Making God’s Love Visible in the Middle East and North Africa
LHM’s partnership with the SAT-7 multimedia ministry continues to shine the light of Christ into more than 20 countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as several countries in Central Asia.
A new program, Light Night, launched Dec. 1, 2025, and is the seventh broadcast season of collaboration in Arabic. Building on our experience working together, Light Night continues the successful format of using young, in-studio hosts that discuss filmed segments of the program. Musical guests and a live audience are also incorporated to make the program engaging and lively. Geared towards young adults, the program explores themes common to this generation, discussing and debating issues from a biblical perspective.
Another multi-year project with SAT-7, Reconnecting the MENA to Hope, offers multi-language programming on SAT-7’s three channels for adults to help people from across the region engage with the Bible’s core teachings and grow in hope and faith. The programs in this project are based upon content from LHM’s topical Project Connect booklets, with content tailored to the unique audiences and cultures in MENA nations. In its 2025 project report, SAT-7 reports that they are receiving “fantastic feedback from across the region that the programs have helped many people encounter God’s life-changing love.”
A Syrian man named Ezz regularly watches Heartbeat, a televised podcast on SAT-7 ARABIC. He says, “Your posts are wonderful. I’m not Christian, but I love Christ and reading verses from the Bible. I’m looking for real solutions.” Similarly, Mona, a teenage viewer from Iraq, described her longing for a deeper relationship with God. “Your words are beautiful; they made me think,” she says. “Can you explain more about how I can return to a relationship with God? I feel my heart longs for a real connection with Him, but sometimes the path feels unclear.”
These conversations reveal the transformative potential of Heartbeat, while also showing that viewers are asking complex theological and spiritual questions that go beyond the scope of the existing LHM booklets. As a result, season two of Heartbeat will continue to use the booklets as a springboard, but the content will evolve to include new, audience-driven material addressing questions around Jesus’ divine identity, the Trinity, and the work of the Holy Spirit.
New episodes of Let’s Talk About This on SAT-7 TÜRK will dig deeper into the more complex aspects of faith and life. New program elements will include guest interviews, viewer testimonies, and more interactive formats.
GPS reaches a Persian-speaking audience on the SAT-7 PARS channel. A second season of broadcasts will focus on connecting the various dimensions of the Christian faith with contemporary life through a weekly devotional. Each episode will be built around a biblical passage with a specific theme, in the areas of spiritual and church life, family and relationships, and social and cultural issues.