Wendy: THIS WEEK ON
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS, ISIS
CONTINUES ITS TAKEOVER OF
IRAQ.
SOME CHRISTIANS ARE TAKING
UP ARMS TO DEFEND THEIR
FAMILIES.
> PLUS, IN NORTHERN
IRAQ, SEE HOW CHURCHES IN
KURDISTAN ARE GIVING
SHELTER AND COMFORT TO
CHRISTIAN REFUGEES WHO
HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.
> AND THE GROWING
INFLUENCE OF LATINO
EVANGELICAL VOTERS IN
AMERICA, WHY PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES BELIEVE THEY
MAY HOLD THE KEYS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
Wendy: WELCOME TO
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,
EVERYONE.
I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.
GEORGE THOMAS IS ON
ASSIGNMENT.
IRAQI FORCES ARE FIGHTING
TO TAKE THE CITY OF RAMADI
BACK FROM ISIS.
SOME QUESTION IF IRAQ'S
ARMY CAN DEFEAT THE
ISLAMIC STATE AFTER
SUFFERING SO MANY DEFEATS.
AND THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S STRATEGY
FOR FIGHTING THE MILITANT
ARMY IS UNDER FIRE AS
WELL.
HEATHER SELLS REPORTS.
Heather: IRAQI PRIME
MINISTER al-ABADI, SAYS
HE IS CONFIDENT IRAQI
TROOPS CAN LIBERATE THE
STRATEGIC CITY OF RAMADI
FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE.
I ASSURE YOU WE CAN
BRING IT BACK SOON.
I'M TALKING ABOUT DAYS
NOW.
Heather: BUT A
GROWING NUMBER OF U.S.
OFFICIALS AND STRATEGISTS
ARE QUESTIONING IRAQ'S
WILL AND THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S
COMMITMENT TO DEFEAT ISIS.
AS THEY DID IN MOSUL LAST
SUMMER, IRAQI TROOPS FLED
RAMADI WHEN ISLAMIC STATE
FIGHTERS OVERRAN THE CITY.
THAT LED TO HARSH
CRITICISM FROM U.S.
DEFENSE SECRETARY ASHTON
CARTER.
THE IRAQI FORCES JUST
SHOWED NO WILL TO FIGHT.
THEY WERE NOT OUTNUMBERED.
IN FACT, THEY VASTLY
OUTNUMBERED THE OPPOSING
FORCE.
AND YET THEY FAILED TO
FIGHT.
Heather: BUT MANY
ANALYSTS ARE ASKING WHO
REALLY LACKS THE WILL TO
CONFRONT ISIS: THE IRAQ
ARMY OR THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION?
NOW A GROWING NUMBER OF
MILITARY STRATEGISTS, BOTH
IN AND OUT OF THE
PENTAGON, ARE QUESTIONING
THE PRESIDENT'S APPROACH
TO FIGHT ISIS WITH ONLY
LIMITED AIRSTRIKES.
ACCORDING TO THE
WASHINGTON TIMES, ONE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
COUNTER-TERROR OFFICIAL
ASKED, "WHAT STRATEGY?
WE'RE NOW FLOATING ALONE,
REACTING TO ISIS."
AND THERE IS REPORTLY
GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE
U.S. NOT GETTING ADVANCED
WEAPONS TO PESHMERGA
FIGHTERS, IT IS ONE IRAQI
FORCE WILLING TO FIGHT
WITH PROVEN SUCCESS ON THE
BATTLEFIELD, BUT CRITICS
SAY THE U.S. ISN'T GIVING
ENOUGH SUPPORT.
EVEN THOUGH ISIS HAS MADE
NUMEROUS GAINS IN IRAQ AND
SYRIA, THE WHITE HOUSE
STILL SAYS ITS POLICY
AGAINST ISIS IS WORKING.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: DR. TERRY LAW
IS CHAIRMAN OF WORLD
COMPASSION MINISTRIES IN
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND HE
HAS DELIVERED RELIEF IN
RAMADI AND NORTHERN IRAQ.
RECENTLY OUR GARY LANE
ASKED HIM HOW CHRISTIANS
ARE PREPARING FOR THE ISIS
ARMY.
I TALKED TO THE HEAD OF
A BATTALION OF CHRISTIANS,
ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS, WHO
HAVE BEEN CHASED OUT OF
MOSUL AND HAVE FORMED AN
ARMY OF ABOUT 3,000 MEN.
AND THEY ARE THERE TO
PROTECT THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
AND THE PESHMERGA FEEL THE
SAME THING ABOUT
KURDISTAN.
Reporter: IS THAT A
GOOD IDEA, TERRY?
DO YOU THINK CHRISTIANS
SHOULD ARM THEMSELVES?
I DON'T SEE THAT THEY
HAVE ANY OPTIONS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKED.
THEY ARE NOT THE
AGGRESSOR.
THEY HAVE BEEN CHASED OUT
OF THEIR HOMES.
I TALKED TO THE ARCHBISHOP
OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX
CHURCH, WHO DESCRIBED TO
ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE THE
NIGHT THAT ISIS CAME INTO
MOSUL IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
LAST YEAR, AND HOW THEY
WENT HOUSE TO HOUSE.
HE SAID -- I ASKED HIM,
HOW MANY OF YOUR PEOPLE
RECANTED?
BECAUSE WHEN ISIS CAME TO
THE HOMES, THEY DEMANDED
THAT THEY CHOOSE BETWEEN
ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD OR
THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH.
