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313 items in the archive.
April 2017 11 items
For the sake of believers
WHY SUPPORT A REGION DEVOID OF PEACE? WHY PROVIDE RESOURCES TO PEOPLE RULED BY OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS? FOR THE SAKE OF BELIEVERS.
Making it through conflict together
THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT FOR SAT-7 BROADCASTS, GOD IS ALLOWING US TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND BRING THEM THROUGH CONFLICT TOGETHER.
Restoring a refugee’s faith
Iman, a Christian refugee from Iraq, had a crisis of faith when she had to face a Goliath-sized event. Militants invaded her village and Iman was forced to make a decision to save her family–to flee her home. When she arrived in Lebanon, a refugee without a single possession, the Church of Lebanon helped her restore her faith in Jesus.
Facing physical disability in Egypt: one woman’s journey to a law degree
Growing up with a disability in Egypt can present many Goliath-sized challenges to becoming the person God wants you to become. Hanaa is frank about the triumphs and defeats of her journey growing up with infant paralysis. She shares her story on an episode of the live SAT-7 program, Speak Up .
The invisible front line
There is more than one way of being on the front line of ministry in SAT-7. While scores of the TV network’s presenters have become trusted and familiar friends through their regular appearance on screen, there is a front line that is less visible but equally important. It involves sitting beside a phone and a computer monitor.
Kivanç from Turkey
After his father died, teenager Kivanҫ tried to bury his pain and questions in drinking, smoking and partying.
Palm Sunday bombing: survivors and clergy reflect
On Palm Sunday, midway through a special service for the start of Holy Week, a suicide bomber detonated his device, killing 27 worshippers at St George’s Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta. SAT-7 field reports producer Ramy Samir spoke to eyewitnesses at the scene and the channel’s Egypt studio broadcast a program of reflections and prayer for viewers affected by the attack and a second bombing at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria.
Reza – an Iranian drug dealer transformed through Christ
An Iranian viewer named Reza began calling the Iranian SAT-7 counselling centre. He described himself as a drug dealer, thief and gangster .
Ramez from Jordan
A JORDANIAN “CONVINCED BY THE PERSON OF JESUS” “It may seem strange, but this is what I totally believe in,” wrote Ramez*, a Jordanian living in Saudi Arabia, as he related the seven-year journey that had brought him, much to his amazement, to become a follower of Jesus.
From addiction to freedom
Countless people in the Middle East and North Africa are hurting. Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually .
Umut from Turkey – freed from jail with new life in Christ
A Turkish man has told SAT-7 how he came to Christ while in prison, as he sought our support after being released.