This Is a Defining Moment for Iran
and for the Church.

As events unfold in Iran, World Compassion remains in direct contact with trusted leaders throughout the region. For more than a decade, we have served the underground Church through Bible distribution, discipleship training, and leadership development.

This is not a new mission for us — it is a sustained commitment.

Believers need protection. Pastors need strengthening. We continue positioning Scripture and support to respond wisely as opportunities arise.

Pray first. Then choose how you will stand with them.

Protect Persecuted Believers

  • Emergency support and humanitarian relief
  • Legal aid
  • Family care for those targeted for their faith

Equip the Church of Iran at Scale

  • Strategic leadership conferences in the Middle East  
  • Pastoral care and training for the underground church in Iran
  • Scripture-anchored discipleship in the Farsi language
  • Structured teaching for new believers
  • Leadership formation for underground pastors
  • Tools that strengthen faith under pressure

Join the Committed Core

  • Sustain long-term work in hostile nations through monthly partnership

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Empowering people is the single most powerful tool for sparking transformation.

By working closely with the local church in target nations and local team members on the ground, World Compassion projects and programs are sustainable and continually in motion.

57

Years of ministry to the Church in hostile nations

328,753

Bibles distributed to the people of Iran

11,826

Graduates from our discipleship programs

20,000,000+

People reached with the Gospel message

Ministry in Motion

WHO WE ARE. WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

Through our commitment to meeting physical and spiritual needs, we strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and communities by empowering the local church to help others to experience the transformative power of God's love.

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We can’t do this without you.

God has empowered His people, including you, to change the world. 

You can help empower a Christian in a nation restricted to the message of Jesus from right where you are.

3 Ways to Get Involved

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Pray

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Since 1969, World Compassion has taken the message of Jesus into nations hostile to the Gospel.

We equip and train the local church in target nations to see the spiritual and physical transformation of lives. By working through the local church, there is greater potential for long-term sustainability and multiplied impact in ministry programs.

Iraq

For over 20 years, our compassion-evangelism outreaches have helped bring hope to a war torn region. Through mobile medical clinics, vocational schools, and small business grants, we help refugees rebuild their lives and introduce them to the Gospel message.

China

Facing the worst persecution and restrictions in decades, we help meet the demand for more leaders by providing our ABC discipleship and leadership training materials to develop house church pastors. We also offer our China Mission School training to empower Chinese missionaries to be sent out to unreached people groups throughout Asia and the Middle East.

Beyond

Due to the different needs of the countries we work in, we remain flexible and poised to prayerfully respond to the unique opportunities that present themselves around the world. Our ministry model is built for this; we can move quickly when a crisis hits.

Iran

In one of the most hostile nations to Christians on earth, we help reach people with the Gospel through our Bible distribution program, host leadership conferences, and provide discipleship materials to help this growing underground Christian community reach their nation.

Cuba

In Cuba, despite widespread poverty and oppression caused by the tight restriction of the Communist government, we provide pastoral support and partner with several pastors to help plant churches by expanding homes so that the church can continue to grow strong.

Myanmar

Our ABC discipleship and leadership materials equip local churches, both urban and remote, by training and empowering them to reach their communities. Our annual leadership conferences for pastors and leaders help refresh and build a culture of unity in the body of Christ.

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We welcome any questions, comments, or inquiries about our organization and mission. Through relief work, church partnerships, discipleship training, and leadership development, we aim to spread the transformative love of Christ. Contact us to learn more, partner in our mission, or share any prayer requests.