Transform Iran Breaks New Ground in Christian AI to Help Shepherd Growing Global Persecuted Church
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Transform Iran Breaks New Ground in Christian AI to Help Shepherd Growing Global Persecuted Church
Christians & Seekers Searching for Truth Now able to find Gospel Message with AI Tool
GLENDALE, CA., September 3, 2025 — In response to the Islamic regime’s oppression, extreme censorship and rapid underground church growth in nations like Iran, Christian ministry and humanitarian group Transform Iran pioneered a first-of-its-kind Christian AI tool: Kairos. This AI platform is designed to point Iranians and others within persecuted nations to biblical truth securely online—even in countries that have outlawed all Christian communication.
“Muslims are seeking truth like never before, and they have many questions,” shares Transform Iran CEO Lana Silk. “Additionally, new Christians are full of questions, wanting to grow in their faith and guide those they have also helped lead to Christ.”
A Groundbreaking Tool for the Global Persecuted Church
Kairos, a biblically grounded digital tool, currently available in 256 languages, stands apart from secular AI systems that can be dangerous breeding grounds for false doctrines. While Transform Iran, the founder of this revolutionary model, operates within Iranian diaspora, this biblically-backed AI tool is available around the world, serving as a new global intelligence system of doctrinal truth for much of the underground church.
“Kairos doesn’t pull from Open AI like many systems do, and it has also successfully avoided the trap of ‘AI hallucinations,’” says Transform Iran COO Shahryar Tooraji, referring to the incorrect or misleading results that AI models often generate when they lack sufficient input data. “It actively points people to the Scriptures—back to God’s Word as the sole foundation of truth in every response.”
The platform’s intelligence uses the Bible and carefully selected apologetics publications and materials to ensure all answers provided are aligned with the Bible. Likewise, the Kairos system has been trained to only engage with questions that directly discuss matters of faith and doctrine, ensuring the engine is not involved with topics outside of this scope.
“Iranians are tech-savvy and quick to jump on evolving IT trends,” continues Silk. “As Christians and Muslims seek to use AI to answer their questions on faith, the truth and Christianity, it’s more important than ever we are ahead of the curve to ensure the answers they receive are aligned with biblical truth.”
A Revolutionary Kingdom Tool—Not a Replacement for Faith
Kairos is the product of meticulous content extrapolation and revision by a dedicated team of software developers, theologians, apologists, data analysists and researchers. Transform Iran's team developed the platform’s foundation on the Scriptures, and nearly 7,000 research articles published in the Porpasokh Apologetics Center; this content was updated and consolidated, and additional materials were developed to fill in critical gaps, creating a critically curated list of 5,286 data points for Kairos’ launch.
“Response to Kairos has already been overwhelmingly positive with a 94% approval rate from users and personal accounts of the platform being helpful in times of need,” said Silk, in reference to the platform’s July launch. “In its initial launch week alone, with no advertising, there were over 1,000 sessions."
Meanwhile, hundreds more data points are actively being sourced and compiled to feed into the system over the coming months. Transform Iran also plans to soon provide first-line Christian counseling and discipleship through the platform, alleviating the mounting pressure on the limited human resources meeting the growing needs of a nation searching for truth and hope—many without the ability to communicate with other Christians directly in the grassroots era of their faith.
“The key here is that Kairos is a tool to help guide these individuals in the Christian faith, always pointing them back to Jesus,” Lana notes. “It doesn’t replace their faith, God’s Word, the voice of the Holy Spirit or community; rather than encouraging the person to return to the platform itself, it actually exhorts them to dive deeper into the Scriptures, seek out Christian community and pray.”
Key features include:
Biblical answers, grounded in Scriptural apologetics and theology
Discipleship & guidance: Converts can instantaneously learn about prayer, worship and any other aspect related to growth in their faith
Safe: A critical element in persecuted environments, offering online safety and anonymity without compromising interactivity and personal responses to questions
Free & user-friendly: Freely available to all users, with an easy-to-navigate interface
Global reach: Available in 256 languages (more being added)
Human oversight, to maintain theological soundness, pastoral care and sensitivity moderation
Self-initiated growth. If Kairos receives a question it cannot answer, it will say, “The answer to your question is not in my database but I will flag it for our team and we will get an answer formulated within 48 hours. Please check back then.” The team then looks for these flags, creates data points needed to answer the query and adds them to Kairos.
“The overwhelming tyranny in places like Iran, paired with its simultaneous inability to control Iranians’ online access and the universal developments in AI have all provided an incomparable window of opportunity here,” concludes Silk. “Kairos is sharing the gospel message securely, bringing each question of religion, philosophy and morality back to God’s Word, providing timely answers to those most desperately searching.”
Check out Kairos here: https://kairosai.nl
For more information about Transform Iran’s ministry, visit: https://transformiran.com/.
Kairos is an AI pioneering tool that lays the groundwork for future digital outreach in the Persian speaking world. By leveraging cutting-edge technology together with the wisdom, experience and knowledge of Christian leaders and theologians, it becomes possible for Iranians and Muslims everywhere to engage with the gospel real-time in new and meaningful ways.
About Transform Iran
For more than 30 years, Transform Iran has served on the front lines of the Iranian Diaspora, sharing the love of Christ, training leaders and providing aid to the persecuted. Transform Iran has a unique position in the Middle East, striving to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of many Iranians. Transform Iran also provides humanitarian relief, including emergency food and shelter, medical care and legal help for asylum, among other forms of practical aid to Iranians who have been forced to leave their country. For more information, visit transformiran.com.
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