Alborz, a Christian in Tajikistan, struggled with anger after his brother was killed by extremists. He got in touch with SAT-7 to share his journey to forgiveness… My 25-year-old brother in Afghanistan was a follower of Jesus. When the extremists found out that he was a Christian they hanged him upside down, broke his hands and fingers and burnt his […]
Learning to forgive
Christ in the courtroom
Somayeh, an Iranian Christian, was arrested while celebrating Pentecost and sent to prison. But throughout the ordeal, Jesus was right beside her… I saw a dream of the end of the world – everything was destroyed. Then I saw a man coming towards me, but I didn’t know that he was Jesus. He came to me, put my hand on […]
An unexplainable joy
Mary from Egypt experienced inconceivable loss when her husband and unborn baby were killed by a suicide bombing at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria on Palm Sunday 2017. But despite her unimaginable pain, she is starting to find joy again… My husband Kareem was a wonderful man. He lived a normal life, but his heart was in heaven. He told […]
Rosaline’s story: A miraculous healing
Rosaline, a 13-year-old girl from Sohag, Egypt, was miraculously healed from incurable kidney failure after being prayed for at church and on SAT-7. She and her parents appeared on SAT-7 KIDS programme Family of Jesus to tell their story. A STARK DIAGNOSIS Rosaline was in the late stages of kidney failure, but didn’t yet realise, as her symptoms were initially […]
Kaya’s story: Faith despite family opposition
Kaya*, a SAT-7 TÜRK staff member, testifies about how he developed a strong faith in God at a young age, despite fierce resistance from his family. LOOKING FOR GOD “I don’t come from a Christian background, but I found God when I was twelve years old,” Kaya says. “I grew up with a lot of religious people around me. Faith […]
Taraneh’s story: “I travel for three hours to watch SAT-7”
Taraneh* is a young Afghan girl who lives in Tajikistan and regularly calls in to SAT-7 PARS’ live children’s shows. Her family do not own a television, but she travels three hours to watch her favourite programmes at a relative’s home. Taraneh’s inspiring enthusiasm and faith, despite her family’s difficult circumstances, shine through in her messages to the channel. DIFFICULT […]
Sudan guests on worship show pray for praise instead of gunshots to ring out in Sudan
A live episode of SAT-7 worship programme Keep on Singing became a focus for intercession for a country that was reeling from a day of bloodshed. During the 4 June broadcast, Sudanese Pastor Philemon Hassan wiped away tears as he sang a prayer for peace in his nation, only hours after scores of protesters were killed in the violent clearing […]
The Middle East Briefing – June 2019
Events in Sudan and the Gulf of Oman dominated headlines this month as the Middle East seemed set for a dangerous summer. Violence overtook months of peaceful protest in Sudan on 3 June. So-called Rapid Support Forces used live ammunition, severe beatings and rape to disperse a sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum. Two months before, pro-democracy demonstrators had succeeded […]
The church that learned to love its enemies
“It was as if God had prepared us for this,” says Pastor Hikmat Kashouh of his congregation. He is recalling the time, almost eight years ago, when over a million Syrian refugees started pouring into Lebanon, fleeing civil war. Resurrection Church, Beirut, had already built strong connections with local Syrian workers. But what the church was less prepared for was […]
Whatever happened to Myriam, the Iraqi schoolgirl who forgave ISIS?
A message of forgiveness for so-called Islamic State (IS) given by a schoolgirl in a refugee camp “captured millions of hearts” when it went viral in 2014. Now a 30-minute SAT-7 film, Sequel of Hope, catches up with Myriam and her family as they celebrate their first Easter back in their Christian hometown of Qaraqosh. With World Refugee Day on […]