Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini in prison

On Tuesday evening, Evangelist Joel Rosenberg had the opportunity to talk by phone with Mrs. Naghmeh Abedini. She is the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been in prison in Iran for converting to Christianity, preaching the Gospel, and helping the underground house church network inside Iran.
This Saturday will mark the third year since Pastor Saeed was arrested in Iran and sentenced to death. A prayer vigil for his protection and release will be held in churches all over the world this weekend. Joel asks you and your family and church to commit this weekend to praying for this dear brother in Christ and his precious family. Joel has been invited to speak that day at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. and will address Pastor Saeed’s remarkable story.
Saeed was born in Iran in 1980 and raised as a Shia Muslim. In his teens, he was recruited by a Radical Muslim group to become a suicide bomber and thus a martyr for the cause of jihad. But in 2000, God had mercy on Saeed and opened his eyes to the truth of the Gospel. At the age of 20, he renounced Islam and become follower and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.