Satellite TV station meets Iranians searching for peace with the hope of Jesus
Iran (MNN) — Iran’s internet blackout has entered its 32nd day, according to global internet monitor Netblocks. Iranians pay big money and risk arrest to connect to the outside world via Starlink or other forbidden means. And when they do connect, ministries like Heart4Iran want to be right there with the hope of Christ.
Every second counts. Heart4Iran’s Edwin Abnous says, “When they call us, they cannot stay on the telephone for long — less than two minutes, and they have to cut the connection.”
Abnous says that when the war started, the signal was suddenly blocked for Mohabat TV, Heart4Iran’s 24/7 Farsi satellite station. Their team scrambled to switch to a different satellite provider so that they could continue reaching into Iran. Not long after, a man named Armin managed to call Mohabat TV.
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Armin told the call center staff member that he lives in a city near Tehran and was hearing missile strikes.
“He was very nervous, and he said, ‘I want peace. That’s why I called Mohabat TV,'” says Abnous. “And after that conversation, he gave his heart to Jesus.”
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“Moments like this [call with Armin] are very emotional to me, when I hear and see things like that happen. If two minutes of phone conversation and an opportunity to get into the country provide such a life-changing experience for a person that will impact his eternity… God knows through [Armin] how many will be impacted, how many more people can be touched [by] Jesus’ gospel that we’re preaching into the country,” says Abnous.
Iran (Representative stock photo courtesy of Zahra Amiri via Unsplash)
God is responding to the prayers of people like you and is moving in Iran.
“The more prayer warriors, the better. We need to stand in the gap and make sure the Iranian people receive the protection, especially the Church in the inside of the country,” says Abnous.
“A friend of ours, a partner, shared with me a picture of a house church baptizing while this is happening. [During] this uprising of protest, the church is still active and going.”
Header photo: Tehran, Iran (Stock photo courtesy of Seyed Amir Mohammad via Unsplash)
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