Arab Christians – heirs to an entangled region
August 2014Many 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's Grave Concern For Iraq's Christians and Other Minorities
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 […]
SAT-7 Supports Viewers In Iraq and Gaza Crises
August 2014Millions of viewers of Christian TV broadcaster SAT-7 live in the eye of the storms that are currently engulfing the Middle East. Among them are large numbers watching from Iraq and an enthusiastic audience in the small Christian community in Gaza. As a Christian broadcaster, committed to strengthening the Middle East Church, SAT-7 has been seeking to support these viewers, […]
Celebrating Women
July 2014The SAT-7 ARABIC channel’s women’s programme Needle and Thread tackles difficult issues from a hope-filled Christian perspective. Lindsay Shaw reports. When SAT-7 ARABIC launched Needle and Thread, its magazine show for young women last year, it laid out its stall clearly from the start. “This programme seeks to present women that are fully alive. Women not only need to embrace […]
Pray For Gaza-Israel
A message from SAT-7 International CEO Photo: young Palestinian boys It may come as a surprise to most Westerners to know that there are as many as several thousand Christian Palestinians living in Gaza, and that their churches are among the places which those now displaced from their homes are finding refuge. Gaza’s Christians are subject to the same challenges […]
How to pray when the world is in crisis
July 2014Alexandra Lilley, a curate in East London, asks how do we pray in the face of continuous heart-rending news reports, like those coming from Gaza, Iraq and the Ukraine? How do you pray for Gaza? I usually rouse from sleep, in my rumpled sheets, with John Humphries or Evan Davies. Exactly what I promised as a child to my parents, […]
How to rescue the persecuted without putting others in more danger
July 2014Article 5 in our series: The Ethics of Global Engagement International pressure secured the safe release of Meriam Ibrahim when she faced the death penalty in Sudan for her faith. But mishandled public campaigns on behalf of persecuted Christians can cause more harm than good. A Middle East writer outlines the pitfalls to avoid. We all followed the distressing trial […]
Loving our neighbours in a Ramadan summer – July 2014
July 2014“Friska… friska…” That’s what you’ll inevitably hear on the shores of Alexandria. “Friska” is a popular wafer and honey treat commonly sold on Alexandria beaches. It’s summertime! Summer is family time for Egyptians. Extended family members usually enjoy travelling together to the various resorts throughout the country. From the North Coast Mediterranean Sea with its beautiful turquoise waters to a […]