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2026: The Year Iran's Underground Church Became Impossible to Ignore
Iran· 2026
By 2026, Iran's underground church reached an estimated 1.5-3 million believers — up from fewer than 500 Muslim-background Christians in 1979. Digital house church networks, intensified persecution, and global attention make this the year the movement became impossible to ignore.
A New Sound Is Coming Out of Iran: How Farsi Worship Music Is Fuelling a Spiritual Revolution
Iran / Iranian Diaspora (Los Angeles· Ongoing since 2010s
Iranian Christians are creating a new wave of Farsi worship music that blends Persian musical tradition with Christian theology, fuelling the underground church and uniting scattered Iranian believers worldwide.
The Women Who Lead Iran's Underground Church When the Men Were Taken to Prison
Iran· Ongoing
When Iranian authorities imprison male house church leaders, women step forward to lead, teach, and multiply the underground church — making them the backbone of the fastest-growing church movement in the world.
The Iranian Diaspora Is Planting Churches Across Europe Faster Than Any Mission Agency
Europe (Germany· Ongoing since 2015
Iranian Christians who fled as refugees are now planting Farsi-speaking churches across Europe and Turkey at a pace that has stunned missiologists, revitalising the Western church with a theology born from persecution.
Tabitha Acang: Set Free from Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts During Worship at Youth Camp
Memphis· 2024
Tabitha Acang battled alopecia, self-harm and suicidal thoughts from childhood. At Tennessee Youth Camp, the Holy Spirit set her free during worship and called her to lead others into that same freedom.
Five Years of Infertility and Three Failed IVF Cycles — Then the Holy Spirit Did What Medicine Could Not
Melbourne· 2024
After five years of infertility and three failed IVF cycles, a Melbourne pharmacist conceived naturally after the Holy Spirit spoke during prayer at a women's conference in 2025.
Healed of Colon Cancer After Prayer at the Bethel Healing Rooms
Redding· 2024
A patient diagnosed with colon cancer received prayer at the Bethel Church Healing Rooms in Redding, California. Follow-up scans showed no trace of the cancer — astonishing the oncology team who had been preparing treatment.
Leif Hetland: How the Holy Spirit Broke the Root of Fear and Launched a Global Healing Ministry
Norway / Global· 2024
Leif Hetland was a Baptist pastor in Norway gripped by a spirit of fear that controlled every area of his life. A baptism of the Father's love through the Holy Spirit broke the root of fear and launched a ministry that has seen over a million people encounter Jesus.
Christen Cota: Thirty Years of Ministry, Twenty Years of Deafness, One Moment of Holy Spirit Power
St. Paul· 2024
Christen Cota, a pastoral associate in Kansas City with over 30 years in ministry, had been severely hard of hearing for 20 years. At the Holy Spirit 2024 conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Holy Spirit restored what medicine could not.
Couple Met at Church Alpha Course — Both Attending to Prove Christianity Wrong
Bristol· 2022
A philosophy lecturer and a data scientist both attended Alpha to disprove Christianity. Both encountered God. Then they found each other.
Tim Keller: Happier Than Ever in the Valley
New York City· 2024
Tim Keller was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020. In the valley, he found a paradox: never happier, never deeper in prayer, never more held by God.
Matt Chandler: A Thick Peace in the MRI
Highland Village· 2024
Pastor Matt Chandler was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour at 35. In the deepest terror, a supernatural peace settled that only the Holy Spirit could.