Posted on 01/12/2020 1:14:18 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
“The fastest-growing church in the world has taken root in one of the most unexpected and radicalized nations on earth,” according to “Sheep Among Wolves,” the outstanding two-hour documentary about the revival that has taken place inside Iran. “The Iranian awakening is a rapidly reproducing discipleship movement that owns no property or buildings, has no central leadership, and is predominantly led by women.”
The documentary was produced by Frontier Alliance International (FAI), which supports disciple-making teams targeting the “unreached” and “unengaged” within the 10/40 Window.
“What if I told you Islam is dead?” one unidentified Iranian church leader says on the film. “What if I told you the mosques are empty inside Iran? What if I told you no one follows Islam inside of Iran? Would you believe me? This is exactly what is happening inside of Iran. God is moving powerfully inside of Iran.”
Many of the ruling class still follow Islam, “because that’s where the high paying jobs are,” according to the film, but the majority of the ordinary people love God and recognize that Islam is the problem.
“What if I told you the best evangelist for Jesus was the Ayatollah Khomeini?” an Iranian church leader asks. He maintains the ayatollahs brought the true face of Islam to light and people discovered it was a lie, a deception. “After 40 years under Islamic law — a utopia according to them — they’ve had the worst devastation in the 5,000 year history of Iran.”
Efforts by the ayatollahs to destroy Christianity have backfired, but have served to refine and purify the church...
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The Gospel thrives in adversity.
“...“What if I told you the best evangelist for Jesus was the Ayatollah Khomeini?” an Iranian church leader asks...”
That reminds me of the old saw on this site that, “Obama was the best gun salesman in history.”
The Church is also expanding in China where it is also oppressed.
“Efforts by the ayatollahs to destroy Christianity have backfired,”
Hmmm. Perhaps this is why the American Left keeps propping up the ayatollahs with cash.
xenia wrote:
““Efforts by the ayatollahs to destroy Christianity have backfired,”
Hmmm. Perhaps this is why the American Left keeps propping up the ayatollahs with cash.”
in 0’s case, it was pallets full.
Nero, Atilla, the Caliphate, the Seljuks, the Ottomans, the Jacobins, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, the Post-Modernists, and our numbers keep growing.
Persecute us and we become stronger than they can possibly imagine.
The scorecard for judging a middle eastern country is to look at the number of Christians and Jews in it. If there are churches and synagogues in a muslim country, they move up higher on the list of ‘good’. Iran actually has churches and synagogues.
“ Efforts by the ayatollahs to destroy Christianity have backfired, but have served to refine and purify the church...”
.... I take this as a part of God’s continuing Confirmation that His Word does not return void. A portion of the above quote was spoken today in a conversation I had with two of my fellow believers at the workplace. The Church is being Purified and made spotless.
Yes, but the exciting thing is that the underground church in Iran appears to be currently outpacing the one in China...which I doubt anyone ever expected to happen.
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