Ministry News...
Training video on worship and music.
Iranian Church of Washington D.C.
Silver Spring , MD ~ May 12 -
14, 2006
Dear Brasheet,
We are grateful to our gracious God for
bringing you to our church and
for the gifts he has blessed you so that His name would be
glorified.
We pray that you will be the salt & light among our people
so that they will see the way and the truth of Jesus Christ
and his message of salvation would reach the thirsty souls.
In His name
Senior Pastor
Presbyterians and Brasheet
Break New Ground in Philadelphia ~ March 4 - 6,
2005
With the coming of Brasheet, our missions
conference became a multi ministry mission that brought
encouragement to Iranian believers from Connecticut to
Maryland and contacted a number of Iranians in our area,
which we pray may continue in a local Persian ministry.
The Gospel was presented in Persian, to many that came
to join with us, and video recordings were made of all
the Persian language events for satellite programming that
is regularly viewed by millions in Iran. Our people delighted
to be hosts even though we do not know Persian. The Rev.
Tat Stewart teamed up with Brasheet to preach the Gospel
in Persian at the Friday night concert. A number of hearts
were moved by the Holy Spirit and several were given copies
of the Scriptures in Persian in response to their expressing
a desire to learn more about Christ’s gift of salvation.
Saturday, saw the men gather for breakfast and hear Tat
Stewart tell how many Iranian Muslims are coming to Christ.
It used to be that it took ten years to win one Muslim
to Christ. Now, according to Tat, ten Muslims are being
won to the Lord every minute. Iranian Christian students
who share the Gospel with their peers inform Tat that
if the Gospel is clearly presented to seven students,
four of them will pray to receive Christ on the spot!
All that afternoon over thirty Iranians stayed for "Kesheesh" Tat's
Persian language seminar on issues of the Christian life.
On Sunday morning, the Rev. Tat Stewart preached both
English services, reminding us that God is passionate
about missions and desires us to share in His passion
for the lost. He noted that everything begins with the
human heart when it is changed by God. Are we passionate
about things that really matter? Our own people were
deeply moved by the presence of the Lord as seen in our
Iranian friends who testified in our adult class and
have such an obvious hunger for God. We were aware that
God was at work. We will never forget this wonderful
weekend.
The conference concluded with a delightful Persian lunch
hosted by Helen Moshgani of the Aromatic House of Kabob,
an authentic Persian restaurant in Philadelphia. Many
of our number have commented how they enjoyed and been
deeply moved by the spiritual enthusiasm and joy we shared
with our Iranian brothers and sisters and with those
who are still learning about the Good News of Jesus Christ.
We saw God at work and we praise His Holy Name.
Rev. Len Stewart
(Assistant Pastor for Home and Foreign Missions)
Proclamation Presbyterian Church,
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 19010.
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Iranian Christian Inter-Church Conference Update
In one word, it was a BLESSING. As
this annual retreat organized by the Iranian Christian International
was our first co-operation with ICI. We arrived at the conference
center not knowing what to expect. After unloading a van full
of equipment we were ready for what we thought God had brought
us there for, LEADING THE CONGRIGATION IN WORSHIP.
Shortly after we started our first worship
service that night, we knew it was not we leading but the Holy
Spirit himself. After all, how can we present God an acceptable
worship if the Sprit of God himself does not lead it? (John
4:24 NIV) God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in
spirit and in truth." It was clear that God had a plan for
that retreat. We knew God had answered our prayers.
As we were preparing for the first service
we looked at the number of people who had arrived for this
late night service and decided to turn down our amps. Boy were
we ever wrong. It was after the first song that we realized
it is not the number but the heart of those who want to worship
God that matters to him. We turn our amps up after the first
song!
God is working among Iranians in a way that
we have not seen in many years. There is this tremendous thirst
for his presence, thirst for worshiping him. One that I have
not seen among many nations. Indeed God was in action. Although
we had many opportunities throughout the day to worship him,
the thirst was far greater. There were many who continued worshiping
him through late hours of night and early hours of the next
morning, and they still made it for breakfast at 8am each morning.
Maybe there are many of us who have not
tasted a moment when you find yourself in the arms of God.
Maybe, we have read about the peace that God has promised but
we are yet to taste a bid of that peace. But I believe as we
come to worship him with all that we are, we gradually notice
his presence. And it is not as if He was not there before,
it is just that we were too busy with our stuff and we never
noticed him. In worship we notice God!
In this battle called life, we have surrendered
either to God or the World. To whom have you raised your hand
in surrender? We have surrendered all to Him in
worship and prayer. (John 4:23 NIV) Yet a time is coming and
has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father
in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers
the Father seeks.
by:
Sargon
