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 […]
Gazing on Bethlehem – December 2012
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 […]
SAT-7 TO BROADCAST ENTHRONEMENT OF COPTIC PATRIACH 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 […]
Algeria update: broadcasts build growing Church
In August Wazala reported on the remarkable increase of the Algerian church – thought to be the fastest growing church in the Arab world. Since then, there has been great progress in the TV broadcasts which Pastor Youssef, of the House of Hope Fellowship, mentioned. This week we heard that some 31 of the 52 church services in Arabic and […]
BISHOP DECLARES DEMOCRACY NOT ENOUGH FOR MIDDLE EAST
Christians must hope for more than democracy in the Middle East, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali told the audience at “Christianity at a Crossroads in the Middle East”, an event organised by Middle East Christian broadcaster SAT-7 in London last week. Warning that “democracy can mean the tyranny of the majority,” the former Bishop of Rochester and President of OXTRAD said Christians […]
LEBANESE AT A TURNING POINT
For the first time in four years, on 19 October, a car bomb erupted in Beirut. Thankfully, SAT-7 staff members in Lebanon are safe, and the SAT-7 studio remains secure. The strategically coordinated assassination targeted Wessam al-Hassan, head of the Lebanese intelligence agency. Hassan and seven others died in the bombing that occurred in the densely populated and predominantly Christian […]
SAT-7 FLASHMOB VIDEO SCOOPS FIRST PRIZE AT FILM FESTIVAL
A SAT-7 flashmob video which recorded a classic Easter song being performed for amazed shoppers in Beirut’s busiest shopping mall has won first prize in the music category at The Christian European Visual Media Association (CEVMA) 2012 Film Festival. Filmed during Easter 2011, the video features Lebanese singing group ‘The Four Knights’ in an operatic-style performance of the song ‘Jesus […]
SAT-7 DOCUMENTARY UP FOR PRIZE AT BAGHDAD FILM FESTIVAL
Middle Eastern Christian TV broadcaster SAT-7 is pleased to announce that its documentary, Rough Ragged Journey, will be screened at the 4th Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF) on 7th October. BIFF serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in Iraq and around the Arab world. SAT-7’s documentary will compete with 18 other films for a […]
Life as a new Christian in the Middle East
Although there is a growing indigenous Church in the Middle East and North Africa, many of the region’s new Christians fail to continue in their faith. Experiences of isolation, opposition and feelings of alienation each play their part. Understanding and mitigating against these factors is vital to supporting and establishing these new believers as lifelong disciples. The emergence of an […]