Satellite Television over Indonesia
MINISTRY: Satellite Television Over Indonesia
LOCATION: Indonesia
TYPE OF MINISTRY: Media & TV
MISSIONARIES INVOLVED: Ramon & Shandy Tengkano
Indonesia is a collection of more than 17,000 islands. How will the Gospel go to all those people disconnected by miles of open ocean? Satellite is the best way as it covers all the islands in the national language of Bahasa Indonesia, which people in Malaysia can also understand. It only costs $10/hour to operate the satellite and produce programs that reach the people’s hearts.
Many of Indonesia’s islands have no Adventist church and no missionaries. Getting to these vast islands is challenging. But the satellite can cover all the islands all the time!
Ramon and Shandy Tengkano sold everything they had to build a TV studio and satellite uplink station to broadcast the Three Angels’ Messages to all of Indonesia and Malaysia! They are passionate about the Spirit of Prophecy and advocate the benefits of a simple, healthy lifestyle. (learn more about their story here).
With the help of a small, dedicated team of Indonesian missionaries, the satellite ministry has now been running for 13 years. The programs center around practical Adventism with programs on family, faith, education, prophecy, and more. In addition to teaching non-believers, these programs also provide spiritual encouragement to believers living in remote areas, far from any SDA church.
The cost of the satellite that reaches the entire country, plus the production of programs in Bahasa Indonesia, is only $10 per hour!
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Testimony from the Satellite Ministry:
A lady named Esther called our ministry. Her visiting daughter had recently found the ministry’s TV channel and told her about it. At first, Esther was skeptical about Adventist television because her family belonged to a Pentecostal church. Still, she gave the programs a try.
Esther appreciated the programs because the presenters shared the Gospel practically, and the messages did not condemn other beliefs but brought conviction to her heart. She also started watching health videos from Barbara O’Neil. When she called, she wanted to thank us and find out how to send a gift from her island: Coffee beans.
We told her we do not consume coffee. We were unsure whether she was uninformed or simply testing us to see if we lived according to what we were supposed to know. We told her we’d be glad to take the gift if she would allow us to use it for therapeutic and medicinal purposes, not for drinking. She realized different uses for coffee and started using her crops more for medicinal purposes and less for drinking.
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