The Fastest Growing Church You’ve Never Heard Of: Prayer for Iran

Hey friends,

I’m pausing our regular content today because the fastest growing church in the world is in Iran—and growth under persecution is one of the strongest indicators of genuine spiritual shift.

For those who are like-minded, will you join me in prayer for the courageous people of Iran? There is power in agreement. Read this declarative prayer out loud and let’s see what God does when His people stand together.

- Melanie

Lord God of Heaven and Earth,

We declare You alone are sovereign over Iran. No throne, no ideology, no false religious authority stands above You. You remove kings and establish kings, and You weigh every nation in truth and righteousness.

We proclaim the fear of the Lord is returning to the people of Iran...not fear of punishment, but holy awe rooted in truth. We declare deception is losing its power, eyes are opening, and hearts are awakening to the difference between coercion and genuine faith.

We declare the spirit of hypocrisy and religious oppression is being exposed. What has claimed the authority of God while contradicting His nature through cruelty, corruption, and bloodshed is being judged by Your light. You are separating truth from distortion, worship from compulsion, and faith from fear.

We declare You are moving among the people quietly and powerfully. In homes, in whispers, in dreams, in Scripture, You are revealing Jesus as the Prince of Peace and the Truth that sets captives free. No wall, no law, no prison can restrain the Word of God.

We declare courage over those who have believed in secret. We declare wisdom over leaders within the underground Church. We declare protection over pastors, evangelists, and believers whose names are known to You alone. Let Your angels be encamped around them.

We declare the collapse of false authority will not result in chaos, but in clarity. We ask that when structures fall, Your mercy would rush in. When fear breaks, let hope take root. When lies lose credibility, let truth be welcomed.

We declare Iran will not be abandoned in transition. You are raising voices of peace, conscience, and restraint. You are preparing servants for rebuilding, shepherds for healing, and intercessors for the days ahead.

We declare the blood of the innocent cries out to You...and You hear. Justice belongs to You, and You will repay, not with vengeance, but with righteous judgment and restoration.

We declare Iran’s future will not be written by oppression or violence, but by redemption. You are not finished with this nation. Persia will yet bring glory to Your name.

We seal this prayer in faith, trusting not in headlines or outcomes, but in the unshakable Kingdom of God.

In the name of Jesus Christ, by His redemptive blood we pray, 

Amen