Source: SAT-7, February 22, 2019<\/p>\n
Persian house churches worry that worshiping loudly could attract the attention of suspicious neighbors and authorities. One Iranian Christian recalls,<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we gathered [at] a house [we would play] worship songs on CD or a satellite program\u2026and if we had a worship leader they would lead us in worship. But very quietly and with no clapping. We had to be especially careful in apartments. Sometimes, we would use blankets to soundproof doors for extra security.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another challenge for Persian believers is that the repertoire of Persian worship material is limited, and musicians are relatively scarce.<\/p>\n
In response to an environment of risk, and limited Persian worship resources, SAT-7 produced and is airing the weekly live program Heavenly Worship.<\/p>\n
Behind closed doors, they watch to learn about the miracle of salvation they\u2019ve experienced, to fellowship with the hosts and pastors, and to join in songs of praise. They receive vital information and support [amid] opposition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get feedback from our viewers who meet at home and are unable to sing aloud,\u201d shares Producer Mostafa Keshavarz. \u201cSome don\u2019t know how to sing. We make sure the song words are on the screen and invite the viewers to join in with the singing and worship\u2014whether silently or aloud. Viewers get in touch and tell us how happy they are that they had the opportunity to join us in praise and worship, and this is really encouraging for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00bb Also read about how the Church of England held a service in Farsi after a huge rise in Iranian converts<\/a> (Telegraph) and learn about Christianity in Iran 40 years after the Iranian revolution<\/a> (Christianity Today).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: SAT-7, February 22, 2019 Persian house churches worry that worshiping loudly could attract the attention of suspicious neighbors and authorities. One Iranian Christian recalls, \u201cWhen we gathered [at] a house [we would play] worship songs on CD or a satellite program\u2026and if we had a worship leader they would lead us in worship. But … Continue reading IRAN: Bringing Worship to Underground House Churches<\/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-8393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393","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=8393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8394,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions\/8394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}