120 000 viewer responses in 2009!

Miracle Channel received a total of 119, 234 responses from viewers in 2009. This is more than twice as many as in 2007.

Miracle Channel received a total of 119, 234 responses from viewers in 2009. This is more than twice as many as in 2007.

As the final numbers were added up the responses from Arabs watching the Miracle Channel in 2009 nearly topped the scale at 120,000. This is an increase of 20,000 from 2008, and an increase of 67,000 from 2007.

The leader of Miracle Channel’s follow up office believes that one of the main reasons for this is easy internet access to the internet many more in the arab world now have.

-Before, nearly everyone had a satellite dish in their home. Now, nearly all homes in the Arab world have internet connection, making it much easier for viewers to contact us, says the leader of the follow-up office.

He also believes that the live broadcasts that started up in September are attracting a wider audience, although it is too early to factor these numbers into the response for 2009.  A large number of new viewers were also added after Miracle Channel started broadcasting on NileSat AB4a in December.

-I often say that Christian media work is reaching more people for Christ in the Arab world than what has been reached over the last 2000 years.

He says that he is certain that the number of viewers who call in are just the top of the iceberg in comparison to the number of people who are impacted by the channel.

-Most viewers will never contact us for fear of persecution. That’s why we are so amazed at the high numbers we are getting, particularly from the Arab peninsula.

He adds that he just came off the phone with a viewer in Saudi Arabia. He had spoken to the same man in 2005 when the viewer first came to know Christ as his saviour after watching the channel.

-Now he told me that he was leading and teaching a group of new believers that met regularly. We know that the change that happens in the viewers are real when they reach out for Jesus, their lives do change and if affects many people around them.

A selection of responses from December, 2009:

Basma:
“I am a Muslim girl and I want to ask you to pray for me to know the right way! I watch your channel and sometimes I cry. I don’t know why and what emotions I feel when I see the picture or a film of Jesus. Please pray for me!”

Assam from Morocco:
“I am a young man from Morocco. I am from a Muslim background but I believe also in Jesus. I came to know you through a friend who has been writing to you for a long time. He greatly encouraged me to call you and to watch your channel everyday. I want to know more so you can help me learn the truth.

Bo Alam from Algeria:
“I am a young man from Algeria. My name is Fakhar….I am 33 years old. Thank you for the Miracle Channel which is the reason for the change in my life. I came to know Jesus about nine months ago and I accepted Him as Lord and Saviour of my life, all Glory be to Him. I go to a church but it is far away in a secret place. It is difficult, but, with God’s grace, I go with my family. Our faith grows stronger. I hope we can be in touch.”

Ahmed from Dubai:
“Thank you so much for your programs. We are very happy that you are now on Nile Sat. Your programs are very good and they deal with very important and relevant issues.”

Iman living in Sweden:
“I am a Muslim woman from an Arab country and I have lived in Sweden for a long time. I came to Sweden to learn about Jesus. Truly He is the Truth that I have been looking for and the Light that drove out the darkness that I was living in. Thank you so much to the Miracle Channel because it was through you that I came to know the truth. Please help me and counsel me through your office in Sweden.”

Wafa from Iraq:
“Thank you for the wonderful programs you broadcast especially the ones that speak about the rights of women. Congratulations, as well, for becoming part of NileSat.”


Abdala from Saudi Arabia:
“I would like to thank all the brothers and workers at the Miracle Channel for your wonderful and impacting programs. I have a question. How did Jesus die on the cross for me? I always hear this statement. They are such wonderful words but so strange. I would like to get some books from you that would help me learn about this as well as to get the lessons that you talk about the New Life program in Arabic. Please help me find the truth.”

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