At a church in the south-west of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can't believe it. 'If they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,' he says, 'they kill you.' Bible Society is known for international Bible translation and distribution, but the story that inspired its founding 220 years ago (Mary Jones and her Welsh Bible) involved providing Scriptures within Britain in a non-English language. Today, while Bible Society remains the main publisher of the Scriptures resources in Welsh, multilingual domestic outreach also means putting the Bible in the hands of refugees. Not everyone is enthusiastic about new arrivals in this country. Increasing numbers in recent years are remarkable at least statistically, and at the General Election, various parties (including the one that won) promised they'd make the numbers fall. But for the Church, more people within reach is more to reach, so you'll find churches at the forefront of welcoming new arrivals – wherever they've come from. The charity Welcome Churches, a Bible Society partner that now has more than 1,300 member congregations, has been working since 2018 (very much in the context of the huge increase in what the Government calls 'irregular arrivals') to see every refugee welcomed by a church. A great example of a welcoming church is a small congregation in the south-west of England who have found newly arrived Iranians very receptive to their outreach. More than two-thirds of people in their pews on a Sunday are now Iranian. What turns visitors into members? It would seem to be the Bible. If refugees are coming for the welcome, they're staying for the Word. 'The Bible is so precious to them,' a church member said of the Iranians in her congregation, who are becoming integral members. 'Many of them had never held a Bible before. It's wonderful to give them one. You can see the joy in their eyes. One Iranian woman recently brought to church a Moroccan woman she'd met at the hotel. We had an Arabic Bible for her. Now she wants to get baptized. These Iranians are reaching beyond their group.' As bad as I long for the rapture, I am willing to hang on and endure until Jesus gets every soul that belongs to Him. When I put my faith in God's word, I have faith in what God says about tomorrow. Whoever becomes president and vice president of America, we can trust God to bring us all home at anytime and we will be together in paradise with Jesus forever. I'm not worried because the current moment in this world, God's Spirit was sent to us and our peace begin at that second. Keep looking up, for Jesus is coming fast! We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we know who holds tomorrow. We have no way of knowing what our future will be however, as Christians, we know the one who knows–God. We should not worry about the future, because our times are in His hands (Psalm 31:15). In other words, God will give you what you need when you need it. It's a shame he doesn't believe in the rapture. I am sure he will be pleasantly surprised when he gets to be removed before the wrath.... @terry In the interview I saw with him and Tucker Carlson, Rich believes that the tribulation is coming.....and on that point we agree. However he believes we will be here through it and there is no rapture, he believes that line about Darby. So hope he won't mind a playful "told ya so" on the way up.... 
How the Bible is growing the faith of Iranian refugees:
