Through a recent advanced training course, 23 Persian-speaking worship leaders have developed new skills and gained a fresh passion for ministry.

The worship leaders - who had previously completed a foundational worship training program with Elam - enjoyed two weeks growing in core musical skills together. While the focus was practical, God's work went deeper into many hearts. “God really surprised us,” shares one of the mentors and teachers, Roozbeh. “There were many healings, dreams and visions. Shy students became confident. Wounded hearts were mended.”

For their final assignment, the students worked in small groups to compose new worship songs. "When they started playing,” recalls Roozbeh, “we mentors looked at each other and started to cry because the students had changed so much over two weeks. Only God could bring about this change!"

Thank you for standing with us to train worship leaders for the Iranian church.

Please pray:

• For the worship leaders to live out all they learned on the course.

• For them to grow even more as they continue to be mentored.

• For the Lord to work in the hearts of the many hundreds of people these leaders serve on a weekly basis through worship ministry.