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Fanning the First Pangs of Revival in a Radical Islamic Nation That Has Never Seen a Revival in its HistoryIt began when "the phone rang again, and all day call after call was coming from Iran with people wanting to make Jesus their Savior and Lord." -Pastor Reza Safa (Los Angeles, CA)—Reza Safa clearly recalls the day: March 16, 2003. For over a decade the Iranian-American pastor had prayed earnestly that the Christian Gospel message that had so dramatically transformed his life would penetrate the darkness keeping untold millions in his native Iran bound in chains of religious bondage and fear. (Screenshot via CBN/Pixelated for security) Born and raised in a devout Shi'ite Muslim family in Iran, Safa first heard the Gospel message while living in Sweden, and turned his life over to Jesus Christ after asking God to show him the truth. Safa, author of the best-selling book Inside Islam, eventually became a pastor, and in 1990 moved with his young family to Tulsa, Oklahoma to start a church. "It was there that God impressed upon me that a great spiritual revival was coming to Iran, and that I would play an integral part in it," recalled Safa. Gripped by that word from the Lord, Safa spent the next thirteen years fasting and praying for that revival to come forth in his native land. In 2003 those years of intercession began to bear fruit as Safa was prompted to purchase some used television equipment and begin producing simple Christian programming in his native Farsi tongue. On March 16, 2003, the first of that programming hit the airwaves over a secular Farsi-language network broadcasting into Iran. "I remember that day well," recalled Safa. "It was a Sunday morning and I was sitting at my desk at the church I was serving in Tulsa, getting ready for the service to begin, when the phone rang, which was a little unusual on a Sunday morning." The call was from an individual in Iran who had seen Safa's program, Day of Salvation, on the Farsi network, and wanted to become a Christian. "Before long another call came in from someone else wanting to get saved," said Safa. "And then the phone rang again, and all day call after call was coming from Iran with people wanting to make Jesus their Savior and Lord." In the weeks ahead Safa added four additional phone lines at his church to handle the volume of calls, realizing that "we were beginning to see the first pangs of revival in Iran and the Middle East in a radical Islamic nation that had never seen a revival in its history." Hundreds of millions of Muslims who have never heard the Gospel message now have access to the truth 24 hours every day through TBN Nejat TV, via satellite as well as online through computers and TBN's special app for iPhones, iPads, smart phones, and other mobile devices. "And millions have come to faith in Christ in the nine years since Nejat came on the air," emphasized Safa. He added that each week hundreds of calls pour into Nejat's call center from Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kurdistan, and many other unreached areas around the world. "Some call to give their lives to Christ," he explained, "others to receive prayer for needs in their lives and families, and many call to testify of God's transforming power in their lives." Those individuals include: – Mohammad, who called and told a Nejat prayer partner that he and his family of seven came to faith in Christ through TBN Nejat TV, and he now wanted a prayer of blessing over all of them. – Ali, who was a drug addict for 12 years, before watching TBN Nejat TV and giving his life to Christ. At the end of a program hosted by Reza Safa, Ali touched the TV set and the Lord instantly delivered him from his drug addiction. – Fatemeh, who accepted the Lord through TBN Nejat TV, and immediately began telling family members about her newfound faith. So far twenty of them have come to Christ through the programming on Nejat TV. "Because of the crackdown on pastors, churches, and Believers by Islamic governments and by ISIS terrorists, churches have become all but non-existent in many radical Muslim areas," he said. "TBN Nejat Television is the only source of discipleship and encouragement thousands of Christians in Iran and the Middle East receive. And in many cases it is the only witness of Jesus' love that many people will have. That's why TBN is committed to partnering with Reza Safa to ensure that Nejat TV continues to shine the light of Christ's love and mercy to the millions who view it."
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