8/30/24 Presentation by Naghmeh Pahani and Eugene Back at Calvary Baptist Church in Idaho Falls
On Friday evening, August 30, 2024, believers in Idaho Falls met to worship and to hear Naghmeh Pahani and Eugene Bach share about their lives and ministries. The focus of their presentations was the persecuted and growing church in places like Iran and Afghanistan. Naghmeh, who was born to Muslim parents and spent the first nine years of her life in Iran, framed her presentation with how God answered prayers from her childhood. Born two years before the Islamic Revolution, she and her brother, having seen nothing but war, destruction and chaos around them, were curious about God. They caught a portion of a radio broadcast in which they heard, "God loves you. All you need to do is speak to Him from your heart. He can hear your prayers. If you would like to know Him more, you can ask Him to reveal Himself to you." So they prayed and began looking for this God who they had heard loved them. After coming to America, Naghmeh's brother had a vision of Jesus. He excit