Strong winds and flooding have caused havoc and at least one fatality in Lebanon in recent days. On Monday 7th January, torrential downpours flooded the SAT-7 Lebanon offices and studios, after local flood-water defences failed. The disaster incurred over $50,000 in material damages and thousands more in loss of work, opportunity and administrative overhead. Rainwater ruined set décor, carpeting, office […]
LEBANON FLOODS AFFECT SAT-7 STUDIO
PRESS RELEASE: UPDATE ON EGYPT NIGHT OF PRAYER
A year ago an unprecedented Night of Prayer drew 70,000 Christians from all streams of the Egyptian Church to pray for their nation. On 13th December 2012 some eight to ten thousand believers from across Egypt’s churches gathered again. This time they prayed for the current political situation. They also prayed for church unity, repentance and spiritual revival in Egypt. […]
PRESS RELEASE: EGYPT’S CHRISTIANS UNITE TO PRAY FOR THE NATION
Less than two years after its democratic revolution, Egypt is in crisis – its people more divided than ever, with many fearful of the impact of a constitution which is due to be voted on this Saturday (15th December). A year ago an unprecedented Night of Prayer drew 70,000 Christians from all streams of the Egyptian Church to pray for […]
Egypt's Christians Unite to Pray for the Nation
SAT-7 broadcasts united night of prayer for Egypt, Thursday 13 December, on eve of referendum on constitution Less than two years after its democratic revolution, Egypt is in crisis – its people more divided than ever, with many fearful of the impact of a constitution which is being put to a popular vote on Saturdays 15 and 22 December 2012. […]
SAT-7 KIDS CELEBRATES 5 YEARS ON THE AIR!
When Middle Eastern Christian satellite TV network SAT-7 first began broadcasting in 1996, the channel consisted of one two-hour weekly broadcast, with merely twenty minutes devoted to children. In the late 1990’s the children’s programming director, Rita El Mounayer, shared in a staff meeting that one day the SAT-7 children’s programmes would have their own channel. According to Terence Ascott, […]
Maher Fayez – prodigal musician touches the heart of Egypt
Seeing and hearing Maher Fayez lead thousands of Christians in worship or sing Christian music at a prestigious interfaith concert, it is hard to believe that this gifted and pioneering Christian musician once vowed never to return to a church. But his journey through rebellion, mainstream music success, excess and meltdown, has given him a rare opportunity to share the […]
Does persecution truly bring Church growth?
“The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church,” wrote the second-century Church Father, Tertullian. From that time onward, the idea has persisted that churches – and individual Christians – grow most when the pressure is highest. But do they? Our writer says there is another side to this story and telling only one side risks harming those who […]
Gazing on Bethlehem – December 2012
Bethlehem: for the past 21 centuries the eyes of the world have been fixed on this little town! It is Christ’s presence and nothing else that gives this town its unique position. This is the place where Christ chose to dwell in His physical form more than two thousand years ago. Jesus talked and walked in this land, He preached […]
UK CHRISTIANS INSPIRED BY SAT-7 EGYPT DIRECTOR
Over a weekend when Egypt was in tumult over new powers assumed by its president, the Executive Director of SAT-7’s Egypt studio was giving UK Christians first-hand insights into the country’s changing spiritual and political landscape – and into SAT-7’s role in uniting Christians and giving them a voice in their society. Speaking at a series of meetings across southern […]
SAT-7 TO BROADCAST COPTIC PATRIARCH ENTHRONEMENT LIVE ACROSS MIDDLE EAST
On 4th November, at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, an altar ballot determined that 61-year-old Bishop Tawadros would be the 118th Coptic Patriarch. SAT-7 aired the momentous occasion in a special live broadcast lasting over two hours. The Coptic Patriarch is the highly respected spiritual leader of about 8 million Coptic Christians living in Egypt (the […]