THIS WEEK ON CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS, WAR OF

EXTINCTION, ISIS IS

KIDNAPPING AND KILLING

CHRISTIANS.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THE

CHURCH IS ENDURING THIS

TRIAL BY FIRE.

PLUS, RADICAL ISLAM IS

SPREADING BEYOND JUST THE

MIDDLE EAST.

HOW TERROR GROUPS LIKE BOKO

HARAM ARE TAKING OVER WEST

AFRICA.

IN A FILM-MAKER'S

DECADE-LONG JOURNEY TO FIND

THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF THE

BIBLE'S MOST FAMOUS

STORIES.

ISIS MILITANTS ARE TAKING

CHRISTIANS HOSTAGE IN

SYRIA.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS.

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

MY COLLEAGUE, WENDY

GRIFFITH, IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

THE JIHADIST ARMY KNOWN AS

ISIS HAS RAIDED AT LEAST 33

ASSYRIAN VILLAGES, TAKING AS

MANY AS 300 HOSTAGE.

HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS

CONFIRM THAT ISIS HAS BEEN

TARGETING ASSYRIAN

CHRISTIANS.

IT BEGAN AS THE MILITANTS

SUFFERED TO MAJOR SETBACKS

ON THE BATTLE FIELD.

GARY LANE HAS DETAILS.

Reporter: ISIS FORCES

WERE ROUTED FROM

AL-BAGHDAD, A CITY WEST OF

BAGHDAD THAT THEY'VE HELD

SINCE LAST JUNE.

BUT al-BAGHDAD WAS NOT THE

ONLY TOWN OF DEFEAT.

PESHMERGA TROOPS IN

NORTHEASTERN SYRIA, KNOWN AS

THE Y.P.G., DROVE THEM FROM

THE CITY OF TAL TAMER.

BUT AS THEY RETREATED, THE

ISIS KIDNAPPED ASSYRIAN

CHRISTIANS.

THE MEN WERE TAKEN TO AN

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, AND

WOMEN TO A NEARBY MOUNTAIN.

ISIS MAY BEHEAD THE MEN AND

USE THE WOMEN AS SEX

SLAVES.

JULIANNA IS WITH THE

ASSYRIAN PROJECT.

THESE WOMEN ARE SOBBING,

SAYING WHY IS THE WEST

SILENT.

WHY IS THE CHURCH NOT

TALKING ABOUT OUR

PERSECUTION.

THEY'RE ASKING AND

QUESTIONING THE FOREIGN

POLICY OF AMERICA AND ALSO

OTHER WORLD POWERS IN

EUROPE, SAYING THAT WHY IS

IT THAT THERE IS NOTHING,

THERE IS NO AGENDA, THERE IS

REALLY NOTHING THAT IS BEING

DONE TO HELP THE PERSECUTED

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

U.S., WAKE UP!

A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN

AMERICAN COPTICS GATHERED

NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE ON

TUESDAY, DEMANDING THAT THE

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DO MORE

TO PROTECT THE CHRISTIAN

SYRIAN AND EGYPTIANS.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

REFERRED TO THEM IN THEIR

WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ASñ

EGYPTIAN CITIZENS, AND THAT

IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO THE

COPTIC COMMUNITY.

BROTHERHOOD, ISIS, BOKO

HARAM, I WANT THEM TO TAKE

ACTION AGAINST THEM.

Reporter: AND EGYPTIAN

PRESIDENT EL-SISI IS

CALLING FOR A UNITED ARAB

MILITARY FORCE TO COMBAT

ISIS.

AND HE SAYS ALREADY JORDAN

AND THE UNITED ARAB EMRIGHTS

HAVE OFFERED TO HELP THEM ON

THE BATTLE FIELD.

George: AND GARY STOKE

WITH TOM DOYLE, AUTHOR OF

THE NEW BOOK "KILLING

CHRISTIANS, LIVING THE FAITH

WHERE IT IS NOT SAFE TO

BELIEVE."

GARY ASKED TOM ABOUT THESE

AND THE MOST RECENT

ATROCITIES.

Reporter: THIS IS

DISTURBING, WHAT HAVE YOU

LEARNED ABOUT THE ABDUCTION

THIS WEEK OF THOSE

CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA?

