As Lebanon experiences its worst violence in almost 20 years, SAT-7’s studio in Beirut is continuing to broadcast programmes offering comfort and support to people shaken by this week’s devastating airstrikes. Nearly 800 people have been killed and thousands injured in the bombings since Monday (23 September). And tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes […]
As tensions continue to rise across the Middle East, a powerful episode of SAT-7’s Voice of the Church has offered comfort and hope to viewers in Lebanon and beyond. During the episode, entitled “Lord, Have Mercy on Us”, church leaders and other believers lifted up heartfelt prayers for Lebanon and the wider region, calling on God for peace and help. […]
Church leaders from the Holy Land and Sudan have spoken out about the conflicts in their countries, calling for support for their vulnerable Christian communities. Churches in both places have come under attack, and Christians have been caught up in the violence. Rev. Dr Jack Sara, President of Bethlehem Bible College, told SAT-7 ARABIC’s You Are Not Alone how he […]
Christians from the Holy Land are sharing a powerful worship song as a prayer for their war-ravaged homeland. It was shown on SAT-7 ARABIC programme Today not Tomorrow as part of a special episode about the conflict in the Holy Land, and it is being played on local radio stations there – giving hope to listeners of different religions. “Bless […]
SAT-7 CEO Rita El-Mounayer writes: For the last few days, I have been doing as you all have: watching the horrific scenes unfold across the Holy Land. I have felt that sick pit in my stomach, the very same one I have had before. Tonight, the world’s media is now talking about my homeland, Lebanon, as a “place of operations […]
Films and TV drama have the power to change our view of the world – from how we look at history and events (think Braveheart or Belfast), how we see life (It’s a Wonderful Life or The Pursuit of Happyness), or how we understand the lives of people whose experience is quite different from ours (The Theory of Everything or […]
“Our eyes are on the suffering Ukrainian church. We are suffering with them.” These words by SAT-7 TÜRK presenter Volkan Er opened discussion of the crisis enveloping Ukraine and its European neighbours in last Wednesday’s episode of Worldview (2 March). This weekly current affairs programme on SAT-7’s Turkish language channel, along with the daily SAT-7 TÜRK news programme, is a […]
SAT-7 has called on Christians across the Arab world to join in prayer for Sudan by airing prayers for peace from an interdenominational church service in Khartoum. Below: watch clip of Pastor Hafiz Fassaha and of worshipping congregation in Khartoum A week-long series of clips were shared on social media beginning 20 January. This followed street protests on 17 January […]
“The Taliban have completely taken over everything and our hope is cut off,” says Tahmsab* a viewer in Afghanistan, speaking to the SAT-7 PARS Audience Relations team. Through programs and the Audience Relations teams, SAT-7 PARS continues to hold out an unbreakable hope to viewers in Afghanistan. The situation in Afghanistan is going from bad to worse. Women and girls […]
As people around the world mark the International Day of Peace on 21 September, SAT-7 Development Officer Phil Hilditch reflects on what his unusual life journey has taught him about peace – and how a new project by SAT-7 and partners in Lebanon is an opportunity to partner in God’s work to promote the ideals of peace. “They must turn […]
