About us

WHO WE ARE,

Iranian Underground House Churches, “IUHC” is one of the largest Christian groups in Iran. Established in 2005, despite the risk of persecution , IUHC played a significant role in spreading the gospel and converting Muslims to christianity in Iran and organizing them.

IUHC is the only Natural Christian organization in Iran, It started with people from inside of Iran and lead’s by people from inside of Iran and focused on strengthening and expanding the church among Persian-speaking communities.

Activity: We offer a variety of programs, including training, bible study, advance training, discipleship intensives, online learning, and specialized programs.

Employees

  • IUHC has created thousands of jobs and employed thousands of people over the years in Iran.
  • Current estimates place IUHC, created over 1,700+ full-time jobs across Iran for families who converted to Christianity.
  • Planning to fund and hire new employees in the USA through Go and Do.
  • IUHC does not pay pastors/ leaders who work for the underground house churches. It is all voluntary but pays the elderly and disabled. 
  • IUHC has 1,100+ volunteer’s “pastors/Leaders,” who run the house churches

Products and Services offered free of charge

IUHC provides a broad suite of Christian ministry tools,

  • Bible studies and devotional materials in Iran.
  • Print and distribute Bibles in PDF in Iran.
  • Distribute Christian books and gifts, including audio Bibles, in Iran.
  • Distribute Christian books and Bibles, including audio CDs, in Iran
  • Distribute New Year Boxes, which include over 15,000 full grocery boxes annually.
  • Providing apartments and houses for families whose parents are in prison because of their faith and paying the full cost of living.
  • Smuggling physical bible from Iraq and Turkey into Ian.  
  • Record Testimonies and publish them in a podcast in the USA.
  • Publishing autobiography “Becoming Joshua; His First Two Lives” in the USA.
  • Publishing Autobiography “Seven Colors of Heaven” for under ground house churches around the world
  • Art exhibition and untold stories in the USA aimed at raising awareness about persecution in Iran.
  • “A Night With the Iranian Underground” in the USA.
  • Go and Do newsletter in the USA.

Events and Conferences in Iran

IUHC organizes several high-profile events in Iran a year, such as:

  • Summer program for students, families, youth, and children 
  • The 5-day Christian women’s conferences offer a space for spiritual growth, fellowship, and learning. Women of Faith events provide opportunities for women to connect and deepen their faith. 
  • The 5-day men’s conference is an opportunity for men to take a break from the grind of life, have a great deal of fun participating in various activities, build deeper friendships with one another, and, most of all, connect deeply with Jesus.
  • Teenage conference 5 days
  • Sermon outline and Theological resources
  • Worship, fast, and prayer conference. 
  • 2-week Camp and vacations. 
  • Training, awareness/protective/ safety conferences. 
  • Elders and Orphans camp/ Activities.
  • Leaders’ conferences 3 times a year
  • Family Therapy/ Trauma after arrest or prison/
  • Adoption/ house churches adopt children.

  Go and Do Events and Conferences in the USA, (goanddo27@gmail.com)

  • Hosted an organizational conference and a pastor’s conference where the theme was “Persecution: How it affects all of us.”
  • Teach Bible, English. Recruiting Bible teachers in the United States.
  • Created and produced the presentation: A Night With the Iranian Underground
  • Support Iranian refugees in Turkey
  • Host two podcasts: Faith Is Identity and Underground House Calls.
  • Board members from Go and Do USA conducted a survey trip to Turkey
  • Help fund distribution of Now Ruz food boxes to the needy
  • Provided musical instruments and music lessons for Go and Do IR
  • Provided child daycare, healthcare emergencies (dental, Covid hospitalization and other bills)
  • Provided educational tutoring
  • Producing a Go and Do newsletter
  • Wrote a study guide for Becoming Joshua: His First Two Lives  
  • (Check the Ministry page for more informations)

A Brief History about a Founder 

Last update 07/08/2026, The Islamic Republic of Iran is home to a Christian community that flourishes in secret. Joshua is one of the founders of the largest Christian groups in Iran today. It is estimated that Joshua led over 100,000 converted Christians in Iran in 2025. 

Joshua was born into an affluent, religiously devout Muslim family. At the age of 9-15, Joshua became a good wrestler, and he memorized 2/3 of the Quran. At very young age Joshua rejected Islam in his mid-teens, while still not know anything about Christianity, he claimed he was a Christian. He was arrested and sentenced to 91 days in adult prison because of his claim. 

After a rebellious youth he converted to Christianity and focused on his business and grew in his faith. In 2004-5, he officially began his ministry with the homeless and addicted of Tehran(Iran), and that shaped his first underground house churches. In 2006, Joshua started smuggling Gospel from Iraq and Turkey into Iran. In the same year, Joshua was arrested, tortured, and incarcerated in the notorious Evin Prison for 15 months. During that time, his group grew to 600 members. 

Very soon Joshua’s ministry had more than 3,000 members. Because of security and safety concerns, Joshua left Tehran and moved to the northwest of Iran and continued his ministry. In 2011, Joshua was forced to leave Iran and flee to Turkey. In that time estimated that Joshua’s ministry had about 18,000 members. In 2011-14, Joshua was a refugee in Turkey while attending seminaries to grow in his faith, he established another house church in Turkey for the refugee community. 

In June 2014, His journey as a refugee brought Joshua to the U.S. in Lansing, Michigan. In 2017, Joshua was adopted by a devoted American Christian family, and together, they established the nonprofit organization “Go and Do” in the United States to represent the IUHC.

After learning English and Graduation,Joshua works as a Faculty in college in the US. In 2022, Joshua Published his first book “Becoming Joshua” and in 2026 he published his second book “Seven Colors of Heaven”. During his 9 years career as a faculty in the USA Joshua helped more than 2,300 Muslim students with love and acceptance and converted more than 184 Muslim students to Christianity. Joshua never earned any money from his position as a Pastor and the CEO of IUHC, he also donate more than 60% of his income (from his job as a faculty & personal investments) to the IUHC. His main view as a Pastor and leader is , “You received free, give it Free”- Matthew 10:8

In Evin Prison in Tehran “Iran” the islamic gov of Iran throw him into a pitch-black, five-foot cube with a low door. He couldn’t stand, stretch, silence consume him, time blurred, for 120 days (picture on the left)

And 36 days into the smaller pitch-black (picture on the right)