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Iran  

Christianity in Iran Rank: 8  2012 Rank: 5
Score: 72/100
Leader: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Government: Islamic Republic
Religion: Islam
Population: 78.9 million (450,000 Christians)

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Christian Persecution in IranFearful of the increasing numbers of Christians, particularly in house churches, the authorities closely monitor Christian activities, particularly churches that reach out to Muslims. Evangelism, Bible training and publishing Scriptures in Farsi are illegal. Detentions of Christians are common. Several persecuted Christians were forced to leave their homes or flee the country. Muslim-background believers face most pressure – any Muslim who leaves Islam faces the death penalty. In September 2012 Pastor Nadarkhani was released after three years in prison on charges of apostasy.

Pray:

  • For Pastor Nadharkani and his family as he adjusts to life after prison
  • For justice for Christian prisoners and lawyers who try to defend them.
  • Many disillusioned Iranian Muslims are becoming curious about Christianity. Pray that they will find hope in Jesus.
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  • http://www.freerepublic.com/~forgivensinner/ jjvors

    O dear Father! Feed the flock of God in Iran! Use the closure of the Farsi church in Tehran to spread the gospel further among the Farsi speaking people of Iran! Magnify Your Name! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mlordi1 Marianne Lordi

    Please Lord Jesus, give hope to your people in Iran. Strengthen them and bless them. Let them know you are with them. I pray that many Iranian Muslims will have their eyes opened to the truth and come to a saving knowledge of the gospel. Amen

  • RICARDO JAGGERNAUTH

    Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer.Behold the devil shall cast some of you into prison,that ye may be tried,and ye shall have tribulation 10 days;be thou faithful unto death,and I will give thee a crown of life. [REV.2:10]

  • http://www.facebook.com/greersferrybum Kevin McMahan

    Praying for wisdom and encouragement for pastors and believers as they look for opportunities to gather today to worship and praise the Lord. Praying through 2 Th 2:16-17.

  • http://www.facebook.com/heidi.whitney1 Heidi Whitney

    Holy Lord, God of the Universe and Ruler of all mankind, Be blessed now and forever. Amen. Shed your light abroad in Iran, and bring many people out of the darkness into the Light of Jesus Christ your Son. Open the hearts of the authorities, Lord, and bring them into your kindgom. Turn many people towards you, Father, and bless them with Your Holy Spirit moving among all the people of the land of Iran.
    Protect and guide your children in this land, Holy One, and gather in the outcast and the needy. Be to our brothers and sisters in this dark and dangerous land, a shield and a fortress. Guard them, cover them, and be their right hand, according to Your mercy and love and your might. In the name of our beloved Savior, Jesus Christ, we ask this. Amen.

  • Felicity

    May your enemies see the Christ in you. His joy is your strength, your peace and source of blessings in the midst of your trials. Sing praises to His Name.

  • Teresa

    Heavenly Father in Jesus name I lift up the church in Iran and ask you to give them courage and boldness to keep sharing the good news with the lost. Comfort them in persecution, putting an invisible shield of protection around about them. Let your perfect will be done in the Iranian church, pour out your Holy Spirit on them and empower them to turn Iran upside down for Jesus in whose name I pray.

  • Larry Lewis

    Abba, Father, I thank you for the great love you have for ALL the people of Iran. Almighty and Eternal Father, I pray for our brothers and sisters in this predominantly Islamic nation that your Holy Spirit would come and descend upon these people You love so much!
    I pray that their will be a great outpouring of Your Spirit on all flesh within this great country and, that their hearts would be changed and the “blinders” would no longer block their vision that they may see Your Son , Jesus for Who He really is : their Saviour and King !!!! amen & amen

  • Remek

    Dear God – please bless your Church in Iran. Whatever that means. In Jesus’ name.

