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It is possible for tourists to visit Iran and if they do, they will find most Iranians to be very warm and friendly.

The authorities and morality police may attempt to squelch your joy, but the overwhelming hospitality of the people you meet will more than compensate.

It is not important that you know few if any Iranians personally. You have only to ask for directions or smile and say hello to someone on the street. They will take you home, feed you in an elegant and generous fashion for the rest of the day, and you will be friends for life.

Iranians are trained and prepared for this from childhood onward. It makes no difference if their cupboard is bare. They will be able, with no advance warning, to serve up a delightful and refreshing meal.

If you can manage to slip into a shop on the way and buy flowers or pastries for the hostess, all the better. When you enter the house, slide off your shoes. Shake hands with everyone in the room. They will rise to greet you and if another guest comes in after you, you will rise to greet that person as well.

Platters of delicious food will be offered again and again. At first you may gently demur. But when they insist, give in and enjoy every morsel your hosts offer you. The food will be colorful, it will be presented in an artistic manner, and the dishes themselves will shine and sparkle. Your host will pour endless cups of tea, kept warm on the family samovar.

You must not even think of leaving early. If you do, you will miss out on enjoyable conversations, walks in the park, and perhaps even a musical recital.

One of Satan's strategies is to keep people from hearing and understanding the Gospel. "The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God" (II Cor. 4:4).

Muslims make up more than one-fifth of the world's population. Satan has blinded the minds of this huge group of people by cutting them off from the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done for them. Overwhelming numbers of Muslims have never heard a clear presentation of the Gospel -- not even once.

If the problem is one of spiritual blindness and lack of access to the Gospel, the only real remedy is for Christians to lovingly share Christ with Muslims and to invite them to follow the Savior.

However, all too often, the Church becomes terribly pessimistic about the Muslim World. The sheer number of Muslims who have a belief system that seems so different from ours tends to overwhelm us. We also hear about the fierce pressure that they put on Muslim-background Christians. Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that certain people, such as terrorists, are beyond hope. The unfortunate result of this pessimism is that the Church becomes paralyzed by fear and unbelief.

But even terrorists can be changed by Christ!  But Jesus Christ specializes in changing the hearts of even the most wicked. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come" (II Cor. 5:17).

New opportunities for getting the Word of God into Iran are developing with astonishing speed in this digital age.  The Voice of Christ Media Ministries team is working relentlessly to take advantage of every possible tool the Lord provides to teach and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Iranians.  We're committed to using cutting-edge technologies to reach the hearts of both Muslims and Christians.

The emergence of the internet and satellite radio have changed the ministry drastically.  We operate the Persian website RadioMojdeh.com (“Good News Radio”). It can be accessed by Iranians anywhere in the world who have an internet connection.  The website has evangelistic and discipleship written and audio content.  It also features an internet radio station that can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere in the world.  The live streaming can also be heard on iTunes Radio.

Voice of Christ Media Ministries also broadcasts the Radio Mojdeh radio programming from a satellite.  Tens of millions of Iranians use satellite dishes to receive television programs.  Mixed in with the television channels are Persian-language radio channels like Radio Mojdeh that can be heard on the same equipment.  The broadcast footprint of the satellite extends from Western Europe all the way to Pakistan.  Iranians in this large area are able to tune in to Radio Mojdeh satellite radio in the Persian language - 24 hours of the day, 365 days of the year.

The proclamation of the Gospel of Christ is the main thing.  The technologies are just tools for getting the message out.  We don’t know what the Lord has in store in the future.  But we want to be ready to use any new tool that He gives us.

The Lord continues to build His church in Iran.  Even in cities where it is especially dangerous to live as a Christian, God is at work and new believers are joining the family of God.  The fields are white unto harvest all over Iran.

A growing number of Iranians have come to Christ in recent years.  Many of them are completely isolated from Christian fellowship.  They need to draw comfort, strength and guidance from the Scriptures to face the ordeals of life, including growing harsh persecution.  Voice of Christ Media Ministries puts a high priority on discipling and encouraging them.

Countless believers listen to our satellite radio broadcasts and use the resources on our Persian website.  We encourage them to read and believe the Word of God.  We explain it carefully, trusting the Lord to establish and build them up in their faith.

Unfortunately, false teachers are attempting to deceive Christians in the world, just as the New Testament warned.  This is one reason why we are so committed to teaching the Bible accurately and relevantly and getting biblical content into the hands of church leaders and other believers in the Iranian world.

Pray that Christian believers will be solidly grounded in the Scriptures and encouraged and edified in the difficult months ahead.  Pray that they will find our radio broadcasts and website and become firmly established in the truth.  Pray that those who have questions about Christianity will not be led astray from the foundational truth of salvation by faith alone in Christ.