SOME OF OUR LEADERS IN

SYRIA HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS

THAT WERE TAKEN, AND THE

NEWS WE RECEIVED THIS

MORNING IS THAT ISIS HAS

ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING TO

BURN 30 CHURCHES TO THE

GROUND.

WE ALREADY KNOW OF SOME

KILLINGS HAPPENING.

BUT WE'RE PRAYING THAT THE

CHURCH AND THE WORLD CRIES

OUT FOR THESE LIVES.

IT IS 100 TO 200 THAT ARE

TAKEN.

IT IS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

Reporter: AND WHEN YOU

SAY "WE KNOW OF SOME

KILLINGS," ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS THAT

HAVE BEEN KILLED THAT WE CAN

CONFIRM, OR OTHERS IN THE

AREA?

THAT'S ONE WHAT ONE OF

OUR LEADERS IN SYRIA SAID.

THEY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING

THE NEWS SOMETIMES.

HE MENTIONED THEY KNEW OF

SEVEN THAT WERE KILLED.

IT HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED

INTERNATIONALLY YET.

AND HE IS RIGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF THOSE VILLAGES AND

HEARING THINGS JUST ON THE

GROUND.

Reporter: WHY DID YOU

WRITE YOUR LATEST BOOK

"KILLING CHRISTIANS?"

?

IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE

SITUATION, GARY, THAT

THEY'RE KILLING CHRISTIANS

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IT IS A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.

IT IS A PANDEMIC, ALL AROUND

US.

BUT I WANTED TO TELL THE

STORIES ABOUT THOSE FOLKS

WHO ARE LIVING IN THE MIDST

OF THIS DANGER.

I REALLY DO THINK, GARY,

SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS

BOOK -- IF HEBREWS 11 WAS

WRITTEN TODAY, THEY MIGHT BE

CONTAINED IN IT, STANDING,

SERVING CHRIST, SHARING THE

GOSPEL IN THE MIDST OF

ISIS.

I WAS JUST PRAYING FOR ONE

OF OUR LEADERS THE OTHER DAY

IN SYRIA, WHO WAS SHARING

THE GOSPEL WITH AN ISIS MAN,

WHO IS PRIVATELY FRUSTRATED

WITH WHAT HE IS DOING.

IT IS JUST A JOB FOR HIM.

AND HE IS OPEN TO THE

GOSPEL.

WE KNOW NONE ARE

UNREACHABLE.

AND THEIR LIVES WILL INSPIRE

YOU.

Reporter: TOM, I'M SURE

YOU MET A NUMBER OF THE

YAZIDIS, AS I HAVE, AND

THEY'RE REALLY OPEN TO THE

GOSPEL THERE, AS IS MANY OF

THE KURDS.

AND HOW SHOULD WE BE PRAYING

FOR THEM, AND NOT ONLY FOR

THEM, BUT FOR ISIS AND THE

SAVED AND UNSAVED.

I THINK SATAN IS NOT

STUPID.

HE KNOWS IN THE LAST 10

YEARS MORE MUSLIMS HAVE COME

TO FAITH THAN IN THE LAST 14

CENTURIES OF ISLAM.

SO IF HE CAN KEEP CHRISTIANS

IN FEAR OF MUSLIMS OR ANGRY

AT THEM, OR HATEFUL,

THINKING THAT EVERY ONE OF

THEM SERVES FOR ISIS, OR

WORKS WITH ISIS, THIS

HORRIBLE TERRORIST GROUP,

THEN WE'LL STAY AWAY.

SO HE IS NOT ONLY TRYING TO

CAUSE GLOBAL CHAOS, BUT HE

IS TRYING TO KEEP THE

CHURCH, THE BELIEVERS, FROM

BRINGING THE LIGHT INTO THIS

DARKNESS.

SO WE ASK FIRST THAT

BELIEVERS WOULD START

PRAYING.

ONCE WE START PRAYING, WE

HAVE HEART SURGERY.

WE HAVE A CHANGE AND GOD

STARTS TO DO THINGS IN OUR

MIND AND HEARTS FOR THE

BELIEVERS OUT THERE, AND FOR

THOSE WHO ARE EVEN UNSAVED.

