From wailing to dancing: how SAT-7 viewer’s grief was turned to joy A SAT-7 viewer in Iran has described how her mourning was turned to joy when late-night channel-hopping following the death of her mother. Sussan* recently contacted SAT-7’s Farsi-language channel, SAT-7 PARS, to share her testimony. She said that the death of her mother four months before had left […]
Freedom to practise one’s religion has been granted in a package of constitutional reforms in Algeria. The change could bring significant benefits to Christians in a country where Evangelical churches are seeing an explosion in numbers among Kabyle-speaking Berber people. Hundreds can be seen each week engaged in worship and listening to challenging biblical preaching on SAT-7’s My Church in […]
Christians of all denominations have celebrated the reopening of a Protestant church only 50 kilometres from where churches have been bombed by so-called Islamic State (IS). Located just 30 kilometres from the Syrian border, the Protestant Church in Mardin, south-eastern Turkey, rang to the praises of a packed congregation some 55 years after persecution and migration forced its closure. Local […]
‘Face to Face’ is a series on SAT-7 TURK that aims to give a biblical analysis of commonly held beliefs and superstitions. Following the programme, Serkan in Istanbul contacted SAT-7 TURK to say: I watched your programme ‘Face to Face’ with great interest. I am not a believer but I see myself as very close to Christianity. In the programme, […]
Life in Lebanon is “like living near a volcano”, says Revd Dr Habib Badr, but SAT-7 gives him hope for a region in turmoil. As Senior Pastor of the oldest Arabic-speaking Evangelical Church in the Middle East, Revd Dr Habib Badr knows well the volatility of the region and the fragility of Lebanon, his homeland. The National Evangelical Church of […]
For millions of isolated Christians, SAT-7 worship programmes and broadcasts from church services are a lifeline that enables them to be part of a worshipping community and the much wider Body of Christ. Seekers, too, can safely learn what Christians believe and start to grasp what a relationship with God through Christ might be like.
The church in North Africa has grown significant in recent years. Yet many still worship together in secret or are isolated unable to attend a church. Broadcasting in the Kabyle language, SAT-7 ARABIC is now ministering to North Africans through Free Souls, a documentary series featuring Algerian Christians’ testimonies.
A Turkish man has told SAT-7 how he came to Christ while in prison, as he sought our support after being released. Umut* came across SAT-7 TÜRK while flicking through TV channels. He started watching the Christian programmes and they were a great encouragement to him as he had not been able to find a Bible or meet any other […]
15 February 2016 One year ago a video was released by so-called Islamic State showing the beheadings of 20 Egyptian Christians and one Ghanain believer. The following evening SAT-7 received a remarkable phone call of forgiveness from the brother of two of the slain men. In his tribute to the murdered men, Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox […]