When it comes to modern audiences, short and powerful pieces maintain attention. For Ayman Kafrouny and his wife, Grace, keeping this year’s Arabic Easter television programs brief was essential in their efforts to share the gospel.

Kafrouny, a well-known secular Lebanese vocalist, left his profitable career when he gave his life to Christ and became pastor of a local Church of the Nazarene. Now, the Kafrounys create television programs to share the Good News with Arabic-speaking people. By featuring celebrities asking questions about Christ, personal testimonies, and dramatized Bible teachings, the Kafrounys produce programs funded by the Church of the Nazarene’s World Mission Broadcast. These shows take the message of Christ to Arabic-speaking people around the world.

For the last two years, the Kafrounys and a group of dedicated volunteers, including members from the Church of the Nazarene that Kafrouny pastors, have produced television shows for the Lenten season. At first, the shows were asked for and eagerly welcomed by Murr Television (MTV) in Lebanon, a secular television station broadcasting across the Arabic-speaking world. Kafrouny is a popular figure, and there is a significant traditionally Christian population in Lebanon. Religious programming before the Easter holiday is desirable. However, making room for free, 25-minute shows twice a day made scheduling difficult and costly for MTV.  Additionally, some church leaders in other denominations were wary of the airtime and influence the evangelical presentation of the gospel was receiving.

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