Trinity Broadcasting Network Calls Church to Prayer for God's Mercy to Overcome Horror and Turmoil in Middle East

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Sep 18, 2014, 03:00 ET

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest religious television broadcaster has issued a call for Christians everywhere to pray for God to intervene with mercy in the Middle East, where internal conflicts, horrific terrorism, and war have torn nations apart and are threatening security across continents.

Over the past forty years the Trinity Broadcasting Network has forged a strong presence in the Middle East, and today partners with three affiliate networks broadcasting Christian programming to tens of millions of viewers throughout the region. TBN Vice President Matthew Crouch said that while there have always been volatile conflicts in the area between peoples of differing cultures and faiths, over the past several months animosity and hatred have intensified to such an extent that only a sovereign move of God can bring an end to the horror and tragedy.

"We are calling believers, congregations, and Christian communities throughout the earth to give themselves to prayer on behalf of the Middle East, with its diverse people groups, religious minorities under attack, and warring factions battling for ascendency," said Mr. Crouch. "We've all seen the horrible images of Christians and others in northern Iraq displaced and brutalized in unspeakable ways. And while the world demands justice for the senseless bloodshed and torture, the Church must rise up and cry out for the light of Christ to shine in this terrible darkness. The only thing that can effect true change is God's mercy."

Even now TBN's three powerful Middle Eastern networks continue to pierce the darkness with the love of Christ, and millions throughout the Middle East and beyond are being saved and transformed:

– TBN's Al-Horreya network is reaching throughout Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and the rest of the world with 24-hour Arabic language programming that is impacting untold millions with the hope of the gospel. Dr. Raafat Girgis, Al-Horreya's program director, said that despite the animosity toward Christianity in many Muslim countries, the response to the network has been tremendous. "Al-Horreya means 'freedom,' and even as unrest and uncertainty permeate so much of the Middle East, millions of viewers are finding true freedom through Al-Horreya," he said.

– TBN Nejat TV is covering Iran and the rest of the world with round-the-clock inspirational and life-changing programming in the Farsi language. Reza Safa, founder of TBN Nejat TV, said that millions of Iranian viewers have found Christ through Nejat's broadcasts. "We are seeing many Muslims coming to salvation on a daily bases," he said. "This is a time of great harvest, not only for Iran, but for the Muslim world and beyond."

– The Shalom Channel is bringing a message of hope to the millions of Russian Jews who have returned over the years to their homeland in Israel. And as the nation has been under missile attack and threatened assault over the past months, the Shalom Channel has become a refuge of comfort to a widening audience throughout Israel, as increasing numbers of individuals seek for spiritual assurance.

Matthew Crouch said that in the midst of unrest and chaos across the earth, the Church is ideally positioned to minister hope and healing. "With darkness threatening not just the Middle East, but the entire world," he said, "this is the hour for God's people to shine the light of Christ through steadfast prayer, through the witness of His mercy, and through partnering to send forth the message of the gospel to every corner of the earth."

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With 28 networks and growing worldwide, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is the world's largest faith-and-family television group, airing a broad range of church and ministry programming, Christian music, family friendly movies, children's programming, and shows for teens and young adults 24 hours a day to every inhabited continent via 87 satellites and 20,000 television and cable affiliates. In addition, TBN's most popular global networks are available on computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices, and over 24,000 hours of entertaining and inspiring On-Demand programming is accessible via TBN's innovative online network, iTBN.org. To find out more about the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks, log on to www.tbn.org.

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