Reporter: TOM, BILL

O'REILLY HAS "KILLING

KENNEDY," AND YOU HAVE

"KILLING CHRISTIANS."

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

WRITING THAT BOOK AND THANKS

FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU, GARY.

George: TOM DOYLE HAD

MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE

STATE OF CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA

AND IRAQ.

YOU CAN SEE THE FULL

INTERVIEW AT OUR WEBSITE,

CBNNEWS.COM.

BY THE WAY, ISIS IS ALSO

TRYING TO ERASE BIBLICAL

HISTORY IN IRAQ.

A NEW VIDEO SHOWS ISLAMIC

STATE MILITANTS DESTROYING

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS IN THE

CITY OF MOSUL.

IT SHOWS MILITANTS USING

DRILLS AND SLEDGEHAMMERS TO

SMASH SEVERAL STATUES AND

TABLETS.

MOSUL IS SET ON ANCIENT

NINEVEH, THE BURIAL PLACE OF

THE PROPHET JONAH.

THE ARMED MEN ARE DEMANDING

A RANSOM OF NEARLY

$300,000.

PHYLLIS SORTER WAS

ABDUCTED.

THE METHOD CHURCH SAYS THE

STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE

F.B.I. ARE WORKING WITH

NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES TO FIND

HER.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY

SORTER UNDERSTOOD THE RISKS

OF WORKING IN A COUNTRY

KNOWN FOR ISLAMIC

TERRORISM.

> THE RADICAL ISLAMIC

GROUP BOKO HARAM IS WAGING A

HOLY WAR IN AFRICA, IN

PLACES LIKE NIGERIA, AND

LIKE ISIS IN THE MIDDLE

EAST, THEY'RE TRYING TO

ESTABLISH THEIR OWN

CALIPHATE, A MODERN ISLAMIC

STATE.

IN THE DUSTY CITIES OF

COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA,

THERE IS GROWING ANXIETY

OVER THE SPIRITUAL AND

TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS OF THE

RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP BOKO

HARAM.

FOR YEARS BOKO HARAM

FOCUSED ON NIGERIA.

BUT NOW THEY ARE CREATING

CHAOS ACROSS THE REGION.

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET

RID OF THEM BEFORE IT GETS

WORSE.

George: BOKO HARAM IS

TRYING TO CREATE WHAT IS

CALLED A CALIPHATE ACROSS

WEST AFRICA, SIMILAR TO WHAT

THE ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA

IS TRYING TO DO.

TODAY THE VIOLENCE IN

NIGERIA IS SPILLING ACROSS

THE BORDERS INTO CAMEROON,

CHAD, AND NIGER.

THOSE FOUR COUNTRIES, PLUS

BENET, HAVE FORMED A

MILITARY FORCE.

IN RECENT DAYS THEY HAVE

KILLED HUNDREDS OF ISLAMIC

FIGHTERS AND RECAPTURED

SEVERAL TOWNS.

STILL, IN PLACES LIKE THIS

TOWN, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE

PLANTED SEVERAL CHURCHES,

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,

INCLUDING CHRISTIANS, AND

STILL FLEEING THE MILITANTS'

REIGN OF TERROR.

MANY HAVE HAD TO LEAVE.

IT IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.

RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK,

THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE

ROAD, TRYING TO GET AWAY

FROM BOKO HARAM.

George: BOKO HARAM

STARTED IN 2002.

THEIR GOAL: TURN NIGERIA,

AFRICA'S TOP OIL PRODUCER

AND BIGGEST ECONOMY, INTO AN

ISLAMIC STATE RULED BY

SHAR'IA LAW.

BOKO HARAM IS A JIHADIST

MOVEMENT, THAT HAS THE SAME

IDEOLOGY AS ALL OF THE

OTHERS, AS al-QAEDA, THE

TALIBAN, AS AL-SHABAAB.

THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH AN

EMIRATE, AN ISLAMIC RADICAL

STATE, FIRST IN THE NORTHERN

PART OF NIGERIA, AND THEN

PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND

DECLARE AN EMIRATE ACROSS

NIGERIA.

