In the most recent edition of the Southern Baptist Texan I read an article about an Iranian man who came to Christ from the Muslim faith. The article is titled "Life threatened, Iranian believer finds refuge in the U.S."
The story itself is very encouraging to college students who are thinking about foreign missions as a vocation as it follows Bighash through his life as a Muslim and coming to faith in Christ and the perils and persecution he faced upon conversion.
He recounted about what was going through his mind when he started questioning the Muslim faith;
"The question had lingered in his [Baghesh] mind, 'If God wants someone killed for a sin, why did he create them?'
'If he didn't want them, he wouldn't create them,' Bighash said. 'And a lot more things, like the difference between man and woman in Islam. I prayed in Islam for years. Sometimes for two or three hours I would be in the room, just me and Allah, and I prayed, prayed, prayed with Quran. But as soon as I came out and I left teh house, I didn't have any faith. I didn't have any result of my conversation with Allah.'"
Bighash then relived his experience of seeking out Christianity in Iran and how difficult it was to find someone who was a true Christian. Finally he found an underground church and got plugged into it. He became active in the underground church and actually led his wife to Christ. After hosting a worship service at his home, police came and arrested Baghesh and some of the other Christians with him. He recalls,
"'They took us to a jail and I was there for two or three weeks. I was interrogated. They beat me, punched me, insulted me. then they broke my rib. They wanted to know about our pastor, but fortunately before they arrested me, our pastor had left our house,' Bighash said. "After three weeks they sent me to the judge, and the judge said, "You made a safe place for some people that are Zionists and are trying to do something against the government." Because of this, they sent me to jail for one year.'"
The article is really a great story about a faithful man of God who experienced great persecution because of his faith in God. Bighash is currently in Colorado Springs, CO. Share this story with others so that they may see the great need of missionaries throughout Iran and throughout the world.
To read the entire article go to the following link: Bighash's Story
The story itself is very encouraging to college students who are thinking about foreign missions as a vocation as it follows Bighash through his life as a Muslim and coming to faith in Christ and the perils and persecution he faced upon conversion.
He recounted about what was going through his mind when he started questioning the Muslim faith;
"The question had lingered in his [Baghesh] mind, 'If God wants someone killed for a sin, why did he create them?'
'If he didn't want them, he wouldn't create them,' Bighash said. 'And a lot more things, like the difference between man and woman in Islam. I prayed in Islam for years. Sometimes for two or three hours I would be in the room, just me and Allah, and I prayed, prayed, prayed with Quran. But as soon as I came out and I left teh house, I didn't have any faith. I didn't have any result of my conversation with Allah.'"
Bighash then relived his experience of seeking out Christianity in Iran and how difficult it was to find someone who was a true Christian. Finally he found an underground church and got plugged into it. He became active in the underground church and actually led his wife to Christ. After hosting a worship service at his home, police came and arrested Baghesh and some of the other Christians with him. He recalls,
"'They took us to a jail and I was there for two or three weeks. I was interrogated. They beat me, punched me, insulted me. then they broke my rib. They wanted to know about our pastor, but fortunately before they arrested me, our pastor had left our house,' Bighash said. "After three weeks they sent me to the judge, and the judge said, "You made a safe place for some people that are Zionists and are trying to do something against the government." Because of this, they sent me to jail for one year.'"
The article is really a great story about a faithful man of God who experienced great persecution because of his faith in God. Bighash is currently in Colorado Springs, CO. Share this story with others so that they may see the great need of missionaries throughout Iran and throughout the world.
To read the entire article go to the following link: Bighash's Story
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