Arab Vision is a community of mostly Arab Christians who proclaim the Gospel on TV in the Arab World.  Arab Christians know best how to produce programs that present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to their fellow Arabs.  We affirm our commitment to partnership and servanthood, both in relating to the Church of the Arab World and also in our approach to our mission.

Vision Statement 

We envision an Arab World with, in each People Group, an increasing number of vibrant Churches that play a strategic public role in shaping their societies in accordance with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Mission Statement

Arab Vision is a community of Christians committed to changing individuals and societies through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, by producing and distributing effective Christian television programs in the lan-guages of the peoples of the Arab World.

Identity and Ethos

Arab Vision is a Christian organization aiming to serve all Churches of the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa.  Arab Vision accepts the Lausanne Covenant and the Manila Manifesto as well as the Grand Rapids Consultation on Evangelism and Social Responsibility as good descriptions of its Christian commitment. The ethos of Arab Vision and its programming are well described by the Ethical Standards of the Fellowship of European Broadcasters (FEB) and by the Principles of Christian Communication of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC).

The Christian Witness

How do we define effective Christian TV programs?  The witness to Jesus Christ entails the kerygmatic (‘preaching’) witness, the diakonal (‘service’) witness, and the koinonial (‘community’) witness.  We only witness fully to Jesus Christ when these three elements are all part of our witness. 

Kerygma

Our Christian message, the ‘full counsel of God’, centers on God, the Creator of the World, who sent his son to the world to reconcile the world to him by his life, death and resurrection.  We understand the Gospel as expressed in the historic Christian councils of the first centuries AD. 

Diakonia

There is a need for programs that portray the present life of servanthood of the Arab churches in regard to their own members and to society, and to show how Arab Christians throughout history and today have played an important role in the development of Arab society as well as in caring for individuals. 

Koinonia

As Christ has chosen to reveal himself in the unity and in the community of the Church, it is important to show the fellowship of believers in the media; how they worship, how they meet, how they work together, how they solve problems, how they live etc.

Organization

The international board of Arab Vision is composed of about ten members from different Arab and Western countries.  All Board members have full voting rights and sit on the Board for three-year terms.  Members are entitled to sit on the Board for two consecutive terms but must then step back for at least one year.  The International Director attends the Board meetings ex-officio and has no right to vote.   The Board meets twice a year for three days. 

The International Office of Arab Vision is based in the Arab World.  That is also where it does most of its media productions, through three production companies.  Arab Vision has support offices in the USA (where it is recognized as a 501(c)3 organization) and in The Netherlands.  The directors of these supporting office are ex-officio members of the International Board with no votong rights.  Representatives of the board of the American and Dutch offices attend international board meetings as full members.  For Constitution and Bylaws of the International Board, see hereunder.

The international office, the productions companies and the support offices are spiritually and contractually linked together under the board, for the sole purpose of achieving the stated goals and objectives of Arab Vision.