Islamic Christianity Grows in Iran’s Holiest City

Islamic Christianity Grows in Iran’s Holiest City
Islamic clerics in Qom, considered the most sacred city in Iran’s Shi’ite Islam, are warning about the rapid spread of Christianity among Iranian youth.
According to Mohabat News, house churches are being actively hunted down, and conversion to Christianity is treated as a threat to national security. Believers face arrests, harassment, heavy bail, and long prison sentences.
A high-profile seminary official, Ayatollah Alavi Boroujerdi, admitted:
“Accurate reports indicate that the youth are becoming Christians in Qom and attending house churches.”
Another senior cleric, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, has repeatedly expressed alarm over the growing number of young Iranians turning to Christianity, blaming “foreign influence” for the conversions.
Crackdowns Have Failed
Despite intense Islamic indoctrination in schools and families—and millions of dollars poured into Islamic propaganda—the Iranian government has failed to stop the movement.
Authorities have responded by:
 • Closing churches, including Assemblies of God congregations in Tehran and Ahwaz
 • Banning Christian converts from attending official churches
 • Forcing all Farsi-language church services to permanently shut down
 • Confiscating Christian books and restricting Christian publications
 • Arresting and intimidating new believers to spread fear
In Mashhad, officials even deployed large numbers of Islamic teachers and preachers to counter Christianity—followed by a wave of arrests of Christian converts.
Yet even Iran’s own government reports admit the reality:
Christianity continues to spread.
A Faith That Refuses to Be Silenced
Despite surveillance, persecution, and imprisonment, Iranian youth are increasingly distancing themselves from Islam—and turning to Christ.
House churches continue to grow.
Faith continues to spread.
And no amount of pressure has stopped it.
The gospel is advancing—even behind closed doors.
Persecution has not extinguished the light.
And Iran’s underground church is still growing.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5