Sam Khosravi ​

Sam Khosravi fell into the grip of alcohol and drug addiction at the age of seventeen, in the year 2000 — years he himself describes as those of “a walking corpse,” a man whose only motivation was to survive in order to use, and to use in order to survive. But at twenty-four, in 2005, at the very height of this inner storm, a light of hope began to bloom in his heart. He came to know the grace of God and was able to leave addiction behind for good — the beginning of an entirely new life.

From then on, Sam, together with his wife Maryam, began serving in house churches across the provinces of Bushehr and Fars, especially in the cities of Bushehr and Shiraz. Beginning in 2015, as pressure and mass arrests of believers intensified across southern Iran, this same devotion to planting and strengthening house churches gave rise to a more formal ministry called Father’s Legacy . The name draws from Romans 8:17: “heirs together with Christ, and if we share in His sufferings, we will also share in His glory.” On this foundation, Father’s Legacy gradually grew beyond the planting and growth of house churches to include support for believers in need — a seed sown in the soil of danger and scarcity, yet one that took root.

This ministry eventually led to the arrest of Sam and Maryam by security forces, intense interrogation, and trial before the Revolutionary Court. With the verdict handed down, they were forced to leave their home, their ministry, and their homeland, crossing the border secretly along a difficult route through the north of the country.

But leaving Iran did not mean the end of the ministry. Today, Father’s Legacy is led from Turkey, and its reach extends far beyond those early days in Bushehr: it now serves house churches in most cities of Iran, brings food to families in need, launches entrepreneurship initiatives for believers’ self-sufficiency, and is active in charitable work. stands, at the heart of this journey, as a living sign of the faithfulness of a God who keeps His heritage fruitful even in exile.