UPCOMING
PUBLICATIONS
Stories that deserve to be remembered. Lives that deserve to be heard.
Discover upcoming books by Joshua Ehm and powerful true-story projects being developed with Iranian Underground House Churches (IUHC).
From leadership and identity to love, sacrifice, transformation, and faith, these books explore the extraordinary stories behind ordinary lives.
THE NEXT CHAPTERS ARE COMING
Three upcoming publications have announced release dates. Explore each book below and discover the stories behind them.
The Moment You Arrive
Immigration, identity, belonging, and the challenge of beginning again.
DISCOVER →No Crown, No Applause
The hidden cost of true leadership, responsibility, sacrifice, and legacy.
DISCOVER →Suitcase or Blame
A true cross-cultural story of love, heartbreak, and rediscovering yourself.
DISCOVER →
THE MOMENT
YOU ARRIVE
What Americans Do Not Know About Refugees
Everyone talks about the journey to America. Few talk about what happens after you arrive.
In this deeply personal book, Joshua Ehm takes readers beyond the moment of reaching safety and into the often-unseen reality of beginning life again in America.
Drawing from his experience as a former refugee, educator, and leader, Joshua explores learning a new language and culture, rebuilding education and career, living thousands of miles from family, carrying difficult memories, navigating relationships, and rebuilding identity and confidence.
The book speaks to refugees, immigrants, and displaced people, as well as Americans seeking to understand the experiences of their neighbors, coworkers, students, employees, friends, and families.
Reaching a safe country does not always mean feeling at home.
Planned formats: Hardcover · Paperback · Kindle
NO CROWN,
NO APPLAUSE
The Hidden Cost of True Leadership
21 years of leadership. One message for the next generation.
After more than two decades of leadership, IUHC founder Joshua Ehm is preparing to publish a book shaped by real experiences, difficult decisions, sacrifice, perseverance, and the responsibility of developing others.
Since 2020, the material behind the book has been used as a leadership-training resource within IUHC.
According to IUHC’s internal reports, more than 700 leaders have studied and taught its principles, while more than 80,000 members have read the material.
The book challenges the idea that leadership is measured by titles, followers, recognition, or public success.
Instead, it examines character, service, responsibility, criticism, failure, pressure, sacrifice, and the importance of preparing future leaders.
True leadership is not about being seen. It is about carrying responsibility when nobody is watching.
Written for emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, nonprofit leaders, pastors, parents, and business professionals.
SUITCASE
OR BLAME
She Packed Her Things. I Carried the Rest.
A cross-cultural true story of love, heartbreak, and finding yourself again.
An Iranian man and an American woman begin a relationship shaped by different cultures, expectations, histories, and dreams.
What begins as love becomes a deeply personal journey through emotional connection, cultural differences, family expectations, difficult choices, and heartbreak.
Suitcase or Blame explores what remains after a relationship ends, how two people can remember the same story differently, and how someone begins again after losing the future they imagined.
The book continues Joshua’s personal story following the events of Becoming Joshua: His First Two Lives.
Sometimes the hardest part of losing someone is learning how to live with the story left behind.
BEYOND THE NEXT THREE RELEASES
Alongside Joshua Ehm’s scheduled publications, IUHC is developing additional true-story book projects.
These stories reflect extraordinary experiences of faith, loss, transformation, survival, and hope.
Their publication dates have not yet been announced.
VOICES OF FAITH.
STORIES OF HOPE.
Four additional stories are being developed from personal experiences and interviews.
Publication details and final manuscripts remain in development.
ONE DAY,
THREE GOODBYES
From Addiction to Redemption, Motherhood, and Unimaginable Loss
The story of an Iranian woman who moved from drug addiction to faith, marriage, and motherhood.
After finding Jesus, she began rebuilding her life and became the mother of two children.
During protests in Tehran, she reportedly lost her husband and both children in a single day.
Through grief, persecution, and unanswered questions, her story explores what remains when everything someone loves is suddenly taken away.
Three lives. Three goodbyes. One day that changed everything.
RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
FROM GANGS
TO GRACE
A Life Transformed. A Calling Fulfilled.
Ali’s story, previously introduced in Becoming Joshua: His First Two Lives, follows a former gang leader and drug dealer in Iran.
His encounter with the Christian faith through Joshua and the underground church community became a turning point in his life.
Ali later became involved in leadership within IUHC and initiatives supporting people recovering from addiction.
His journey explores second chances, recovery, responsibility, and the possibility of a different future.
From leading people into darkness to helping others rebuild their lives.
RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
THE CHILD
OF THE STREETS
From Surviving the Streets to Healing Others
An eight-year-old boy in Tehran lived without a stable home and was exposed to drug dealing through an uncle struggling with addiction.
He cleaned car windows at traffic lights to survive.
Members of IUHC became involved in helping him, eventually supporting his placement with a Christian family.
With education, care, and community support, the boy continued his studies and eventually became a doctor.
According to IUHC, he also became involved in leadership within its network.
A child’s beginning does not have to determine his future.
RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
ALL WE WANTED
WAS CHRISTMAS
A True Story of Family, Faith, Loss, and Hope in Iran
A young Iranian woman born with a disability grew up in a family facing severe poverty and hardship.
Her father had been imprisoned and later experienced severe paralysis. Her mother worked long days picking apples to provide for the family.
Despite their struggles, the family found hope through Christian faith.
In January 2026, according to the account presented by IUHC, her mother, sister, and younger brother were killed during violence connected to protests in Tehran.
At just 24, she faced unimaginable grief while trying to find the courage to continue living.
They did not ask for much. They only wanted to be together.
RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCEDPRESERVING THE STORIES BEHIND THE BOOKS
IUHC is working with its leaders and members to develop individual stories into books that preserve their experiences, sacrifices, and testimonies.
These projects draw from interviews and personal accounts. Every effort is being made to preserve the voices, details, and experiences of the people behind each story.
Because some accounts involve persecution, violence, grief, and people living in sensitive circumstances, identifying details may need to be protected before publication.
The books are intended to preserve these experiences for future generations while honoring the people whose lives they describe.
Every life has a story. Some stories must never be forgotten.
Stories can preserve what history forgets, give a voice to those who cannot speak freely, and remind future generations of the courage it takes to believe.
IUHC & GO AND DO
Iranian Underground House Churches (IUHC) works to strengthen, equip, and expand Christian communities throughout Iran and the surrounding region.
Go and Do, a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in Michigan, partners with IUHC in education, humanitarian assistance, outreach, and related initiatives.
Through publications, personal testimonies, leadership resources, and educational work, these organizations seek to preserve stories of faith, courage, and human transformation.
THE STORIES CONTINUE
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