The Door of Hope is a Christian organisation that aims to plant the seed of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the wider Arabic speaking community world wide. Door of Hope is a subsidiary of the Christian Media (CMS) –which uses various means of media to preach the gospel in a number of languages.
We started our ministry in 1994 broadcasting our Arabic Door of Hope program once a fortnight on a local community channel in Sydney (t’was known as ch31). Since then, the work has grown, and currently we broadcast 5 programs per week from Sydney through Optus B3 satellite which covers most major cities in Australia (see details about this broadcast). Furthermore, we have recently begun a new ministry in New Zealand, where a translated program is broadcast from a local TV station in Auckland on a weekly basis (see details about this broadcast).
The following is a brief outline of the doctrinal basis of the Door of Hope (Arabic) organisation. We believe in:
the trinity of the Godhead
the deity of Christ
the personality of the Holy Spirit
the creation and Fall of Man
the supernatural, plenary authority and inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures
the Church as a body and bride of Christ
the substitutionary atonement
the necessity of the new birth for salvation
the second coming of Christ –his coming to the air at the end of this age to rapture his church, and to the earth at the end of the tribulation. His coming is therefore imminent, personal, pre-tribulation and premillennial.
The Door of Hope group itself is supported by a number of churches and individuals whose hearts are on the ministry. Our staff is a group of volunteers who dedicate many hours per week to the survival of this ministry. To name but a few, these staff include:
Presenter: Brother Jamil Choucair
A believer in Christ since 1972
Elder - Burwood Arabic Assembly
Leader & full-time worker at the Door of Hope Arabic T.V. Ministry.
Camera: Brother Dr. Magdy Attia
A believer in Christ since 1974
Member of Kingsgrove Gospel Chapel
Assistant Camera: Brother James Choucair
A believer in Christ since 1994
Member of Burwood Arabic Assembly
Video Editing: Brother Martin Attallah
A believer in Christ since 1995 Member of Campbeltown Baptist ChurchEditing of T.V. programs for Australia.
Edits hymns
Brother Elie Arzoumlian
Member of Burwood Arabic Assembly
Re-edits Our Daily Bread programs
Brother James Choucair
Edits programs for N.Z and Australia
Edits hymns
Technical software coordinator for computer video editing.
Translator: Sister Jocelyne Choucair
-Translates many programs from Arabic to English.
General Assistant: Brother Salwan Bubu -Prepares studio for recording -Prepares and sends out bulk literature -many other miscellaneous tasks
Secretary: Sister Jocelyne Choucair -answers phone calls -prepares literature etc
-Edits Door of Hope Newsletter
Accountant: Brother Fadi Nseir
A believer in Christ since 9th of Feb 1990
Member - Burwood Arabic Church
Chairman: Brother Fadi Audi -Prepares and runs Door of Hope presentations -Edits Door of Hope Newsletter
Webmaster: Brother George Sedrak
Website designer and;
webmaster of dohtv.org
All of our volunteers work on the basis of this wonderful verse found in
2TIM 2:10 “THEREFORE I ENDURE ALL THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE ELECT THAT THEY ALSO MAY OBTAIN THE SALVATION WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS WITH ETERNAL GLORY.”
May God bless you all, and please keep us in your prayers!
