Broadcast journalist Seyfi Genç discovered the power of media as a teenager – when it changed his life. Today, as news editor for SAT-7 TÜRK, his work in media gives others timely and accurate insights into the Christian faith he discovered as an 18-year-old. Asked how his faith in Christ began, award-winning Turkish journalist Seyfi Genç points to the same […]
Seyfi – radio search that led to Christ
Karema – faith exile serves war exiles
After being forced to leave her home country because of her new faith, Karema has become an ambassador for Christ to Syrians made homeless by war. Karema shared with us her journey to Christ from a Muslim background and how God has led her to new ministries while studying theology and training in Lebanon. Science graduate Karema was working in […]
One family and 100 years of crossing continents – February 2015
My family’s relationship with the tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon is probably as long and as complicated as the history of the country itself, although our collective memories only stretch back a hundred or so years. In the early 1900s, a Lebanese man arrived at Ellis Island in the Upper New York Bay. Fleeing Ottoman Muslim persecution, Boutros Salim Aziz, […]
The Briefing – February 2015
Some words of Sir Winston Churchill, whose funeral 50 years ago was remembered last month, remain as relevant as ever: “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” While brutality and war-war continued to dominate news from the MENA region, talks and common sense pulled others back from the brink. News from the Region The war in Syria continues in […]
Dancing With Refugees
What is it like for families to live as refugees without schools or work to go to and only canvas between you and the elements? SAT-7 Lebanon producer Johnny Jalek set out to answer these questions for his viewers when he began planning a filmed a visit to Syrian refugees. Johnny knew that, while many Lebanese have reached out to […]
SAT-7 Founder: Why I Am Not Charlie
As debate continues over the extents and limits of freedom of expression following January’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Terence Ascott, International Chief Executive of SAT-7, gives his views on how to use our freedom wisely – to win hearers rather than lose them. At least 3.5 million people of different faiths and races and leaders of 40 nations marched in […]
Freedom – to do what?
As debate continues over the extents and limits of freedom of expression following January’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Terence Ascott, International Chief Executive of SAT-7, gives his views on how to use our freedom wisely – to win hearers rather than lose them. At least 3.5 million people of different faiths and races and leaders of 40 nations marched in […]
Bleak mid-winter – January 2015
A snow storm is coming, be cautious! Quick, get all the bread in the stores, purchase all the food you can and store everything for the next few days. It is the 7th of January 2015, and it seems that everyone started panicking having heard the news of the imminent snow storm. With no one coming or going, life all […]
Christians and dictators – allies or enemies?
It’s an old but live question: should Christians give their support to dictators and regimes with dubious human rights records if that seems the safest option for their own community, or should they join with those voices demanding change – even if it may mean worse conditions for themselves? What would you do? From the perspective of those facing harsh […]
MENA Christians: Long history and present plight (2)
Over 20 centuries, Christianity in the Middle East has developed into varied Church communities in response to multiple challenges from inside and out. Hugh Wybrew completes his quick overview. Read part one of this series Eastern Church members join with the Roman Catholic Church (15th-20th centuries) Later, at various times, some members of all the Eastern Churches entered into communion […]