{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Peaceful Hugs Podcast","title":"Faith Over Fire: Pastor Tat Stewart On Iran, The Underground Church, and Hope That Endures","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3388,"description":"What happens when two people from different generations sit down—not to debate, but to understand?In the very first episode of the Peaceful Hugs Podcast, hosts Mark Zahringer and Lorelei Cromer welcome Pastor Tat, a remarkable guest whose life story spans continents, revolutions, and decades of ministry. From growing up in Iran as the child of American missionaries to being deported during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Pastor Tat shares formative experiences that shaped how he sees faith, community, and the power of intergenerational conversation.This episode is an honest beginning: a conversation about spirituality, living through political upheaval, and the reality that people's needs—safety, dignity, support—transcend borders and belief systems.In This Episode:A Journey Through Revolution and FaithHow Pastor Tat's family ended up in Iran in 1947—and what it was like growing up as a missionary kid in TabrizThe underground church movement and the estimated 1 million Iranian Christians (up from just 3,000 in the 1970s)What we should be praying for as the current crisis unfoldsA prophetic perspective on Iran's future and the hope for democracyWhy Pastor Tat believes this moment is different—and what it could mean for the Middle EastWhy kindness is both simple and incredibly difficultPlus: Pastor Tat shares about his book \"No Stranger to Iran: Its People and Its Church\" and his decades of ministry through satellite television, reaching millions across the Iranian diaspora.About the Peaceful Hugs PodcastThe Peaceful Hugs Podcast is a space for thoughtful, real conversations about faith, culture, purpose, and the stories that shape us. Hosted by Mark Zahringer and Lorelei Cromer, the show brings together voices from different backgrounds and generations to explore what it means to live with empathy—especially when the world feels loud, polarized, and quick to judge.At the center of it all is a simple idea: kindness matters, and we can't afford to lose...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bgKQmlXaG4OOkIff2_iy3QZkjJOFJaQIr6PEBrZx4Vk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MGU1/MmJiYzc1MjljNmE1/MjNjMDZiY2IwOGI1/ZWFjMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}