S2 Ep1082: Surviving Abuse and Helping Lead the Persecuted Church: Naghmeh Panahi

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Naghmeh has one of the most incredible stories I’ve ever heard. Raised in a Muslim family, converted to Christ through her brother’s dream at age 9, helped start a massive house church movement in Iran where she faced tremendous persecution, which eventually landed her husband in prison. She then found herself on a national stage fighting to get her husband out of prison—talking to major news outlets (CNN, Fox, etc.) and to presidents Obama and Trump. She then had to face some hard truths about her abusive husband, and when she spoke out against abuse, she faced a backlash from some high-profile American church leaders. Naghmeh currently lives in Boise, ID and speaks out against the abuse of women in the church and continues to serve the house church movement in Iran. Even though that culture devalues women, the church in Iran is growing rapidly through the leadership of women, of which Naghmeh is a part. Naghmeh has written about her story in a forthoming book: I Didn't Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse. You can learn more about Naghmeh from her website: https://www.tahriralnisa.org/about/naghmeh-panahi/

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0:00.0	All right, friends, man, this upcoming podcast was something else.
0:05.4	My mind and heart are still reeling from it.
0:09.3	My guest today is Nogme Panahi.
0:12.2	I've known him Nogme for a while now.
0:14.0	Ever since I moved to Boise, the name Nogme was pretty well known in Christian circles,
0:19.4	and you'll see why when you hear her story.
0:22.0	But man, she has been through a lot.
0:25.4	As the title of this podcast suggests, this was a pretty raw episode.
0:31.2	And Nogme has been on just one of the most, I mean, incredible journeys filled with a lot
0:36.7	of pain and suffering, and it gets really raw.
0:40.0	So Nogme, she does talk about her experience of being a victim of spousal abuse and even
0:47.6	the aftermath of the church's response to that, which I'm not going to say anymore.
0:52.3	I'll let her share about that.
0:54.0	So just a warning up front that we do get into some touchy topics, and I'm just so impressed
1:02.8	with Nogme and what God has been doing in and through her.
1:06.3	So I'm so excited for you to listen to this conversation.
1:08.9	Please welcome to the show for the first time, hopefully not the last time.
1:11.7	Do you want to know me?
1:12.7	Nogme Panahi.
1:13.7	Nogme, thank you so much for coming on The All Genera.
1:26.2	This is something I've been looking forward to, honestly, for years.
1:29.2	So thanks for coming on the show.
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