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Glory TV (Punjabi: ਗਲੋਰੀ ਟੀਵੀ) (Urdu: گلوری ٹیوی) is an international Christian non-denominational television channel catering to the British Indian and British Pakistani Christian communities offering religious programing primarily in Punjabi and Urdu. It is the first Christian channel broadcasting live and recorded programing in Punjabi and Urdu within Europe.
Contents
Glory TV is based within London with recording of various programs taking place in key Christian communities within the United Kingdom such as in Slough, Hounslow, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Southall, Glasgow and other areas with prominent British Asian Churches. Programs are also recorded in and broadcast from Italy, France and the Netherlands where Punjabi and Urdu speaking Christians are located. Religious programing and tour footage from Israel are also shown on a daily basis.
Programing on occasion has also been aired in Gujarati and Nepali alongside English.
History
Pam Munir is an Indian born Sikh British national who established the channel alongside her husband Sarfraz Munir - a Pakistani born non-practicing Christian and singer after they both converted to Christianity following a religious encounter which lead to Pam Munir leaving Sikhism and Sarfraz Munir becoming a practising Christian. The couple worked from a rented studio in London alongside a small dedicated team to produce Christian content on Evangelism and Biblical teaching whilst being completely voluntarily funded and creating live programing whilst editing prerecorded footage. They currently are based mainly within Slough. Sarfraz and Pam Munir together have 4 children.
In 2014 Glory TV went off air for a short period of time due to not being able to provide its broadcasting fees due to lack of funding as the channel relies entirely upon viewer donations.
Broadcasting
As the first channel of its kind to offer Christian television in Punjabi and Urdu in the United Kingdom, Glory TV has mobilised the South Asian Church in Britain and has created grounds of expansion and greater communication for the minority community. The channel has been a source of many conversions in particular from Sikhism and Islam with its efforts to send the Gospel and evangelise in every British Asian household across the United Kingdom and on an international scale to the wider Indian and Pakistani Christian community.