Source: Mission Network News, October 5, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Widespread protests<\/a> continue across Iran as people demand more rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But behind the scenes, something even more remarkable is happening. Nahid Sepehri, Director of the Iranian Bible Society, says, \u201cChristianity in Iran is growing every day. Every day, people are coming to Christ. And when they come to Christ, they need a Bible. It\u2019s the main thing, the first thing they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Iranian Bible Society<\/a> hopes to provide 1 million Bibles to Iranian Christians between 2023 and 2026. They got an early start, already printing 300,000 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pray also that the Bibles can get into the country. Sepehri says, \u201cGod, please shut down the eyes of people on the border, so they don\u2019t see. Let them sleep one extra hour while the Bibles come through. Because in Iran, sometimes they even open the post to see what is in there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frustration and hopelessness seem to be rising in Iran. Another ministry reports through Mission Network News that Iran is seeing at least 15 suicides per day<\/a>, many involving young adults (Heart4Iran). Source: Mission Network News, October 5, 2022 Widespread protests continue across Iran as people demand more rights. But behind the scenes, something even more remarkable is happening. Nahid Sepehri, Director of the Iranian Bible Society, says, \u201cChristianity in Iran is growing every day. Every day, people are coming to Christ. And when they come to … Continue reading Iran: As Church Grows, Ministry Plans to Provide 1 Million Bibles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11441,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11440\/revisions\/11441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
See Justin Long\u2019s recent Weekly Roundup<\/a> for more of what is happening in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"