George: SINCE THEN

THEIR FIGHTERS HAVE KILLED

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IN 2014, BOKO HARAM

REPORTEDLY MURDERED MORE

THAN 2400 CHRISTIANS.

THESE ARE RUTHLESS PEOPLE

WHO DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT

FOR RELIGION, CHRISTIAN OR

MUSLIM.

THEY ARE EVIL.

George: SOME

INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WORRY

THE GROUP COULD NOT ONLY

EXPAND THEIR ATTACKS BEYOND

THIS REGION, THEY COULD

BECOME THE ISIS OF AFRICA.

BOKO HARAM HAS REPEATEDLY

PRAISED ISIS AS AN

APOCALYPTIC IDEOLOGY, BUT

U.S. OFFICIALS FEAR A

POSSIBLE TACTICAL AND

OPERATIONAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN

THE TWO GROUPS AS WELL.

IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD

GIVE RADICAL ISLAM AN EVEN

BIGGER AND GROWING FOOTHOLD

IN BOTH THE MIDDLE EAST AND

AFRICA.

George: AND THAT IS ONE

THING MOST FOLKS ARE VERY,

VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY, NOT

JUST FOR THE CHRISTIANS IN

THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ALSO

FOR CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA

AND IN NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES.

> OKAY, SO, COMING UP, THE

DANGERS OF STANDING UP FOR

THE JEWISH STATE.

WHY THESE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE

THEIR LOVE FOR ISRAEL WILL

BRING PERSECUTION.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS.

MORE THAN HALF OF JEWISH

STUDENTS IN U.S. COLLEGES

REPORT THEY HAVE SEEN

INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM

ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

THAT'S THE FINDING OF A

SURVEY JUST RELEASED BY

TRINITY COLLEGE AND THE

BRANDIS CENTER.

THE SURVEY SHOWS THE TREND

IS NATIONWIDE WITH

ANTI-SEMITISM ON CAMPUS

REPORTED IN EVERY REGION OF

THE COUNTRY.

JEWISH MEN HAVE

TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE CHIEF

TARGETS OF HATE, BUT IT IS

WOMEN WHO FEEL MORE

VULNERABLE NOW, WITH NEARLY

60% SAYING THEY'VE WITNESSED

OR EXPERIENCED

ANTI-SEMITISM.

> AT A WASHINGTON

CONFERENCE ON EXTREMISM LAST

WEEK, PRESIDENT OBAMA

CLAIMED THE WORLD'S TERROR

THREATS WERE NOT ROOTED IN

ISLAM.

BUT AT ANOTHER CONFERENCE IN

COLORADO, CHRISTIANS AND

JEWS HEARD A VERY DIFFERENT

MESSAGE, TO STAND FIRM IN

THE FACE OF GROWING

PERSECUTION.

JOHN WAGGI HAS MORE.

John: THE PRESIDENT

SEES THE TERRORIST THREAT AS

A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM, A

BATTLE WITH DIFFICULT ROGUES

OF ALL FAITHS, NOT A

CIVILIZATION OF WAR.

President Obama: THE

NOTION THAT THE WEST IS AT

WAR WITH ISLAM IS AN UGLY

LIE.

AND ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF

OUR FAITH, HAVE A

RESPONSIBILITY TO REJECT

IT.

Reporter: BUT HIS

REMARKS COME AS MUCH OF THE

GLOBE IS ENGULFED IN A

GROWING FLOOD OF HATRED FOR

JEWS AND PERSECUTION OF

CHRISTIANS, MUCH OF IT

COMING FROM THE MUSLIM

WORLD.

THAT INCLUDES TERROR GROUPS

LIKE ISIS, WHO HAVE FOUNDED

AN ISLAMIC EMPIRE, AND IRAN,

WHO'S LEADERS HAVE PREACHED

THE EXTERMINATION OF ISRAEL

FOR DECADES.

ONE JERUSALEM PASTOR, WAYNE

HILTON, SAYS CHRISTIANS AND

JEWS MUST PEEK UP AN SPEAK

UP AND BRACE FOR

OPPOSITION.

THOSE WHO STAND WITH THE

JEWISH IN THEIR TIME OF

TROUBLE WILL ALSO BE HATED.

WE WILL ALSO BEEN

SLANDERED.

