The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd & Rt Hon Justin Welby, told Christians in Egypt not to fear but to unite ahead of this Sunday’s national day of protest against President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. In an interview with Middle East Christian TV broadcaster SAT-7, the Archbishop, who was the guest speaker at a graduation ceremony on […]
SAT-7 ARABIC has been one of the first channels to take advantage of a new live broadcasting service from YouTube. On 18th May the station aired its first programme live on the YouTube Live channel, three days after the service began. The online service provider expanded its services on 15th May to all channels that have over 1,000 subscribers and […]
Syrian church leaders have called for a day of prayer for their country and its people on Saturday, 11th May. Primarily, they are calling for prayer for peace to be restored to their country, enabling all Syrians to live in harmony within their own country. As violent conflict continues, there are no precise figures for the number of those killed […]
A SAT-7 programme for Syrian viewers has described the 22nd April kidnapping of two Syrian Bishops (Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, The Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo, and Metropolitan Paul Yazigi, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop in Aleppo) as the crossing of a new “red line” in Syria’s bitter two-year civil war. Some nine days after the bishops’ abduction, there has been […]
At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, delegates at SAT-7’s Network 2013 conference last week heard how satellite TV is helping sustain Christians in their faith and take a stronger stand in the midst of fear, persecution and diminishing freedoms. Rev Dr Sameh Maurice, Senior Pastor of Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church, in […]
“Power to Forgive” is a month-long media advertising campaign leading up to a series of meetings which has been initiated at the invitation of church leaders in Erbil. This city of 1.3 million people lies in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. The campaign will climax with three evening meetings held on 28th Feb-2nd March led by internationally renowned Christian […]
Strong winds and flooding have caused havoc and at least one fatality in Lebanon in recent days. On Monday 7th January, torrential downpours flooded the SAT-7 Lebanon offices and studios, after local flood-water defences failed. The disaster incurred over $50,000 in material damages and thousands more in loss of work, opportunity and administrative overhead. Rainwater ruined set décor, carpeting, office […]
A year ago an unprecedented Night of Prayer drew 70,000 Christians from all streams of the Egyptian Church to pray for their nation. On 13th December 2012 some eight to ten thousand believers from across Egypt’s churches gathered again. This time they prayed for the current political situation. They also prayed for church unity, repentance and spiritual revival in Egypt. […]
Less than two years after its democratic revolution, Egypt is in crisis – its people more divided than ever, with many fearful of the impact of a constitution which is due to be voted on this Saturday (15th December). A year ago an unprecedented Night of Prayer drew 70,000 Christians from all streams of the Egyptian Church to pray for […]
When Middle Eastern Christian satellite TV network SAT-7 first began broadcasting in 1996, the channel consisted of one two-hour weekly broadcast, with merely twenty minutes devoted to children. In the late 1990’s the children’s programming director, Rita El Mounayer, shared in a staff meeting that one day the SAT-7 children’s programmes would have their own channel. According to Terence Ascott, […]