{"id":353,"date":"2016-08-03T21:46:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T21:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/2016\/08\/03\/the-story-of-iran-s-church-in-two-sentences\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:39:05","slug":"the-story-of-iran-s-church-in-two-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/impact-news\/the-story-of-iran-s-church-in-two-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Iran&#8217;s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-352\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"GC Story of Iran\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg 400w, https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Everyone loves a good story. As Christians, we especially love stories that tell us how, when all seems lost, God makes a way.<\/p>\n<p>One such story is about the church in Iran\u2014and it\u2019s one of the greatest stories in the world today.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple story that can be summarized in just two sentences: Persecution threatened to wipe out Iran\u2019s tiny church. Instead, the church in Iran has become the fastest growing in the world, and it is influencing the region for Christ.<\/p>\n<p>As simple as it is, such an amazing story is worth examining deeper. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/the-story-of-the-irans-church-in-two-sentences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more in this article written by Mark Howard and posted on The Gospel Coalition blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone loves a good story. As Christians, we especially love stories that tell us how, when all seems lost, God [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact-news"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran-300x186.jpg",300,186,true],"large":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GC-Story-of-Iran.jpg",400,248,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Richard Papworth","author_link":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/author\/dick-papworth\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/category\/impact-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Impact News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Everyone loves a good story. 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