed country, meeting and marrying his Iranian wife Sara, and serving as a senior leader in the Iranian church movement.

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In this first episode of our “Planting Churches in Iran and Beyond” series, Joe talks with Kambiz about his story of encountering Jesus as a young soldier in the Iranian army and ultimately becoming a prolific church planter in the Iranian church. In this conversation, Kambiz shares his on-the-ground experience of what planting Persian-speaking churches in the Iran region actually looks like.

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In this episode, Joe sits down with David Yeghnazar, Executive Director of Elam Ministries, to talk about the recent growth of the Iran church and the lessons the global church can learn from what God is doing among Iranian Christians today. They also share compelling testimonies of ordinary Iranians being transformed by the Gospel and going on to impact the Iran region through evangelism, discipleship and church planting.

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In this episode, we’re wrapping up our most recent series, “Life After Prison.” Joe, Jennifer and Dara Lynn get together to chat about this series’ conversations with Anahita, Ladan and Sara. They talk about what it means or doesn’t mean, to be “on fire” for Jesus, how being young (in life or in faith) doesn’t exclude believers from the call to ministry, and how persecution is never the end of the story. So, grab a cup of tea and join us for another episode of Jesus Speaks Farsi.

 To hear Anahita, Ladan and Sara’s persecution stories, check out episode two and three from our Persecution series and episode 4 of our Women In Iran series.

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.

And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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As part of our series on Life after Prison, this episode includes a conversation with Ladan, a senior leader in the Iranian church who ministers to Iranian women in the Iran region. In this episode, Dara Lynn and Jenn talk with Ladan about how her experience of being in prison for her faith and how she learned what it meant to fully trust God in an incredibly challenging time.   Ladan’s story highlights how her experience of being in prison for her faith became a dividing line for her between the first part of her life before prison and her life after. 

To hear Ladan’s testimony in our earlier series, “Persecution,” episode 2, please visit Jesus Speaks Farsi at your favorite podcast platform. 

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.

And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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As part of our series on Life after Prison, this episode includes a conversation with Sara, a senior leader in the Iranian church who works directly with Persian-speaking youth. Sara’s story highlights how God turns difficult seasons into blessing and beauty from ashes. She also shares about her recent experience of losing her father and how that hard experience is also stretching her understanding of faith and life with God, both here and beyond.
To hear Sara’s testimony in our earlier series, Women in Iran, episode 4, please visit Jesus Speaks Farsi on your favourite podcast platform.

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.

 And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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In this season, we’re catching up with a few of our Iranian friends about what life and faith have looked like after their very personal experiences with persecution.
Today, Dara Lynn is joined by Anahita, a senior church leader in the Iranian church who serves in the Middle East alongside her husband Matthew. In this episode, we’ll hear about how the time she spent in prison shaped her faith going forward and how God has used that experience to bless others in similar circumstances. 

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.

And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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In this episode, we’re wrapping up our most recent series, “Pray, Give, Go, Stay.” Joe, Jennifer and Dara Lynn spend some time talking about the implications of each of these opportunities to engage with the global church. They also share how their own imaginations were stirred as they talked with friends of the Iranian church about what it can look like to participate in the story God is writing for the church today.
So, grab a cup of tea and join us for another episode of Jesus Speaks Farsi.

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story. And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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As part of our Pray, Give, Go, Stay series, Neil and Celeste Rogers share their experience ministering to refugees within their own community in rural Texas. They encourage those looking for ways to reach the nations to simply look in their own backyards. The opportunities for mission work among Afghan and Iranian refugees where we all live only continue to grow.

One note: In this episode, Joe mentioned sharing available resources for ministry to refugees. If you’re in the US, we suggest connecting with Neil for information on reaching out to Afghans and Iranians in your community. You can contact him at [email protected]. If you’re in the UK or Europe, you can email [email protected] for more info on how to reach out to Afghans and Iranians in your locality.

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church please visit elam.com/iran-story.
For more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

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Join us on November 1st for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

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As we continue our series on how to effectively engage with the global Church through praying, giving, going, and staying, this third episode focuses on what it can look like to courageously go.

Today, Joe and Jennifer are joined by Tom Hawksley, a Brit who has spent his adult life in ministry, particularly with the church in Iran. He shares about his unconventional way of learning Farsi, how he met his Iranian wife, and what Mark 16:15 means when Jesus says “Go and Tell.”

For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church please visit elam.com/iran-story.
For more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.

Send us Fan Mail

Join us on November 1st for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

Download the free resources at Elam.com/dayofprayer

Support the show