WE WILL BE LIED AGAINST AND

FALSELY ACCUSED.

IT JUST GOES WITH THE

PACKAGE.

Reporter: AT A SUMMIT

THIS MONTH IN COLORADO,

HILTON LAUNCHED A GROUP

CALLED "FIRM" THE FELLOWSHIP

OF ISRAEL-RELATED MINISTRY.

THE GOAL IS FOR BELIEVERS TO

LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF

DANIEL, TO BE AWARE OF THE

TIMES WE'RE IN AND TO TAKE A

STAND, NO MATTER WHAT IT

COSTS, AND TO DO IT IN

LOVE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

INTIMIDATING TIMES IN

HISTORY.

WHEN ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY

CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.

AROUND THE WORLD.

AND NEVER BE ERADICATED.

AND WHEN WE ARE ATTACKED, WE

WILL BE ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK

OUR ACCUSERS IN RETURN.

BUT WHEN WE STAND FIRM, LET

US BE LIKE DANIEL AND NOT

RETURN EVIL FOR EVIL.

LET'S LOVE OUR ENEMIES.

Reporter: MESSIANIC

JEWISH LEADER JONATHAN BURNA

SAYS FUNDAMENTAL ISLAM IS

THE CARRIER OF THE NEW

ANTI-SEMITISM, AND

CHRISTIANS WON'T BE SPARED

IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE THAT

IS UPON US.

I THINK THAT THE ANSWER

FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD IS THE

SAME AS THE ANSWER FOR THE

JEWISH WORLD, AND HIS NAME

IS USHUAIA, JESUS.

Reporter: THE LEADERS

SAY THERE IS A SPECIAL

CALLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,

WHO RESPOND BETTER TO THE

SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE

JEWS WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND

THE CHARACTER OF GOD'S NAME

IS AT STAKE.

BECAUSE GOD'S COVENANT

ENDURES FOREVER.

BECAUSE HE IS A FAITHFUL

GOD.

BECAUSE THE CALLING AND THE

GIFTS OF GOD ARE

IRREVOCABLE.

THAT'S WHY WE STAND WITH

ISRAEL.

Reporter: JOHN WAGGI,

CBN NEWS.

George: UP NEXT, THE

DOCUMENTARY THAT IS BEING

CALLED A GAME-CHANGER.

CHECK OUT THE EVIDENCE FOR

EXODUS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

George: MORE THAN A

DECADE AGO, A MOVIE-MAKER

STARTED INVESTIGATING ONE OF

THE BIBLE'S MOST FAMOUS

STORIES, THE EXODUS FROM

EGYPT.

WELL, HIS JOURNEY LED TO

BOTH A CRISIS OF FAITH AND

AN AWARD-WINNING

DOCUMENTARY.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THAT STORY FROM JERICHO.

Reporter: THIS IS FROM

THE FILM "PATTERNS OF

EVIDENCE, THE EXODUS."

ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF

EXODUS, MOSES LED THE

CHILDREN OUT OF EGYPT IN

INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR

YEARS.

HE LED THEM OVER HERE, NEAR

JERICHO, INTO THE PROMISED

LAND.

SOME SAY IT IS JUST A FABLE,

BUT OTHERS SAY THIS NEW

DOCUMENTARY PROVIDES

EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A

VERDICT.

I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE

LOCATION WHERE THE EVENTS

WERE SUPPOSED TO HAD BEEN IN

GOSHAN, IN THE EASTERN

DELTA, AND I WENT TO THE

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES.

AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOR

THE EXODUS.

Reporter: THE

FILM-MAKER'S RESEARCH INTO

THE EXODUS AND THE ODYSSEY

THAT FOLLOWED PRODUCED

STARTLING RESULTSMENT.

> RESULTS.

SIX STEPS AND WE MATCHED

ALL OF THE STEPS.

Reporter: THE FILM

PROPOSES WHEN YOU GET THE

TIMING RIGHT, ARCHEOLOGY

MATCHES HISTORY.

THE WHOLE THING, FROM THE

BEGINNING, THE SLAVERY, THE

PROMISED LAND, IT'S ALL

THERE IN ONE NICE, NEAT

LINE.

