Current appeal: You will never see a report like this one…especially on secular television news
Niki (not her real name) is a special partner in SAT-7 PARS’ ministry for the people of Iran. Years before this strategic channel went on the air Niki had been severely persecuted.
Niki was part of a house church - a secret fellowship of young, new believers. “Several of us came to faith when Jesus appeared to us in a dream. All of us had been rejected by our families. We had no pastors or teachers to instruct us how to be followers of Jesus. There were not enough Bibles for everyone. There was no SAT-7 PARS then.”
Exhausted from living in hiding, Niki bravely went to the officials who were seeking her. They bound and blindfolded her and began to threaten her: “Do you know what we can do to you? Whatever we like! If you disappear, no one will know.”
For eight hours they continued. Incredibly, Niki said, “The only thing I have—Jesus—you cannot take from me. Your threats don’t work on me!” Her captors demanded, “Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God?” Niki boldly answered, “You also can be a child of God.” Then, without any formal training, she testified to her interrogators about Jesus. All the while, she remembers having the sense that the Holy Spirit was in her every word.
Finally the interrogation ended. Amazingly, the Judge told Niki, “It seems you have found a faith right for yourself. Your testimony has touched my heart. We were going to keep you for three months, but I’m going to release you tonight because of what you’ve said. Stay in your faith and keep what you have found.”
Obviously, God had plans for Niki. Today she is a significant influence behind SAT-7 PARS. Her leadership and sensitivity to the needs of isolated believers, and her passion to proclaim the Gospel are among the many reasons why SAT-7 PARS is one of the most watched satellite channels in Iran.
Iranian Christians urgently need our help. Untold thousands of new believers have but one source for spiritual food - SAT-7 PARS. Individually and in groups, usually in secret, they gather around their TV sets, with doors closed. SAT-7 PARS is indeed their “secret place” of prayer, joy, fellowship and learning.
The SAT-7 PARS team is working hard to continue Christian programmes for believers like this. Would you consider supporting Niki and the SAT-7 PARS team in their ministry? SAT-7 PARS does not sell advertising, nor do the programme presenters ask for gifts, as happens commonly on Christian television in the West. Instead, SAT-7 PARS is a work of love and stewardship, a consortium of thousands of caring, enabling partners of which you are part.
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