  • stephen houghton

    show them the way lord Abraham,s great descendant the messiah Jesus show them dreams visions and confirm it twice farther help them to follow come lord Jesus and protect Israel

  • Sis Anita

    Our savior Jesus Christ is a good God rich in mercy and slow to anger. We pray in the name of our Lord and savior for our enemies that God will touch their hearts to see their messiah & to receive him as LORD and saviour as only through him is the salvation. LORD Jesus says in the book of MATHEW CHP 5 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
    May the LORD give courage and strength to the persecute Christians in Iran to glorify his holy name. We bless all those who persecute us in LORD Jesus Christ holy name. Amen

  • http://www.facebook.com/lori.deen.9 Lori Deen

    Lord Jesus, Only you can take what we see has hopeless pain and interuption in life as your dinvine intervention that will bring you the most glory. I pray that you peace will cover each of my brothers in sisters when it is not humanly possible. You are the great and pwerful god that we love and serve. May your swill be done through this percuction. To you be all glory and honor.

  • Amy

    Lord, we come this morning to lift up the nation of Iran and all of our brothers and sisters who live there. I pray first for Pastor Nadharkani and I thank You for having released him from prison! I know that believers around the world were praying so fervently for him and that You chose in Your sovereignty to allow him to be released. Thank You. I now pray for him and his family as he makes a very difficult transition to life after prison. I know that this must be a very difficult time for him and those around him… and that he is not out of danger yet. Please help him to adjust and help his family to know how to help him adjust. Please protect him from any more arrests or attacks as he continues to want to serve You with the time that You have given back to him.

    I also pray for Your justice in Iran for all of the Christians who are under trial or even just persecution because of their faith. I pray that each Christian who is in prison right now would receive Your justice and that, if possible, they would be freed and reunited with their families. I know that You are sovereign and that You make decisions for the maximization of Your glory – and so all of these requests are submitted to Your will. I also pray for the lawyers who attempt to defend Christians in court and ask that You would protect them and cover them and give them supernatural wisdom in all things.

    Finally, I pray for the Iranian Mslms, some of whom are becoming very disillusioned about Islm and are becoming more open to Christianity. I pray for You to open doors for them to know about You and to know You personally. I ask that You would give each one an opportunity to make a choice for You with understanding – whether it’s through another believer or a dream or Christian materials. I pray that not one Iranian would go through life without at least being given a chance to say YES to You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

  • Debi White

    Father, I pray for Pastor Nadharkani and his family as they reunite and heal from his imprisonment. Grant them peace courage, and resolve to continue to proclaim fearlessly the good news of Jesus Christ. Let the seed, that died bring forth a harvest of righteousness and new believers. Protect them and their church as they go forward. Bring revival to this land that once was the birthplace of the first century churches. Redeem them, oh God of our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen

  • Marisol Ortega

    We pray Father, in Jesus name, and by the precious blood that He shed for us, we ask you to show yourself sovereign in Iran Lord. We ask you for the protection, safety and readjusment to life after prison of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani. We thank you Lord that his life is in your hands. We bind the devil and all of his evil schemes against pastor Nadarkhani and We declare that no weapon formed against him shall prosper. We thank you Lord that your peace that surpasses all understanding guards his heart and mind. We ask you, Lord, for justice for the Christian prisoners and for the lawyers who try to defend them. Be their lawyer Lord; show yourself faithful as you are. Glorify yourself upon each and every case. We ask you also to glorify yourself with salvation for all of the Muslims. We ask you to make them surrender before you as you did with Paul. In Jesus Name, Amen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/misty.sundbeckgallahan Misty Sundbeck Gallahan

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    Lord, I come to You today thanking You for Your church in Iran. Lord, I pray that believers will be comforted even in the midst of persecution. I imagine it must be devastating to see the church you are attending closed. Lord, I pray for Pastor Nadharkani and his family as he is adjusting to life after prison. I am sure there are many emotional battles he will have to overcome. Give him strength and comfort Lord. I also pray that justice will prevail in the cases of Christian prisoners and that those who defend them will not be threatened and endangered. There is a harvest of souls among disillusioned Iranian Muslims. Lord, please use Your harvesters to reap many more believers in Iran. Let them learn about and come to love and know Jesus! May many hearts in this country become Yours! In the Precious Name of Jesus, Amen!!!!!

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