Those attending classes are not simply students of the Bible. They are believers in Jesus Christ who wish to belong to a Christian community. Many will want to attend Christadelphian Breaking of Bread services. These usually focus on the needs of baptised believers, though there is evidence that worship services in New Testament times were attended by others (1 Corinthians 14:23-25; 1 Corinthians 11:26; James 2:2-7).
For those who wish to be baptised and join a Christadelphian ecclesia, integration into existing ecclesial activities needs to start before baptism. This can be challenging if they speak little English, live far from ecclesial meeting places, or don’t have the level of Bible knowledge that many teachers assume of their audience.
Exhortations
Written exhortations are produced each week by the Christadelphian Isolation League (CIL). These are written in English and translated into Farsi. The Farsi version is distributed by WhatsApp each Saturday. There is an archive of CIL exhortations from 2018 to the present available on the CIL website.
Click on the link at the bottom of the English exhortation to access the Farsi translation in PDF format:
Members of Christadelphian ecclesias can access these on the website if they create an account.
Hymns
Many of the hymns from the English-language Christadelphian Hymn Book and available for download from the CIL website now include Farsi subtitles.
The Williamsburg Christadelphian Foundation (WCF) has produced a large number of hymns from the English-language Christadelphian Hymn Book and Praise the Lord books with Farsi subtitles. These are available on the WCF website here.
PowerPoint and PDF files of many translated hymns can be found here.
Children’s classes (Sunday School)
Providing activities for children will help them learn about their parents’ faith and allow their parents to focus more fully in the adult classes. They will also encourage integration with British children and improve their knowledge of English.
There is a series of Farsi and English Sunday School lessons and resources here.
There are also some PDFs with Farsi-language Bible stories here.
Farsi-language Sunday School workbooks can also be purchased here (note this material is not produced by Christadelphians).
Bible Readings
Understand Your Bible – a Farsi Bible reading plan with questions – PDF download or sign up to receive via email or WhatsApp.
The Bible Companion reading plan, used by many ecclesias for their Breaking of Bread services, is available in Farsi here as a PDF and here as an Excel file.
Library
An ecclesial library will help believers new and old develop their faith and their understanding of the Bible. There are a number of good Bible commentaries and books about the Christian life which are available in Farsi.
This is the Bible by brother David Pearce is available in Farsi from the Christadelphian Office. This is a very helpful book for new believers who are still finding their way around the Bible. It is also available on this website.
Growing up into Christ is a book by Bros. Phil Shaw & Greg Palmer, intended for those who are newly baptised. This is available in Farsi from the Christadelphian Office.
Refugee Preaching Resources 