Beautiful, both outside and in.
Posted on 03/31/2014 1:04:06 PM PDT by cdga5for4
On Sunday, two remarkable Christian women, Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh, spoke at our church, describing their harrowing tale of imprisonment by the Iranian regime because of their Christian faith.
Both were raised in Muslim homes in Iran but never embraced Islam. As young adults, they became Christians and met each other while studying theology in Turkey in 2005. When they returned to Iran, they began evangelizing together for several years, covertly distributing Bibles to some 20,000 people and starting two secret house churches. In March 2009, they were arrested in Tehran for promoting Christianity, which is punishable by death.
The regime officially charged them with apostasy, anti-government activity and blasphemy, and they were sentenced to execution by hanging. Before being cleared of all charges and released in 2009 as a result of worldwide prayer and international pressure, they endured 259 days in Evin Prison. Thereafter, they moved to the United States and wrote a book together describing their horrendous experiences, "Captive in Iran."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Beautiful, both outside and in.
Their story is pretty much like our associate pastor’s story. He and his wife are from Iran and they were disowned by their muslim parents. They have two teenage children. The daughter is also quite beautiful. She spent her summer vacation helping at a refugee camp in Greece. They are very zealous for Christ because they have sacrifice a lot for their faith. ( Their devotion to Christ should put our congregation to shame.)
Most Americans are unaware of the massive Christian evangelization that is underway in Iran. These folks are extremely hungry for the Christian message, and perhaps a million Iranians have accepted Jesus as savior under the radar in that country.
Pray for Iran.
Persian women are quite beautiful
ITs a shame about the men
>> ITs a shame about the men
What if they were clean shaven?
We don’t know that from the picture...
dude...
My question: Is the Church not complicit in sin if the government uses the Church’s taxes to support abortion and other sins? I fear the Church is in a “sticky wicket” on this issue.
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