{"id":13158,"date":"2024-08-07T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13158"},"modified":"2024-08-07T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:16:48","slug":"uk-what-are-so-many-iranians-doing-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13158","title":{"rendered":"UK: What Are So Many Iranians Doing Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Bible Society, July 19, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a church in the southwest of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can\u2019t believe it. \u201cIf they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,\u201d he says, \u201cthey kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bible Society is known for international Bible translation and distribution, but the story that inspired its founding 220 years ago involved providing Scriptures within Britain in a non-English language. Today, while Bible Society remains the main publisher of the Scriptures resources in Welsh, multilingual domestic outreach also means putting the Bible in the hands of refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everyone is enthusiastic about new arrivals in this country. Increasing numbers in recent years are remarkable at least statistically, and at the General Election, various parties promised they\u2019d make the numbers fall. But for the Church, more people within reach is more to reach, so you\u2019ll find churches at the forefront of welcoming new arrivals\u2014wherever they\u2019ve come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What turns visitors into members? It would seem to be the Bible. If refugees are coming for the welcome, they\u2019re staying for the Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblesociety.org.uk\/latest\/news\/what-are-so-many-iranians-doing-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read this interesting story about faith in Iran, immigration issues, a network of welcoming churches, and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also a video from Radical, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ju1p_JiI3vM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gospel Is in Iran (But Can Christians Survive?)<\/a> Randall at Frontiers says, \u201cThis 20-minute documentary is sobering, but it is also filled with hope. Consider hosting a movie night with your friends or church small group so that you can discuss it and pray for Iran together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gospel is in Iran (But Can Christians Survive?) || Documentary Series Pt. 3\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ju1p_JiI3vM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For news from another part of the Middle East, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cm2g.org\/updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian Mission to Gaza<\/a>. Also read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/gospel-opportunities-arise-from-widespread-fear-in-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gospel Opportunities Arise from Widespread Fear in Lebano<\/a>n (Heart for Lebanon via Mission Network News).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Bible Society, July 19, 2024 At a church in the southwest of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can\u2019t believe it. \u201cIf they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,\u201d he says, \u201cthey kill you.\u201d Bible Society is known for international Bible translation and distribution, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13158\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK: What Are So Many Iranians Doing Here?<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158","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=13158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13160,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158\/revisions\/13160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}