My pastor, Dan Yeary, came to me this fall and asked if I had heard of Afshin Ziafat. I had not, so I did what any 27 year old pastor does. I typed in his name into Google and YouTube. Within a day, I was blown away by the powerful story of transformation that God had done in the life of a boy who was born in the USA, lived in Iran, fled a political revolution, and experienced persecution in America. Afshin now has a platform to share the Gospel with thousands of college students every week. When we got a chance to invite Afshin to join us at NPHX in January 2012, we jumped at it.

As we decided to begin 2012 at Crash with a series on forgiveness, I knew that Afshin’s story would be a powerful way to end this conversation about how we can break away from the toxic power of un-forgiveness. And I am incredibly excited for him to be at NPHX this upcoming weekend. You can learn more about Afshin’s story and his sharing this weekend at our church here.

Invite a friend to come with you. Someone who has questions about God, someone who struggles with doubts and frustrating past experiences with religious people. Ask them to join you on Sunday morning at 10:30AM or Sunday evening at 6PM.

If you want to check out a little taste of Afshin’s story, check out the video below. And then join me in praying passionately for God to do great things when we come together.