Ferdos, a Christian refugee in Greece in danger!
A member of our Journey Group Mark Brannan, while on a mission trip several years ago met Ferdos, a young Christian refugee. He witnessed her strong testimony of Christ which led to the salvation of a refugee from Turkey. Her family became refugee’s from Iran about three years ago. They managed to flee from Iran after severe ethnic and religious persecution. Greece has determined to expel the family back to Iran before the end of April.
Ferdos and family fled after an arranged forced marriage with her mothers cousin, and intensifying persecution as a Christian. In Iran if you were born to a Christian family there is not as much persecution, however converting from Islam to Christian is illegal by law and can be punishable by death. Killing those who convert to Christianity is permitted by that religion and even promoted, the person who kills is Jihad-part of the struggle to defend Islam.
It is very probable that upon their return to Iran they will be killed because of their faith as a Christian. Please pray for Ferdos and her family for a remedy to avoid return to Iran.
April 7, 2021