Proof The Bible Is True

04/10/19

“On Sundays we have about 200 attendees here,” says Wahid, inviting us into the church he pastors abroad: a spacious hall with a stage full of instruments. It’s vastly different from the church he pastored in Iran where the church was no bigger than a living room, the “worship band” a simple cassette player.

 

Still, it wasn’t Wahid’s own choice to leave his country. He led a good life, ran a drycleaning business. But because of his decision to follow Jesus, increasing pressure forced him to flee. Now he lives in another country in the region with thousands of other refugees.

 

Wahid is married and the proud father of a two-and-a-half-year-old son. He shows a picture of a curly-haired boy. His own growing up years were challenging. He is a child of divorced parents.

 

“It wasn’t so great,” he admits. “It made me feel sad.”

 

The real depression kicked in after Wahid’s mother died. He had lived with her all his life, and as a young teenager had to live with his father who gave him little love. Wahid was raised as a Muslim, but the circumstances in his life made him despise Islam. As a teenager, he hated his life.

 

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