BUT IT IS TUA TOO EARLY.

WHEN YOU PUT THOSE THINGS

SIDE BY SIDE, THE BIBLICAL

ACCOUNT AND THE ARCHEOLOGY

MATCH EXTREMELY WELL.

THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT

RAMSES IS THE EXODUS.

THAT HAPPENS IN A PARTICULAR

TIME IN HISTORY.

WHEN EVERYONE LOOKS AT THAT

PARTICULAR TIME, THEY ARE

CORRECT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE

FOR THE EXODUS.

BUT OTHER ARCHEOLOGISTS WERE

SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE

ARE EVIDENCES THAT ARE

EARLIER THAN RAMSES THAT

MATCH THIS STORY.

Reporter: MAHONEY

PRESENTS BOTH SIDES OF THE

ARCHEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, DID

THE EXODUS REALLY HAPPEN?

I HATE TO DISAPPOINT

PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE NO

EVIDENCE OF A SINGLE MASS

MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM ONE

COUNTRY COMING INTO ANOTHER

COUNTRY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS

A SINGLE EVENT WE CAN CALL

THE EXODUS.

THEY CAN'T HAVE SEEN ALL

OF THIS.

I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST

CHRONOLOGICAL REVISION.

THE EXODUS DID NOT HAPPEN

IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN

DESCRIBED.

THE FILM IS VERY, VERY

CONVINCING BECAUSE WE GET

BOTH SIDES OF IT.

WE LET YOU HEAR FROM

ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO SAY THERE

IS NO EVIDENCE AND WHY, AND

THEN WE LET YOU HEAR FROM

ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO SAY THERE

IS.

Reporter: USING STATE

OF THE ART ANIMATION, AND

GROUNDBREAKING ARCHEOLOGY,

IT HAS ALREADY MADE A

PROFOUND IMPACT.

WE WOULD SHOW THESE FILMS

TO PEOPLE WHO HAD NO

UNDERSTANDING OR INTEREST IN

THE STORY.

EVEN ATHEISTS SAW IT.

AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WOW,

I LOVE THIS FILM.

ONE ATHEIST WROTE, I GUESS

YOU DO PROVE THIS EVENT

MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT

DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE ANY

MIRACLES.

ISRAEL.

Reporter: MAHONEY SAYS

IT IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO

REACH THE EXCEPT TIC.

> SKEPTIC.

IF YOU HAVE FAMILY

MEMBERS THAT DON'T BELIEVE

IN GOD OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE

WHO ARE SUSPICIOUS OR WANT A

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH, THIS

FILM GIVES US THAT KIND OF

OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE

KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST

NEUTRAL AND MOST INTRIGUING

TYPES OF FILMS THAT ALLOW

YOU TO HAVE THAT

OPPORTUNITY.

Reporter: THE FILM

CHALLENGES A POWERFUL NOTION

THAT THE BIBLE ISN'T TRUE.

FOR THE LAST 50, 60, 70

YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY

CRITICAL OF THE BIBLE.

IF THE STORY OF THE EXODUS

ISN'T TRUE, THEN WHAT JESUS

CHRIST SAID AND THE APOSTLES

ABOUT NOSES AND TH MOSES

AND THE EXODUS, THEN THOSE

STATEMENTS ARE FALSE.

THE WHOLE BIBLE HAS A

FOUNDATION IN THE STORY OF

EXODUS.

WHAT THIS FILM DOES IS SHOWS

WHERE THE PATTERN OF

EVIDENCE IS, AND THAT, I

THINK, HAS NEVER BEEN DONE

BEFORE.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERICHO.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO THE BROADCAST.

AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY WHO

CONTRACTED EBOLA IN LIBERIA

HAS RECOVERED.

NOW SHE IS HEADING BACK TO

THE WEST AFRICAN NATION.

NANCY WHITEY AND HER HUSBAND

SAID THEY FELL LED TO RETURN

AND DO ALL THEY CAN TO BE

THE HANDS AND FEET OF

JESUS.

THE WRITBOLS WORK WITH

S.I.M., INTERNATIONAL

MISSION ORGANIZATION.

NANCY CONTRACTED EBOLA LAST

SUMMER HELPING DOCTORS

DISINFECT MEDICAL

EQUIPMENT.

