David Yeghnazar

David has served with Elam Ministries for nearly 25 years and was appointed Executive Director in 2014. Native to Iran, David’s family has been serving the Iranian church for three generations. As a member of Elam’s leadership team, David has been at the heart of Elam’s efforts to train thousands of leaders for the church in Iran, print and deploy nearly 2 million Scriptures in Persian, plant churches all over the Iran region, serve thousands of poor and persecuted, and produce TV programs that are broadcast weekly into Iran and made available online. David also spearheaded the development of Safar, a one-to-one discipleship tool to help believers walk alongside new believers as they take their first steps in the journey of faith (Safar.org). David co-wrote Iran 30, an informational prayer guide translated into multiple languages, used by Christians all over the world in praying for Iran (Iran30.org). David is a national and international speaker, and has appeared on Christian radio and television programs advocating for the persecuted church. He also currently serves on the boards of Bombay Teen Challenge and LeaderSource.