Annahita Parsan's journey to Christ has taken her across two continents and includes several brushes with death. But to her, she says, "it's all worth it."

Parsan had found herself trapped in an abusive marriage in Iran in the 1980s. She says that at one time her husband beat her with a shovel. Things were so bad that she had tried to take her own life with pills but survived.

In 1984 Parsan, her husband, and two children fled Iran making their way to Europe. During their travels they found themselves in a Turkish prison at one point. However, they would eventuall make it to Denmark. In Denmark she was able to divorce her abusive husband.

It was also in Denmark where she heard the gospel for the first time. When Parsan and her two children moved to Sweden she tells CBN that they walked into a church one day and prayed, "We are Christians, from now on."

Leading thousands to Jesus comes at a cost

Annahita entered the ministry and has led more than 1,500 Muslims to Christ. She leads two churches and trains other churches how to reach out to and disciple Muslim background believers.  Former Muslims hungry for 'the God who loves' fill her church each Sunday, CBN reports. "Parsan believes this was foretold in Jeremiah chapter 49, verse 39: 'But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord.'

"It is about Elam and Elam is Persian," Parsan said, "And when I read that I know that it's about us. It's about all their life and it's amazing. God told Jeremiah at that time, and it's happening just now." 

“I have serious threats at least a couple of times per year, a threat of a knife attack or a bomb attack. I have a police officer attached to my case I can always call, and we have security during our services. I have other threats from my own distant family members,” she added. “But for me, what I do is worth it.

“I hope people out there who have lost their faith, will maybe hear my story and be inspired to come back,” Parsan said.