48 episodes

The church in Iran is one of the fastest-growing evangelical movements in the world today. Join us as we hear stories from Iranian men and women about how the church is growing in unprecedented ways, fueled by the simple belief that Jesus is alive.

Jesus Speaks Farsi Elam Ministries

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 23 Ratings

The church in Iran is one of the fastest-growing evangelical movements in the world today. Join us as we hear stories from Iranian men and women about how the church is growing in unprecedented ways, fueled by the simple belief that Jesus is alive.

    Chai Time: Many Threads/One Tapestry E4

    Chai Time: Many Threads/One Tapestry E4

    In this episode of Chai Time, we’re wrapping up our last series of 2023, “Many Threads, One Tapestry.” Jennifer and Dara Lynn have a conversation about what it means for our individual stories of meeting and following Christ to be a part of the larger story that God is writing for His church.
    So, pour yourself a cup of tea and join us for another episode of Jesus Speaks Farsi.
    For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story. And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
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    • 23 min
    Hessam: From Troubled Young Man to Wise Church Teacher - Many Threads/One Tapestry E3

    Hessam: From Troubled Young Man to Wise Church Teacher - Many Threads/One Tapestry E3

    In this third episode of our “Many Threads/One Tapestry” series, Hannah has a conversation with Hessam, a well-respected pastor and teacher in the Iranian church who has been a follower of Jesus for 40 years. Years after his life was transformed by the Gospel, Hessam continues to train and equip the next generation of leaders in the Iranian church.
    For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.
    And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Darya: Finding Christ Across Two Cultures - Many Threads/One Tapestry E2

    Darya: Finding Christ Across Two Cultures - Many Threads/One Tapestry E2

    In this second episode of our “Many Threads/One Tapestry” series, Dara Lynn has a conversation with Darya, a German/Iranian worship leader whose songwriting and worship ministry has had a significant impact on the Iranian church in recent years. She shares about God’s restoration of her family, what living and ministering across two cultures is like, and why Iranians value their freedom to worship through song so highly.

    To hear Darya’s music, you can find her on Spotify under her name Darya and on YouTube at Darya Music.
     For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.
     And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
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    • 40 min
    Dani: Growing up Christian inside Iran - Many Threads/One Tapestry E1

    Dani: Growing up Christian inside Iran - Many Threads/One Tapestry E1

    In this first episode of our “Many Threads/One Tapestry” series, Dara Lynn and Jennifer chat with Dani, a young Iranian man whose unique story includes growing up in a Christian family inside Iran. He also shares about his mother's work as a Bible translator, his miraculous escape from Iran as a teenager, meeting his wife Niloofar, and working in ministry full-time with her today.

    Dani’s story highlights how each of our unique stories of coming to Christ are all part of the larger story God is writing for His Church.
    For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.
    And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
     
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    • 41 min
    Chai Time: Church planting in the Iran region - Planting Churches E4

    Chai Time: Church planting in the Iran region - Planting Churches E4

    In this episode of Chai Time, we’re wrapping up our most recent series, “Church planting in the Iran region.” Joe, Jennifer and Dara Lynn have a conversation about what planting a church in the Iran region looks like as well as how that differs from our Western understanding of church planting. So, pour yourself a cup of tea and join us for another episode of Jesus Speaks Farsi.

    For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story. And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
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    • 47 min
    Kevyan: From Teenage Convert to Helping Train Church Planters - Planting Churches E3

    Kevyan: From Teenage Convert to Helping Train Church Planters - Planting Churches E3

    In this third episode of our “Planting churches in Iran and Beyond” series, Dara Lynn talks with Keyvan, an Iranian man who came to faith as a teenager and now plays a significant role in helping train church planters in the Iranian church. If you’ve ever wondered how church planting works in the Iran region or how church planters become church planters, this is the episode for you.
    For more information about the recent history and incredible growth of the Iranian church, please visit elam.com/iran-story.
    And for more information about our organization, please visit elam.com.
    Support the show

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

MJRieg ,

Jesus is Alive

This podcast, with first hand testimonies from the Iran region, reminds me that Jesus is still showing himself alive today all over the world. It is beautiful to see him through someone else’s eyes for the first time all over again.

hnubububunun ,

My mom started this podcast

Yep

Spud361 ,

Great podcast

Listening to the stories from these Iranian men and women is inspiring and challenging.

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