Making the Gospel Available to Everyone
in the Middle East and North Africa

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.

MISSION: to provide the churches and Christians of the Middle East and North Africa an opportunity to witness to Jesus Christ through inspirational, informative and educational television services.

Changing the statistics through an unlikely source.

No place is unreachable. No situation is hopeless.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

These statements of faith ground SAT-7's vision and mission. They guide the organization in program production, selection, personnel and policy decisions, and ministry with its viewers and supporting constituency.

Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed, later called the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, is one of the oldest and most widely recognized ecumenical professions of faith used in Christian liturgy. It has been cited as perhaps the best description and definition of Christianity ever written. In its 381 version, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed states:

WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND OF ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.

AND IN ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, BEGOTTEN FROM HIS FATHER BEFORE ALL AGES, GOD FROM GOD, LIGHT FROM LIGHT, TRUE GOD FROM TRUE GOD, BEGOTTEN NOT MADE, BEING OF ONE SUBSTANCE WITH THE FATHER, BY WHOM ALL THINGS WERE MADE.

WHO FOR US MEN AND FOR OUR SALVATION, CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND WAS INCARNATE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY, AND WAS MADE MAN, AND WAS CRUCIFIED FOR US UNDER PONTIUS PILATE.

HE SUFFERED AND WAS BURIED, AND THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND SITS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER. AND HE SHALL COME AGAIN IN GLORY TO JUDGE BOTH THE LIVING AND THE DEAD; AND HIS KINGDOM SHALL HAVE NO END.

WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE LORD AND GIVER OF LIFE, WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER, WHO WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON TOGETHER IS WORSHIPPED AND GLORIFIED, WHO SPOKE BY THE PROPHETS.

WE BELIEVE IN ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS. AND WE LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME.

AMEN

Lausanne Covenant

The Lausanne Covenant is one of the more influential modern statements of Christian faith, a longer document including a specific reaffirmation of the Nicene Creed and an elaboration of fifteen beliefs. The covenant was written and adopted by 2,300 evangelicals from 150 nations at the International Congress of World Evangelization held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Lausanne Covenant commits the Christian church by applying the Gospel in relevant ways (evangelism, education, edification, transformation) in a rapidly changing world. The covenant expresses a desire to obey and honor God by sharing Christ and Christianity among people —loving them — and within all cultures — respecting beauty but rejecting sin — across the globe. Read the full English language text of the LAUSANNE COVENANT.

Taking the Road less traveled.

With Jesus. For the sake of fellow believers.

Taking the Road less traveled.

With Jesus. For the sake of fellow believers.

SAT-7 DISTINCTIVES

By and for Middle Easterners — 80% of our programs are produced by local Christians. In a part of the world many consider "hopeless," we choose to broadcast HOPE in Christ! Following are more SAT-7 Distinctives, which guide program policies and all SAT-7 activities. They set SAT-7 apart, making this ministry different from virtually all other Christian broadcasting organizations in the Middle East and North Africa.

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SAT-7 is culturally relevant and respectful. We do not use coercive methods or attack other religions.
SAT-7 seeks to show the unity of the Church, with all its diversity, helping different denominations understand one another.
SAT-7 will not promote any political party, figure or ideology.
SAT-7 seeks to dispel negative stereotypes that non-Christians have of Christians, the Church, and Christ.
SAT-7 seeks to give legitimacy to Christian minorities in areas of the world where they have none.
SAT-7 encourages the defense of peace, biblical human rights, justice, and social and economic development.
SAT-7 broadcasts seek to educate, inform, inspire, and motivate.
SAT-7 cares about the spiritual health as well as the holistic needs of our viewers: we serve the whole person. We are unafraid to tackle important topics such as women's equality, disability, poverty or discrimination - the full human experience.
SAT-7 does not sell airtime to other ministries.

Hope for every situation.

Because the LOVE of Jesus is unending.

Broadcasting Christ's hope since 1996.

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FOUNDING MOMENT

Founder Dr. Terence Ascott saw something life-changing in the busy streets of Cairo, Egypt. As he spotted a family watching television, he had a “eureka!” moment. Most who cannot read can watch television; they can hear about the love of God. From this, a dream was born: to establish a Christian satellite television network that would reach across the Middle East and North Africa.

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