We recently interviewed one of the members from a daily Christian TV program that is broadcast into Iran. Her cry for help was not new. It was simply, “We need more Bibles!” She is believing with us that partners like you will respond to the call and help us continue smuggling the thousands of Bibles that are needed for the growing underground church in Iran.
We purchase, warehouse, and smuggle thousands of Bibles into Iran where they are distributed to new converts and local believers who have come to Christ in many ways including through satellite TV.
What we provide in a Bible is the critical link to a new believer. We take a babe in Christ and deliver the word of God so that they can grow and be transformed through self-study and discipleship groups reading the Bible together.
Maybe that sounds commonplace to you, but it’s not the case in Iran. There are so few Bibles available that one family tore their Bible in half to share it with extended family who had gotten saved. Imagine that, a family trades halves of the Bible so that someone can always be reading something.
In other house churches, they simply tear the pages of the Bible out and distribute single pages to believers to study, and return. They are sincerely hungry for the word of God; they cherish each page.
World Compassion continues to coordinate with this TV network to deliver Bibles to those being saved through their ministry in addition to other house church networks we are connected with. Believers are waiting in Iran for more than a page. They need their own Bible, and you can help!
It’s not as easy as it sounds, just smuggling Bibles into cities throughout Iran, and we certainly don’t sensationalize it. Recently there were three truckloads of Bibles being smuggled into Iran by another organization. The government found and confiscated the shipment and destroyed the Bibles. It’s a risky but necessary project. We’re very careful to ensure that each shipment arrives safely and is distributed swiftly and discreetly.
Iranian believers are resilient and patient. Recently the largest underground church in Tehran was raided and closed. But neighborhood house churches have cropped up across the city, and Iranians keep coming to Christ every day! Some statistics show that the church in Iran grows at an annual rate of 5.2%.
We currently have 5,650 Bibles that have just been delivered, but we have the capability of purchasing and smuggling thousands more into the country. It costs roughly $7.50 (£5.00) to purchase, smuggle and deliver a Bible to a Christian inside of Iran.
As we closed our conversation, she expressed her gratitude. “We couldn’t do what we do in Iran without the support and partnership from World Compassion. You provide the Bibles we distribute to all our believers.”
She’s talking about you! Your prayers and financial partnership are what help us accomplish all the amazing projects World Compassion does around the world. You are the reason new believers inside of Iran have an opportunity to have their own Bible.
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Dr. Law is not only the founder of World Compassion Terry Law Ministries, but is also one of the most influential missions leaders to nations hostile to the gospel in the last 45 years.
Having confidence in God’s promise to protect him, he has dared to minister the gospel to nations in turmoil in unbelievable ways.
Boldly preaching the gospel in a packed communist nightclub in Poland despite threats of being arrested, playing a concert for thousands at the request of Pope John Paul II, shutting down the Moscow post office as 2 million The Story of Jesus booklets were requested following his appearance on Russian Television, smuggling Christian literature into Iran, and many more.
He has dared to do the impossible in some of the most dangerous environments in the world, impacting over 40 nations including Russia, China, North Korea, Burma, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and now the Ukraine.
Dr. Law is passionate about equipping the next generation to minister the gospel with the same boldness that characterized his life of ministry.
Terry and his wife Barbara live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dr. Terry Law frequently preaches and encourages local churches from this vast ministry experience in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Just as he is encouraging thousands of believers to engage with international missions, he can inspire your local church to serve each other, your community, and around the world.
His impactful stories of how God has used him to do the impossible in some of the most dangerous countries of the world can encourage every believer with the knowledge that anyone can get off the bench, into the game and win when they are obedient to the call of God.
Dr. Terry Law inspires readers to action with impactful story-telling and Biblical truth woven beautifully together in every book he writes. His immense teaching gift is perfectly paired with his vast ministry experience, delivering powerful truths on a variety of subjects in the life of the believer.
Terry has written several books including The Fight of Every Believer, The Truth about Angels, How to Enter the Presence of God, The Power of Praise and Worship, and The Hope Habit. His booklet The Story of Jesus has been translated into more than 52 languages, with an estimated 27 million copies distributed worldwide.