Iran / Sasan and Kenna Tavassoli / Outreach Foundation and Pars Theological Centre

Global Partners in the 10/40 Window
Written By Jodi Rykse

Sasan Tavassoli is the Persian ministries coordinator with the Outreach Foundation. He teaches regularly on Iranian Christian satellite TV and at Iranian conferences and seminars around the world. He is also one of the co-founders and senior lecturers at Pars Theological Center. Sasan's passion is to train the emerging leaders of the house church movements in Iran and Iranian churches in diaspora.

Outreach Foundation – To resource and equip the Iranian Christian communities through teaching on satellite TV and in conferences and seminars. The vast majority of audiences are Muslims who are being introduced to the Gospel and the truths of the Christian faith. One of these satellite TV ministries receives about 600 calls a month of people who make professions of faith.

Pars Theological Centre  - Pars Theological Centre is an interdenominational learning community that seeks to shape young Persian-speaking Christians into men and women of influence who would live God’s story and serve humbly as His agents of Change. They train, resource, empower and mobilize leaders for evangelism, church planting, disciple-making and social action. They offer a Persian language (Farci) BA in Theology and Leadership.

Jodi Rykse

Jodi Rykse, a Florida native from West Palm Beach, is a digital marketing whiz who’s a nerd when it comes to numbers. Married to her high school sweetheart, she’s a proud mom of two girls and a paddle boarding enthusiast. When she’s not glued to her computer, you’ll find Jodi capturing life’s moments through her camera lens — her other love besides family and Florida’s sunshine.

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