Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Issues Letter to Supporters, Expresses Faith and Perseverance

Religion Today | Updated: Jun 01, 2012

Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Issues Letter to Supporters, Expresses Faith and Perseverance

May 11, 2012

Imprisoned Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who faces execution for refusing to recant his Christian faith, has issued a letter to persecution aid group Present Truth Ministries, the Christian Post reports. In the letter, Nadarkhani asks for continued prayer that he will be released, and assures his supporters that although he continues to await his freedom, he maintains eternal faith in God's will. "I would like to inform all of my beloved brothers and sisters that I am in perfect health in the flesh and spirit," he writes. "And I try to have a little different approach from others to these days, and consider it as the day of exam and trial of my faith. And during these days which are hard in order to prove your loyalty and sincerity to God, I am trying to do the best in my power to stay right with what I have learned from God's commandments. I need to remind my beloveds, though my trial due has been so long, and as in the flesh I wish these days to end, yet I have surrendered myself to God's will." Nadarkhani's letter can be read in its entirety here.

Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Issues Letter to Supporters, Expresses Faith and Perseverance