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вЂњThey are conveying a teaching or a story, not just an emotion. вЂњI believe the Iranian lyrics are often a little more deep and meaningful,вЂќ he says. Since most Iranian Christians come from a non-Christian background and are hungry to grasp biblical truth, Hovan agrees it is important that the Farsi вЂњsongbookвЂќ doesnвЂ™t make this mistake.

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The lyrics of modern western worship songs are sometimes criticised for lacking theological depth or failing to reflect the full range of biblical truth or human experience. This not only preserves their culture but enables continued ministry to other Iranians, whether in their home country or when they arrive in Europe. Farsi lessons for children before church and song lyrics displayed in вЂњFinglishвЂќ in services (Farsi words written phonetically in English characters), help them participate fully in the worship. But as increasing numbers of young Iranians speak English as their first language, Iranian churches are helping people such as HovanвЂ™s wife (who came to the UK aged 4) to learn the language. About a quarter are Persian songs in western musical styles and another quarter are expressed in more traditional Iranian styles, sometimes performed with traditional instruments like the santoor (dulcimer) and daf drum.ДЇor Hovan, English is his third language after Armenian and Farsi.

Some such as вЂњAmazing graceвЂќ or вЂњMy Jesus, my SaviourвЂќ have been translated from English while others have crossed over from Arabic and other languages. He estimates around a third are sung regularly and perhaps half are translations from other languages. Hovan explains that the 44 songs are a very small sample of around a thousand Christian hymns and songs written in or translated into Farsi. вЂњWe also became great friends and think we might do something else together.вЂќ The great Iranian songbook The challenge was to do all this in just four days!Дespite the pressure, вЂњSince we had come with a prayerful heart, we knew the Lord would bless us,вЂќ Hovan says. HovanвЂ™s role was to arrange and lead the band while a technical team from The Messengers, a Finnish mission partner of SAT-7, directed filming and recording. вЂњMany Iranian church cell groups use it in one-to-one ministries,вЂќ Hovan says, so SAT-7 PARS, SAT-7вЂ™s Farsi-language channel, has adapted the book with author Rick WarrenвЂ™s support.

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The 44 songs were chosen and recorded for a 44-episode TV series based on the bestselling Christian book, The Purpose-Driven Life.

Such experience came in handy when Hovan was invited to gather a group for the filming in Finland this year. I was part of a worship band that played in many churches.вЂќ Purpose-Driven вЂњIt gave me a very good insight into not being limited to the Iranian community. He followed these with a degree in theology, worship and music at London School of Theology. With this strong sense of calling, Hovan studied music at college and at Kensington TempleвЂ™s School of Performing Arts. To hold meetings where thousands can gather, beside the preachers, you need worship leaders with experience of ministry who know the Bible quite well.вЂќ вЂњWorship is one of the greatest tools, I believe, to bring people to Christ. Leading worship in Iran now that all Farsi speaking churches have been closed down: how does that work? вЂњWhen Iran is eventually free,вЂќ Hovan explains, вЂњthere will be many evangelists and preachers who will return, but there will be a great need for trained people to lead worship. вЂњI was struggling to settle in England and I had this call from the Lord that he wanted me to go back to Iran! For a few months I was praying and fasting to know the LordвЂ™s will and it became clear it was for the purpose of worship He wanted me to return.вЂќ It came only two years after he had come from Tehran to England.

CallД«ut it was a call from God at 17, rather than family example, that made the leading of worship central to HovanвЂ™s life.

Hovan is also involved with his sister and wife in Setayesh, a touring worship group whose name means вЂњpraiseвЂќ or вЂњadorationвЂќ. He and his brother Tili lead congregations every week at the two London Iranian Christian Fellowship churches, in Chiswick and Finchley respectively. And HovanвЂ™s cousin, Gilbert, is a widely known Iranian worship leader in the USA. His uncle Haik Hovsepian, as Superintendent of the Protestant churches in Iran, wrote many songs for the growing Iranian church there before his murder in 1994. His father, Edward, is one of the most respected leaders of the Iranian church and was for many years pastor of the Iranian Christian Fellowship in London. In many ways Christian worship is in HovanвЂ™s blood. Purpose-driven worship: group recording praise songs for new TV series

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