Afshin Ziafat Ministries

Dear friends,

My wife, Meredith, and I are excited to announce a new season in our life. Last week, I accepted the position of Lead Pastor at Providence Church in Frisco, TX. I will begin serving in that role on Sunday October 31st. You can find out more here: www.insideprovidence.com

We have been so honored to spend the past 10+ years in an itinerate speaking ministry (www.afshinziafat.com). In this time, I have been blessed to proclaim the gospel through the Word of God at churches, conferences, camps, retreats, etc. However, the Lord began working in our hearts that it was time to come off the road to a degree and serve in a local ministry capacity. The genesis of this movement was actually a few years back. About 5 years ago, I began leading a ministry called Truth Bible Study in Huntsville, Texas, reaching college students at Sam Houston State University. After a great 5-year run there, we stepped aside and allowed a new speaker to take that ministry on. Almost exactly one year ago, we were approached by students at Baylor University to start a new ministry called Vertical Ministries reaching college students in the Waco, TX area – primarily Baylor students. For the foreseeable future, I will continue as the speaker of this weekly Monday night Bible Study. Our hearts still feel called to this ministry and we are blessed that the elders of Providence Church have requested that I continue speaking at this weekly event. Along with Vertical, I will continue speaking at some key outside speaking engagements. The elders of Providence and I agree that it is good and beneficial that I continue speaking at some events the Lord brings our way. Therefore we will keep Afshin Ziafat Ministries active on a limited basis.

I am also committed to continuing my partnership with Elam Ministries- www.elam.com. Elam’s mission is to strengthen and expand the church in the Iran region and beyond. I will continue to promote the work of Elam Ministries in my future speaking engagements and will continue traveling overseas periodically to train future leaders of the church in Iran.

Meredith and I are very excited to plant our lives and be a part of the Providence family. Please pray for us as we transition into this new stage. Serving as lead pastor of a church was not even on our radar a few months ago. It has been an amazing story to see how God moved our hearts into this new role. If you are in the Dallas area, I invite you to join us on Sunday October 31 when I preach my first sermon as pastor. We are thrilled and humbled that the Lord has called us to lead His people at Providence. Again, we covet your prayers in the coming days and weeks.

For the glory of Jesus Christ,

Afshin and Meredith Ziafat