November The Cultural Heritage and Interactive Learning Development (CHILD) Centre, opens as an assessment centre for SAT-7 ACADEMY’s programs. Christians around the world unite for SAT-7’s Week of Prayer with the theme: Equipping the Next Generation. WEEK OF PRAYER 5–12 NOVEMBER 2017 June SAT-7 TÜRK’s Facebook post of a video about the meaning of Pentecost receives 100,000 views, the largest number of views received on social media so far for the channel. December SAT-7 KIDS, the first children’s Christian satellite TV-channel celebrates its 10-year anniversary. SAT-7 teams up with Light for All Nations (LFAN) ministries to record the first on- the-ground footage in Raqqa, Syria after ISIS militants left. The documentary Al Raqqa: between Yesterday and Today presents a message of peace and solidarity with Syrians. September SAT-7 appoints Panayiotis Keenan as the new Executive Director of SAT-7 PARS. Young Myriam’s message of forgiveness is showcased as part of the exhibition CROSSinFIRE at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, to raise awareness of the contemporary persecution of Christians in the Middle East. A new satellite television channel, SAT-7 ACADEMY is launched to help address the educational and social development needs of the region.