Turkish pastor Zekai Tanyar is a former chair of the Evangelical Alliance in his country. In the first half of a two-part interview he offers SAT-7 an update on the life of the Protestant Church in Turkey. How are current events affecting the Church in Turkey? The situation in Syria and Iraq hasn’t had negative effects on the Church apart from […]
While the annual film festival season in the West comes to an end with the Hollywood Academy Awards (or “Oscars”), Egypt follows it with another important big screen event – The Catholic Center Film Festival. This year SAT-7 was at the Cairo event to film both the opening and closing ceremonies (27 February and 6 March) and highlight a selection […]
As debate continues over the extents and limits of freedom of expression following January’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Terence Ascott, International Chief Executive of SAT-7, gives his views on how to use our freedom wisely – to win hearers rather than lose them. At least 3.5 million people of different faiths and races and leaders of 40 nations marched in […]
As debate continues over the extents and limits of freedom of expression following January’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Terence Ascott, International Chief Executive of SAT-7, gives his views on how to use our freedom wisely – to win hearers rather than lose them. At least 3.5 million people of different faiths and races and leaders of 40 nations marched in […]
It’s an old but live question: should Christians give their support to dictators and regimes with dubious human rights records if that seems the safest option for their own community, or should they join with those voices demanding change – even if it may mean worse conditions for themselves? What would you do? From the perspective of those facing harsh […]
Over 20 centuries, Christianity in the Middle East has developed into varied Church communities in response to multiple challenges from inside and out. Hugh Wybrew completes his quick overview. Read part one of this series Eastern Church members join with the Roman Catholic Church (15th-20th centuries) Later, at various times, some members of all the Eastern Churches entered into communion […]
The history of the Christian Church in the Middle East and North Africa with its numerous internal disputes and external influences is complex, as all the present conflicts in the region have underlined. In a two-part article, Revd Canon Hugh Wybrew offers an overview of the major events of the past 20 centuries which have resulted in the multi-faceted Christian […]
These are difficult days for Christians in the Middle East. In many parts of the region, Christians are facing tremendous challenges and even life-threatening situations. In Egypt, last summer we saw how Christians became scapegoats for Islamists when they were forced out of power. Still today, petty criminals plot to seize Christian lands and properties in rural areas of Upper […]
Many of today’s Arab Christians are wondering what place they will have in the rapidly changing societies of their nations. SAT-7 programmes are giving Arab Christian leaders a platform to speak to them and are encouraging them to boldly play a positive role in their communities. Last Saturday, Host Bassem Maher introduced an episode of Bridges by describing the heritage […]
SAT-7 CEO, Dr Terence Ascott, today voiced the broadcaster’s grave concern for religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq following the latest surge by Islamic State (formerly ISIS) fighters in the country’s north. Most of the 50,000 population of Iraq’s largest Christian city, Qaraqosh, fled after the advance on Wednesday night. Christian refugees previously sought refuge in the town and smaller […]