Author	Thread: Christian Pastor Faces Execution in Iran After Refusing To Renounce Faith
Admin	Christian Pastor Faces Execution in Iran After Refusing To Renounce Faith Posted : 30 Sep, 2011 08:33 AM Please pray that the Lord spares the life of Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. He�s �the head of a network of Christian house churches in Iran" and "could be executed as soon as midnight Wednesday in Tehran for refusing to recant his religious beliefs and convert to Islam.� Please pray the Lord uses him to encourage Iranian believers and Muslim Background Believers (MBBs) in the Islamic world to stand strong for Jesus Christ. Pray, too, that the gospel message would spread throughout Iran and the epicenter as a result of the international pressure for Pastor Nadarkhani's release and that many would be saved. Pastor Yusef Nadarkhani Pastor Yusef Nadarkhani CNN/KTLA News 10:17 a.m. CDT, September 29, 2011 WASHINGTON -- Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, the head of a network of Christian house churches in Iran, could be executed as soon as midnight Wednesday in Tehran for refusing to recant his religious beliefs and convert to Islam, said the chair of a commission that monitors religious freedom around the world. A statement by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent advisory group appointed by the president and Congress, "expressed deep concern" for the man's fate. After four days of an appeals trial for apostasy, Nadarkhani refused to recant his beliefs. Leonard Leo, chair of the commission, said the pastor "is being asked to recant a faith he has always had. Once again, the Iranian regime has demonstrated that it practices hypocritical barbarian practices." Writing in the National Review Online, religious freedom activist Nina Shea said Western voices made a difference in the hikers' case and could influence the pastor's fate: "Those of us in the free world should press our members of Congress to speak up." Post Reply
View Profile History	Christian Pastor Faces Execution in Iran After Refusing To Renounce Faith Posted : 30 Sep, 2011 03:38 PM I sure will be praying :prayingf: sister Maria...Times grow dark for All Christians in Christ Jesus...Praise GOD/Jesus we are the Children of Light for those that walk in the darkness of sin...Keep the Faith Rollin and God Bless you and the Evangelical ministry you have been called to deliver...Blessings...xo Post Reply