SAT-7 provides curriculum based Bible Teaching programmes for those across the Middle East & North Africa who are in church leadership or who have a thirst to learn more but have no access to formal bible training.
Grieving Mother Finds Peace It’s impossible to know exactly how many people SAT-7 has reached. But when our viewers contact us directly, we get a glimpse of who is on the other side of the TV screen. This time, an Iranian woman named Mahsa* called to thank SAT-7 for supporting her as she mourns the death of her only son, […]
In the last two years, Danial*, a UK-based Iranian has increasingly found himself visiting his home country. Originally the journeys were for his business, but he has had so many experiences of leading people to Christ, he has come to see that God is using them to “send a message of love to Iranian people”. As he reflects on his […]
Arad from Iran rang SAT-7 to tell us his story: “I want to share a testimony with you about how God has helped me to forgive the murderers of my son. When my son was killed a few months ago, my heart was filled with hatred and I wanted to take revenge. However, when I heard about Jesus’ crucifixion on […]
Former athlete Sam turned to drugs to numb the emptiness he felt. Until Bible quotes given to him during rehab set his life on a completely new course. Sam is a 33-year-old man living with his wife and young daughter in Iran. In his adolescent years and through most of his 20s he was an athlete and quite successful. He […]
A life-changing cab ride In an unusual series of events, the Lord has used SAT-7, a dream, and a cab ride to guide one man to a church in his hometown. Like millions across the globe, Ravi* was spending the evening at home in Iran watching satellite TV. He came across SAT-7 PARS while channel surfing. The programme talked about […]
SAT-7 PARS airs the programme I Beg to Differ, based on a book of the same title by Christian author Tim Muelhoff. Presenters Rev. Sasan Tosli and Nikoo Ordodary model “navigating difficult conversations with truth and love” by voicing their opposing views on various topics during the episodes.
With a desire to address a widespread problem, a former child star in Iran, Omid Ahangar is writing and producing Swamp, a 13-episode social drama that considers the cost of addiction in society.
A new series on SAT-7 PARS will help Iran’s growing house churches “develop techniques of endurance” to persevere through widespread persecution. God and the Persecuted will brings encouragement from Scripture and church history to strengthen Iran’s underground Christians.
“From that moment on, everything became dark… I didn’t know how I could cope with this loss.” This is how Cyrus, the protagonist of Closure, describes his feelings after the murder of his father by the Iranian authorities. He is just 10-years-old when their peaceful family home is raided by the Islamic intelligence service, and his father Dariush is taken […]
TEACH—Theological Education for Arab Christians at Home has the aim to provide systematic theological teaching for Arab believers who may have no other means of receiving it. Pray that these programmes will be effective in helping Arab believers to mature in their faith.
Please pray for the many programmes SAT-7 PARS broadcasts under the SOTA, Seminary of the Air project. The curriculum is devised by Farsi speaking theologians. Pray that God will use it to provide a firm Biblical foundation for the many new believers in Iran and to help churches grow and become self-sustaining.
Pray for viewers who are experiencing doubts about their faith. Pray that God would enable them to trust Him completely and that SAT-7’s programmes will give them tools to persevere.