Prayers for peace amid Middle East tension and conflict
August 2024As tensions continue to rise across the Middle East, a powerful episode of SAT-7’s Voice of the Church has offered comfort and hope to viewers in Lebanon and beyond. During the episode, entitled “Lord, Have Mercy on Us”, church leaders and other believers lifted up heartfelt prayers for Lebanon and the wider region, calling on God for peace and help. […]
GROWING IN GRACE: A YOUNG WOMAN’S STORY
August 2024From childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood, SAT-7 is committed to walking with viewers through every stage of life. One young woman’s story highlights the key points of connection that helped her to mature in faith over many years of watching. Madonna, a 25-year-old woman from Egypt, recently contacted SAT-7 to explain how deeply – and for how long – […]
Country Briefing: Tajikistan
August 2024In this month’s Country Briefing, we journey to the easternmost reaches of SAT-7’s satellite footprint: the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan. The presenter of a new Tajik women’s talk show shares with us the difficulties faced by Christians in Tajikistan, but also how God is using SAT-7 to build His Church there. Click here to listen to the 7-minute audio […]
LEBANON TENSIONS: A MOTHER’S PERSPECTIVE
August 2024In this personal reflection on the turbulent situation in Lebanon, SAT-7’s Marianne Awaraji shares her fears as the mother of an eight-year-old son, and how she is helping him – and others – to put their trust in God. By Marianne Awaraji, Audience Relations Manager for SAT-7’s Arabic channels For such a time as this: Focusing on eternity instead […]
SAT-7 calls for prayer after Beirut airstrike
August 2024As fears for war in Lebanon grow, please join us in lifting up the nation and the city of Beirut in prayer. SAT-7’s Lebanese TV studio is situated just outside Beirut so we are monitoring the situation closely. SAT-7’s studio in Beirut was thankfully not affected by the strike in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday 30 July and all staff […]
“JESUS MAKES MY DREAMS COME TRUE”
July 2024Growing up in war-torn Syria, it is no surprise that Hagar abandoned her hopes of becoming an actress. But after finding faith in Jesus and appearing on SAT-7, the Kurdish teenager is now living out her dreams. Throughout her recent interview with SAT-7 KIDS director Mark Awaraji, Hagar is holding a mug with a poignant Bible verse printed on it: […]
Middle East Briefing – July 2024
July 2024“We urgently need to find our way back to peace in line with the UN Charter [of Human Rights] and international law.” This was the impassioned message that Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, sent to the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council last month. Prominent among the examples he gave were Gaza, Sudan, Syria […]
Christian girl from Gaza prays for end to Holy Land war
July 2024A 12-year-old Christian girl from Gaza whose family has taken refuge in one of the churches there has shared her prayers for an end to the war. She told SAT-7’s You Are Not Alone programme that she and other children want to “return to play and live our childhood”. Faeqa Ayyad, along with her parents and siblings, is living at […]