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  • Reaching Iran

    Time for Worship: new season blessing Iranians weekly

    Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
    Season 13 of Elam’s popular worship show ‘Time for Worship’ is being broadcast into Iran and the wider region via satellite TV and social media (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram), with new episodes released weekly.   'Time for Worship' is a much-loved ministry because it allows Iranian believers to join in corporate worship with the wider church. Isolated believers, small house churches and... Read more
  • Society

    Protestor's death highlights discrimination against women in Iran

    Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
    The recent death of an Iranian female football fan has refocused attention on the discrimination women face at every turn in Iran. On 2nd September Sahar Khodayari was charged with ‘appearing in public without a hijab (headscarf),’ after having tried to enter a football stadium disguised as a man in March. She set herself on fire in protest and died in hospital on 8th... Read more
  • Suffering But Growing Church

    Young believers under pressure from families

    Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
    Please pray with us for teenage believers in Iran under intense pressure from family members because of their conversion. We’ve recently heard from a number of Christian young people who are struggling with the daily stress of living with antagonistic parents. While whole families do sometimes come to faith together, still there are many young people who are the only believers in their household.... Read more
  • Influential Institutions

    QUESTION: How to pray for Iran?

    Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
    Dear friends, Many have asked me how they should pray for Iran given the current political situation. I have just returned from a conference on prayer in the Iran region with more than 150 of our leaders. We looked together at the Lord’s Prayer and I was struck afresh by the significance of the line: 'Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.' Elam was founded with the conviction... Read more