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 […]
Despite the real dangers presented by militant groups, the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan could allow the country’s better educated younger population to take greater responsibility for the country’s future. Afghan broadcaster and pastor, Shoaib Ebadi, the presenter of one of SAT-7’s programmes for Afghanistan, shared his views on the country’s future and called for unity at […]
Over the weekend of 5-8 March, SAT-7 aired live the first ever visit by a Roman Catholic Pope to Iraq. Described by the Pope as “a pilgrimage of peace”, the historic visit aimed to bring hope and consolation to the peoples of post-war Iraq and recognition to Christians across the region. Parthians and Mesopotamians (from what is now Iraq) were […]
When 13 Iranian Christians were recently arrested in three different cities in Iran, at least four women were among them. As Iranian women play a vital ministry role even under threat of arrest, Mojdeh*, who spent 40 days in prison in Iran, encourages SAT-7 PARS viewers with how God’s “utterly tangible presence” sustained her there. “I was serving in a house church […]
The SAT-7 PARS viewer support team could not have been prepared for the amount of change that was to stem from one phone call. Talita*, an Iranian woman, had been living with an angry husband and she was beset by extreme stress and anxiety. Her way of dealing with these feelings will be familiar to many of us: ring a […]
Puzzle, a wonderfully ambitious new programme on SAT-7 KIDS, is encouraging 12-15-year-olds to build their future on the values of freedom, peace and equality. In a region where many young people live with the consequences of division, conflict and hatred, it is vital that an alternative message is heard. This is where Puzzle steps in, teaching young people to live […]
