Melih Ekener (centre) and Broadcasting Manager Gökhan Talas (left) are interviewed by Mirgün Cabas on CNN Türk The recent launch of SAT-7 TÜRK, the latest addition to SAT-7’s now five-strong stable of Christian satellite TV stations broadcasting across the Middle East, has achieved wall-to-wall coverage across the Turkish broadcast and print media. The SAT-7 TÜRK website also received well over […]
SAT-7 TÜRK makes headlines in Turkish media
Wedding bells in Bethlehem – May 2015
My parents just celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary. Thirty-four years – year after year, more beautiful, more enriching and more satisfying. Whilst we were all sharing their delicious anniversary cake, I sat marvelling at the work of God in their lives. I remember very clearly how they brought me and my brothers up to love God and walk in His […]
Former militia base is now a Christian home for children at risk
A Christian children’s home nestled in the Chouf mountains outside Beirut and close to one of the country’s famous Cedars of Lebanon reserves is today aptly named Beit El Safa – “The House of Serenity”. But it wasn’t always this way. Originally donated to the Beirut Free Evangelical Church for summer youth camps, the site was twice occupied by different […]
Faith in Tunisia
Debbie Brink visited North Africa to hear the faith journeys of women who have come to Christ in Tunisia I had the privilege recently of travelling to Tunisia for five days with some friends of mine. One of them is from Tunisia, but living in another country with her husband. As we drove, I saw miles and miles of olive […]
Seeking Christ in Turkey
Turkish pastor Zekai Tanyar is a former chair of the Evangelical Alliance in his country. In the second half of a two-part interview he describes how churches seek to support new believers in Christ through the pain and disruption this often brings to families. Can you describe the journeys of people in your church to overcome these stigmas in coming […]
Fatma and Ibrahim – family finds refuge in Christ
As you listen to Fatma* tell the story of why she, her husband, Ibrahim* and their three girls became five of Lebanon’s one million Syrian refugees – you start to understand why so many have taken the ultimate step of leaving their home country. The chaos and violence have made life in their home country impossible and they feared especially […]
The Briefing – May 2015
Increased interventions by Saudi Arabia impact Yemen and Syria, while descendants of Ottoman Armenians remember their “Great Catastrophe”. News from the region Changes in Saudi Arabia’s royal family structure are slowly but increasingly affecting the region. The appointments and foreign policy moves made by King Salman (crowned head of state in January) demonstrate a far more proactive Saudi Arabia in […]
Child Refugees Who Fled ISIS Reunited By SAT-7
Best friends Myriam (10) and Sandra (9), who were driven from their homes in Iraq by so-called Islamic State (IS) last year and ended up in different countries, were brought together on a live SAT-7 KIDS show. The youngsters were reunited over a video phone call during an episode of Let’s Sing Together marking eastern Easter on 12 April. They […]
Evangelical in Turkey
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 […]
SAT-7 Airs Foot Washing Service At Roumieh Prison
The whole of creation belongs to God and this Easter season SAT-7 ARABIC proves you don’t have to be inside a church building to worship. While SAT-7 will air Easter celebrations from churches around the Middle East, another filming location might surprise you. SAT-7 is airing a LIVE Maundy Thursday service at Roumieh Prison in Lebanon. It is the largest […]