Which country do you think has the fastest growing Church in the world? China? Russia? Maybe a country in South America?
Here’s a hint: the official name of the country starts with ‘The Islamic Republic’.
Todd Nettleton with The Voice of the Marytrs, USA reveals, “The Islamic Republic of Iran is actually the place in the world where the Church is growing the fastest, something that would be pretty surprising to most Christians.”
The situation is bursting with irony. The Islamic Republic of Iran is listed on Open Doors USA’s World Watch List in the top ten hardest countries to be a believer.
And yet, last year, Operation World listed Iran as having a 19.6 percent uptick in the Christian population annually — more than any other country.
“Conversion is illegal, the above-ground churches have almost all been closed down,” says Nettleton. “So it is a country that has worked very hard to eliminate Christianity, and particularly to eliminate Muslim conversion to Christianity. But it’s the place in the world where the Church is growing the fastest.”
Read More: The Church’s growth-spurt in a surprising country – Mission Network News
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