> FINALLY ON THE BROADCAST

THIS WEEK, THE WATOTO

CHILDREN'S CHOIR OUT OF

UGANDA HAS A MISSION TO HELP

AND SUPPORT THE ESTIMATED

50 MILLION ORPHANS ACROSS

AFRICA.

THEY SAY SINGING IS ONLY

PART OF THEIR PURPOSE.

CHARLENE AARON RECENTLY

CAUGHT UP WITH THE AMAZING

CHOIR IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

Reporter: THE SONGS OF

AFRICA RANG OUT ACROSS

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

BRIGHTLY CLAD MEMBERS OF THE

CHOIR, ALL ORPHANS, SANG

SONGS OF PRAISE AND DANCED

WHILE SHARING PERSONAL

STORIES OF THEIR LIFE IN

UGANDA.

POVERTY, AIDS, AND WAR HAVE

TAKEN A TOLL ON THESE LITTLE

LIVES.

THE CHOIR GOT ITS START IN

1994, AND SINCE THEN IT HAS

TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE

WORLD, TO RAISE AWARENESS

ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF AFRICA'S

ORPHANS.

EACH CHILD IN THE CHOIR HAS

LOST ONE OR BOTH PARENTS OR

HAS BEEN ABANDONED.

ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE

SUFFERED THE PAIN OF LOSS,

THE PAIN OF BEING REJECTED

AND ABANDONED, OR THE PAIN

OF LOSING THE ONLY PEOPLE

THAT MEANT EVERYTHING, MOM

AND DAD.

Reporter: TEAM LEADER

EDWIN SMITH SAYS WATOTO'S

IMPACT ON ITS MEMBERS IS

LIFE-CHANGING, SOMETHING HE

HAS EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND

BECAUSE HE, FEW, GREW UP

SINGING WITH THE CHOIR.

IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN THE

CHOIR THAT I REALIZED I

COULD BECOME ANYBODY IN THE

WORLD.

THAT WAS WHEN MY DREAM

LOOKED VERY BRIGHT, LIKE I

COULD DREAM AND I COULD TELL

YOU THAT TODAY I'M ACTUALLY

LIVING THE DREAM THAT I HAD

BACK THEN, WHEN I WAS IN THE

CHOIR.

SO IT'S A VERY MIND-OPENING

PLATFORM FOR THE CHILDREN.

Reporter: WATOTO MEANS

CHILD IN SWAHILI, AND IT

TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO

HELPING AFRICA'S MOST

VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

THEY LIVE IN A VILLAGE WITH

A HOME, A NEW FAMILY, AND

FREE EDUCATION.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,

THEY LEARN ABOUT THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST.

9-YEAR-OLD ALAN TOLD US WHAT

LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE WATOTO

TOOK HIM IN.

IT WAS MUD AND I WAS

SAD.

WHY WAS IT SAD?

BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE

ANYWHERE TO SLEEP.

Reporter: THE CHILDREN

HAVE ALL LEARNED THAT GOD

HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR THEIR

LIVES, SOMETHING THEY WANT

TO SHARE WITH OTHERS AROUND

THE GLOBE AND BACK HOME.

THEY LOVE IT WHEN WE SING

AND DANCE, AND PEOPLE'S

LIVES GET CHANGED.

I WANT TO LIVE IN UGANDA

SO I CAN ALSO CHANGE THAT

COUNTRY AND IT BECOMES A

GOOD COUNTRY.

Reporter: THEIR SONGS

HIGHLIGHT THE HOPE OF A

FUTURE, FILLED WITH JOY AND

NEW PURPOSE.

WHEN YOU SEE THESE

CHILDREN, THEY'RE NO LONGER

SAD.

THEY COME FROM A SAD PAST,

BUT THEY ARE NOT SAD ANYMORE

BECAUSE WHEN GOD IS IN IT,

IT IS NOT OVER.

Reporter: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

George: A GREAT WAY TO

END THE BROADCAST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US THIS WEEK.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOOD-BYE

AND GOD BLESS YOU.

--------------------------

-"NEWSWATCH" AND PROMOS,

FEBRUARY 27, 2015.