Month of January, 2011

Ministry has 65 employees or co-workers in country and is monitoring the situation carefully.

Statement from SAT-7 CEO Terence Ascott:

We, like many others, are very concerned about the situation in Egypt.  We have many staff there and of course we are anxious to ensure that they all remain safe during this time of turmoil.  On a personal level, I was also distressed to hear this morning that my son, who is a teacher in Cairo, was among the 2,000 injured in yesterday’s demonstrations – hit in the face by a rubber bullet as he passed out water bottles to both demonstrators and the security forces alike.

Daily live TV shows give Egyptian church leaders opportunity to call for peace, to calm the enraged and to explain the gospel.

On 31st December 2010, a car bomb exploded in front of the Two Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing 21 worshipers and injuring more than 70 others.  In the days afterward members of the Christian minority in Egypt, who make up as much as 10% of the country’s population, began demonstrations around the country. In Alexandria itself, according to news reports, the bombing sparked street clashes between police and angry Copts, who hurled stones and stormed a nearby mosque. Numerous demonstrations also occurred in Cairo.