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mission
Our Mission
is…
To provide the churches and Christians of the
Middle East and North Africa with an opportunity to witness to Jesus
Christ through inspirational, informative, and educational
television services.
Vision...
To see a growing Church in the Middle East and North
Africa, confident in Christian faith and witness, serving the
community and contributing to the good of society and
culture.
In more detail...
SAT-7 educates, informs,
inspires and motivates the Middle Eastern Christians in the region. It
encourages church attendance and stimulates spiritual growth and
hopefully will reduce the emigration of Christians from the region.
More than 175 million Middle Eastern viewers have access to
satellite television, but barely half of the 430 million in the
region can read a newspaper. With the population in the
region growing in many countries by 1 million every month, even
basic education cannot keep up. Due to this widespread
illiteracy rate, satellite is the most popular form of entertainment
in the region. Growth of dish ownership is phenomenal,
with government attempts to ban it proving ineffective.
Also, the quality of local and national television keeps it from
being competitive.
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SAT-7
By depicting
Middle Eastern Christianity in its many forms, the idea of being Middle Eastern and
Christian is validated, reinforcing the day-to-day work and witness
of the Arabic and Farsi and Turkish-speaking church in the many countries where it has
been marginalized. Open-minded members of Middle Eastern
society come to realize that the politics, morality and
lifestyles of “the West” (as portrayed by popular Western movies and
television) are not synonymous with Christianity.
Love and forgiveness are taught and made a part of all
programming. The viewers see Christianity in
a whole new light, not to be compared with "Western
programming".