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News
Apr 24, 2011 New Satellite Settings for Hope Channel International
With the good news of the debut of Hope Channel India comes an important notice for viewers of Hope Channel International—a change of parameters for receiving the signal. “Starting May 1, if you are receiving Hope Channel International on a C-band (big) dish from satellite IntelSat 10 (IS10) you will need to change your reception...more
Mar 02, 2011 North Africa/Middle East Channel getting results!
Readers may remember last quarter’s HopeLink magazine cover story about the launch of Hope Channel North Africa/Middle East. After two weeks on the air, the channel’s leaders knew it was a success. The channel began February 1 airing its 24/7 message of love and hope to more than 110 million Hotbird 8 subscribers—a potential audience of more...more
Feb 28, 2011 CONGRESS PASSES DIRECT IRA ROLLOVER LAW
For a very limited time, the U.S. government is giving its citizens a major tax break for donations to charities from their Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). These opportunities don’t come along often, and the time remaining in 2011 is quickly running out. HERE ARE THE FACTS: If you are like many individuals, you are tired...more
Jan 27, 2011 Memorial service for Pastor Neal C. Wilson to air on Hope Church Channel
The memorial service for Pastor Neal C. Wilson, a past president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, will be rebroadcast on Hope Church Channel on January 29 at 1pm ET (18h00 GMT) and on Sunday, January 30 at 8pm ET (January 31 at 01h00). This service was held in the auditorium of the church's world headquarters in...more
Jan 27, 2011 "We Remember Haiti" to air in February
Haitian students at Andrews University took time to pause on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, exactly a year later, to remember the thousands of lives that were lost when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged their country. To mark the occasion, students attended a "We Remember Haiti" event to raise awareness and funds...more
Jan 24, 2011 Hope Channel Europe Signal Changes Locations
The satellite space provider for Hope Channel Europe changed transponders January 20, 2011, requiring every dish that receives Hope Channel Europe be updated with the new reception parameters so that viewers can continue to receive Hope Channel Europe. If you were receiving Hope Channel Europe prior to the change, you only need to change...more
Jan 20, 2011 In Ukraine, there is Hope...
Many believe time spent watching TV is wasted. But in the case of the Pokhodenko family in Ukraine, it changed their lives. Victor, Svitlana, and their four children love God and daily read His Word. Unfortunately there are no fellow believers in their village, and no place to study God’s Word or worship with others. However, they do have...more
Jan 20, 2011 Vital Signs
Mention “television medical drama” and images from Marcus Welby, MD, to Grey’s Anatomy come to mind. For dyed-in-the-wool Seventh-day Adventists, Faith for Today’s Westbrook Hospital flashes through the collective memory. But add a dose of 21st century “reality television” and a strong spiritual focus and what you get is something never done...more
Jan 03, 2011 New Hope Channel to cover North Africa/Middle East
What’s in a NAME? For Hope Channel it means North Africa Middle East…the name of the newest Hope Channel serving that region, and quite simply the largest single outreach to Arabic, Farsi, and Turkish speaking peoples ever undertaken by the Seventh-day Adventist Church! “The very fact that we’re broadcasting to the entire Middle East in their...more
Dec 20, 2010 Efficient and Effective
In this economy, Christians everywhere are examining more closely than ever which ministries they should support so that their contributions go as far as possible. This is wise stewardship. In most non-profit organizations, a lot of donor funding must first go to operations and infrastructure so that the mission can be carried out. That’s...more
