After an increase in attacks on church buildings and threats against Christians and minorities in Turkey, SAT-7 TÜRK has amplified their calls for peace and justice. “We are deeply concerned by the recent rise in threats and attacks against Christians and minority communities,” said Melih Ekener, the channel’s Executive Director. “SAT-7 TÜRK’s news department is a hub connected to churches […]
Christian TV ministry supports Middle East families in Covid lockdown
With many of its 25 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa facing income loss, health risks and life under lockdown, SAT-7 is providing a raft of specially targeted programmes and online content to support viewers’ mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Existing and many new shows from the well-trusted Christian TV network are addressing the issues raised […]
THE BRIEFING – APRIL 2020
Passover, Easter and soon Ramadan will be marked in isolation in the Middle East this year. We look at how alarm over a string of man-made conflicts in the region has been overtaken by fear of a new enemy and how countries are responding. You could be forgiven for forgetting the fear that circled the globe following the US strike […]
An Easter unlike any other
Closed Middle East churches give SAT-7 a unique role this Easter For the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the UK, the Easter festival looks very different this year. Normally overflowing church pews in countries such as Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon are empty. From Bethlehem to Istanbul churches are closed and the region’s diverse Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical […]
Youth revival in Tehran
With the US embassy siege in Tehran still hanging over them and at a time of food shortages and fear, Americans Tat Stewart and his wife set off to lead a major Christian youth conference in the north of the city in the summer of 1980. In the second of two blogs, Revd Tat Stewart recalls the astonishing move of […]
Overwhelming response to prayer for Iran in a time of crisis
A prayer shared live by Revd Keyvan Cyrus on SAT-7 PARS’ programme Signal created a powerful dialogue between the channel and its viewers, when hundreds of messages poured in as a response. “Let these diseases and microscopic organisms that can destroy our bodies be replaced by harmony and peace, mercy and healing in our bodies,” Cyrus prayed in response to the pandemic that has […]
INCREASING AUDIENCES ACROSS SAT-7 AS GLOBAL LOCKDOWN CONTINUES
Rising audience engagement and heartfelt viewer comments show that SAT-7’s Christian broadcasts are needed now more than ever in the Middle East and North Africa. As the coronavirus spreads and churches are closed, viewers across the region are responding to the network’s spiritual comfort, mental health support, and practical health advice. In Iran, the regional epicentre of the crisis, viewers say […]
SAT-7 stays live to support viewers in coronavirus lockdown
“We are making every effort to ensure our live programmes continue, our Audience Relations teams can respond to our viewers and that whatever happens over the coming weeks and months, SAT-7 will continue its ministry,” shares Rita El-Mounayer, SAT-7 CEO, as the world awakens to the continuing challenge of the coronavirus. “All channels are working with fewer staff due to […]
WORDS OF HOPE AS FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASE ANNOUNCED IN TURKEY
As the first case of the coronavirus was announced in Turkey, SAT-7 TÜRK’s programme World View spoke out about God’s peace to send hope into the lives of its viewers amidst the fear and panic caused by news and social media. “Unfortunately, here in Istanbul there are rumours and exaggerations about the coronavirus,” shares Volkan Er, presenter of the Christian […]
Eyewitness to the Iranian “Great Awakening”
Five months after the 1979 revolution that a Shia Islamic government, Tat Stewart arrived to pastor a community church in Tehran. What he had never expected to see was the remarkable move of God’s Spirit among Iranian people that began in those days of turmoil and continues still today in a Church that is largely underground. In 1978, over 55,000 […]