Someone just gave their life to Jesus — maybe a friend, a family member, a refugee who encountered Christ for the first time. Now what? The first hundred days of a new believer's walk are some of the most formative and fragile, and most Christians feel unequipped to walk alongside them. Safar (meaning "journey" in Persian) gives any believer the confidence to disciple someone one-on-one through 30 biblical steps — no seminary degree required.^1
Designed to be deeply relational rather than classroom-style, Safar pairs a new believer with a "hamsafar" (co-journeyer) who walks with them through topics like prayer, forgiveness, reading Scripture, dealing with fear, and sharing faith with others. Each step takes about 3–4 days, covering roughly the first 100 days of someone's new life in Christ. The approach is intentionally simple: meet together, read the Bible passage, discuss it honestly, pray, and put it into practice before the next step.^2
Created by Elam Ministries, Safar was born from an extraordinary moment in church history — the explosive growth of the underground church in Iran. With thousands of Iranians coming to faith and an urgent need for discipleship at scale, Elam drew on decades of frontline experience to build a tool that could equip ordinary believers to disciple others. What started in Farsi for the Iranian church has since expanded to nine languages — English, Dari, Turkish, Pashto, Danish, Portuguese, Spanish, and German — and is now being used by churches across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.^3
Why Christians Love Safar"Safar has been an incredible tool to help guide the discipleship journey. So exciting to see an app version, and so far I'm loving! The UI is great and it's so easy to use!"^5
"Safar is one of the best tools for making disciples for Jesus Christ, which is very deep, diverse and effective at the same time." — Farsi-speaking user^5
On the Safar website, believers share how "Jesus softened my heart and helped me begin to forgive the father who had hurt me"; "Safar taught me to live in truth — Jesus has changed my words and my heart"; and "God used Safar to give me the boldness to say, 'I'm a Christian' — even at home."^1
Notable- Churches like St Mungo's Edinburgh and Tove Valley Baptist Fellowship have adopted Safar as their primary discipleship tool for both new and mature believers^6
- CBN reports that Iranian believers are using Safar to disciple new converts through one-to-one journeys, even under persecution^10
- Free promotional materials — posters, slides, and social media graphics — make it easy for any church to launch^7
- Listed as a key discipleship resource by the Hikma Partnership for non-Western contexts^8
Platforms: iOS, Android, Web Pricing: Free
