Assemblies of God Iran

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:activity gptkb:school
minister
worship services
evangelism
Bible distribution
translation of Christian literature
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:World_Assemblies_of_God_Fellowship
gptkbp:class gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:founded 1950s
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tehran
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assemblies of God Iran
gptkbp:language gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic
Armenian
gptkbp:legalStatus restricted
gptkbp:membership several thousand (before 1979)
significantly reduced (after 1979)
gptkbp:notableEvent closure of churches in 1990s
persecution after 1979 Iranian Revolution
gptkbp:notableLeader Haik Hovsepian Mehr
Tateos Michaelian
Mehdi Dibaj
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:status persecuted
gptkbp:target arrests of leaders
church closures
Iranian government surveillance
forced emigration of members
gptkbp:theology gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:worshipStyle Charismatic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Assemblies_of_God_worldwide
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7