My name is Mani Mohammadi and I am from Iran. I preach to the Muslim people (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan) I myself was born and raised in a Muslim family and professed a religion that I was taught from very childhood. In 2009, I heard the Good News via the Internet and later, while watching a Christian TV show, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior back in Iran. Having moved to Ukraine to study in 2009, I began to serve in the Iranian Church Father's House. In 2014, we saw a great need in preaching Christ to Iranians and Afghans. Being inspired by the passage from Matthew 28:19, to go and make disciple – the Great Commission of Our Lord, with God's help, we started the mission Face to Face.
Mission
Our ministry can be divided into 7 parts
1. Media Ministry
Why?
Iran and Afghanistan are two countries in which Christians live in severe persecution. Afghanistan is ranked second in the whole world for persecution of Christians, and Iran is eighth country. Believing, preaching, possessing Christian literature in these countries is prohibited and persecuted by the state and religious system even to the death penalty, therefore any missionary who comes to this country will be persecuted. The most accessible source for listening to the preaching of the Word of God is the Internet and television. But using these tools as missionaries, we're able to enter every home. In order to share the Gospel through these means, we collect and accumulate video material in different directions. We're convinced that the spiritual nourishment should be varied. Sermons, discipleship lessons, Bible interpretation, leadership, lessons for small group, classes on family topics, as well as lessons for women, youth, and children. Even during a week, we can have about 13 different online lessons. Every day, 1 hour a day, we broadcast offline TV programs via the Your Time TV satellite. All online, offline broadcasts and preparation of video content pass through our studio. Our studio is a great blessing from the Lord for allowing us to do such a different job.
2. Media Platforms
Iran and Afghanistan are two countries in which Christians live in severe persecution. Afghanistan is ranked second in the whole world for persecution of Christians, and Iran is eighth country. Believing, preaching, possessing Christian literature in these countries is prohibited and persecuted by the state and religious system even to the death penalty, therefore any missionary who comes to this country will be persecuted. The most accessible source for listening to the preaching of the Word of God is the Internet and television. But using these tools as missionaries, we're able to enter every home. In order to share the Gospel through these means, we collect and accumulate video material in different directions. We're convinced that the spiritual nourishment should be varied. Sermons, discipleship lessons, Bible interpretation, leadership, lessons for small group, classes on family topics, as well as lessons for women, youth, and children. Even during a week, we can have about 13 different online lessons. Every day, 1 hour a day, we broadcast offline TV programs via the Your Time TV satellite. All online, offline broadcasts and preparation of video content pass through our studio. Our studio is a great blessing from the Lord for allowing us to do such a different job.
3. Baptism
A lot of our disciples are willing to enter into the Covenant with God and get baptized. For our part, we also see this as our direct duty to help everyone who wants to take this important step towards God, so we took upon ourselves the responsibility to baptize everyone we are familiar with. For this purpose, we help people come from Iran to Armenia and, after training and personal conversations with them, we carry out the baptism. And what's important is that we encourage them to start small groups in Iran. With God's help, from January 2020 to 2023, we managed to baptize over 150 Iranians.
4. Local Church in Armenia
We are aware of that fact that a mission without having a goal of planting new churches is incomplete. Our Lord had showed us this example during His earthly life. And in 2020, we have planted a local church Father's House in Armenia.
Why Armenia? Yerevan is located 800 km. away from the capital of Iran, Tehran. Armenia and Iran have an agreement on a visa-free travel, so many Iranians come to Armenia as refugees, as tourists for recreation, or to get their vaccines, etc. So, we see a large number of the Iranian people in Armenia. In Armenia, both Iranian and Armenian believers have the opportunity to gather together as the Church. For this reason, our leader, Samuel, and his wife, Rosa, are ministering there. God opened Armenia for us as a strategic place for such a difficult ministry. This gives us an opportunity for real connection with Iranian Christians.
5. Local Church in Georgia
In 2022, we started our cooperation as a partner with the Baptist Church (Anchor of Hope) in Tbilisi, Georgia. This collaboration includes helping to teach and grow disciples and quarterly conferences and seminars
6. Bible and Literature
For the first time in Iran 2022. Printing and publishing of the entire New Testament in the number of 1500 volumes inside Iran underground
Our dream is to see the people of Iran and the Muslim world as free people! For this reason, God helps us carry out the task of Bible provision so our precious brothers and sisters in Iran would be able to have a book in their hands – the Bible and the Gospel. Due to the prohibition of Christian literature, we are secretly transporting the literature. As the believers receive their personal Bible or Gospel, they become greatly encouraged and strengthened in their faith, because they see that there are caring believers who are passionate for them and willing to bring such an important gift to them. From 2020 to 2024, we sent 36,500 Gospels to Iran. (The rest of the information is classified for the safety of all who work to supply the books).
We are also engaged in the translation of various Christian literature. From 2020 to 2022, we have translated six books. We decided to choose books on various Christian topics such as: evangelism, discipleship, leadership, family, and youth because we believe that they can be helpful for our readers in their walk with Christ and in coming to know God better.
For the first time in Iran 2022. Printing and publishing of the entire New Testament in the number of 1500 volumes inside Iran underground
7. Arab Ministry
Considering the fact that the number of the Arabic-speaking population in the world is over 400 million, in 2021, we started a media ministry for the Arab world with the title Word of Grace. Praise the Lord that we have a pastor, Rafi Issa, who is in charge of this ministry, and who preaches and teaches in our studio.
In Him
Pastor Mani Mohammadi
missionary – teacher
Tel: 941-763-3425. / Persianchristians.com