AND I SAID, HOW MANY OF
YOUR PEOPLE RECANTED?
AND HE SAID MAYBE SIX, WHO
HAD MENTAL PROBLEMS
ANYWAY.
AND I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE OTHERS?
AND HE SAID SOME OF THAT
WERE BEHEADED ON THEIR
DOORSTEP.
AS A TRADITIONAL
EVANGELICAL -- AND, GARY,
I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
THIS -- WE ALWAYS THOUGHT
OF THE CATHOLICS OR THE
ORTHODOX AS, YOU KNOW,
ANOTHER FAITH, JUST HOW
REAL IS THEIR FAITH?
MY OPINION IS THIS: IF
SOMEONE WILL STAND IN THE
DOORWAY OF THEIR HOME AND
SAY TO ISIS I WILL NOT
RECANT ON MY FAITH AND
THEY ARE KILLED, IN MY
MIND THEY ARE MARTYRS, AND
I WILL MEET THEM IN HEAVEN
ONE DAY.
Reporter: AMEN.
AND WHAT ABOUT RAMADI?
THE CHRISTIANS THERE,
ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT THEM?
THE RAMADI CHRISTIANS
ARE UNDERGROUND, DEEP
UNDERGROUND, SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
THERE IS NO LATITUDE WITH
ISIS AT ALL.
I THINK THE CHRISTIANS
WERE THE FIRST ONES TO GET
OUT IN TERMS OF MY
INFORMATION.
AND THEY -- IN GETTING
OUT, IT IS ALWAYS
DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE
FOR THEM TO GO, ESPECIALLY
IF BAGHDAD WILL NOT OPEN
UP.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
CHURCHES IN BAGHDAD, ETC.,
AND I'M SURE THAT THE
BELIEVERS LEAVING RAMADI
ARE VERY OPEN OR HOPING
THAT THE CHRISTIANS IN
BAGHDAD WILL ACCEPT THEM.
Reporter: OKAY,
DR. TERRY LAW, I KNOW
YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED THERE
FOR A LONG TIME.
"WORLD COMPASSION" IS
DOING EXCELLENT WORK IN
IRAQ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU, GARY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Wendy: AN EYE-OPENING
INTERVIEW THERE.
THANKS, GARY.
IN NORTHERN IRAN, ISIS HAS
FORCED THOUSANDS OF
REFUGEES INTO A LIFE
WITHOUT HOMES, JOBS, AND
FAMILY.
MANY ARE CHRISTIANS WHO
TELL TALES OF HORROR AND
BRUTALITY AT THE HANDS OF
THE JIHADI ARMY AS WE JUST
HEARD.
BUT CHRIS MITCHELL SHOWS
US HOW CHURCHES AND GIVING
THEM HOPE AND HELP.
Reporter: OVER THIS
PAST WEEK, THE ARMY OF
ISIS SWALLOWED UP PARTS OF
IRAQ LIKE A DARKNESS.
IN JUST ONE DAY, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS
FLED VILLAGES ABOUT
25 MILES AWAY.
MOST HAVE COME HERE TO
IRBIL WITH NOTHING MORE
THAN THE CLOTHES ON THEIR
BACK.
THEY TAKE EVERYTHING
FROM THE HOUSE, FROM THE
STORE, EVERYTHING.
THEY TAKE MACHINES,
EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THEY
ARE CHRISTIANS.
THEY HATE CHRISTIANS
ESPECIALLY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHY.
Reporter: IT WAS
LEAVE OR DIE.
THEY SAY, IF ANYONE
DON'T BECOME LIKE MUSLIMS,
WE'RE GOING TO KILL THEM.
EACH ONE.
YOUNG MEN, OLD MEN...
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
HERE.
THEY BOMBED THE CHURCHES
AND ALREADY TOOK OUR
HOUSES.
WE HAVE NOTHING HERE, NO
MONEY, NO I.D., NO TRAVEL
DOCUMENTS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
TO THE CHRISTIANS, THE
YAZIDIS, THE MINORITIES,
LIKE IN THE LAST COUPLE
DAYS MOSTLY TO THE
CHRISTIANS, IS A GENOCIDE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WHAT
HAPPENED 200 YEARS AGO
WITH THE JEWS.
Reporter: DR. AHMED
HERE'S STORIES OF THE
BARBERISM OF ISIS.
ISIS CAME AND THEY WERE
SHOOTING THE KIDS.
THEY WERE LAYING THEM ON
THE GROUND AND THEY BRING
TRACTORS AND WALK OVER
THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR
FAMILIES.
THEY TAKE WOMEN OUT OF
THEIR HOUSES.
EVERY FAMILY THAT HAS
THREE DAUGHTERS, THEY
WOULD TAKE ONE.
Reporter: IN THE WAKE
OF THE ISIS ADVANCE,
THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC
YAZIDIS ESCAPED TO A MBT
MOUNTAIN OUTSIDE THE TOWN
OF SINJAR.
A FEW WEEKS AGO THESE
FAMILIES FLED WHEN ISIS
CLEANSED MOSUL OF
CHRISTIANS.
ISIS GAVE THEM AND
ULTIMATUM.
THEY GAVE US FOUR
CHOICES: CONVERT TO ISLAM,
PAY A TAX, LEAVE THE CITY,
OR THE SWORD.
THEY ARE USING THE SWORD
TO CUT OFF HANDS AND
BEHEADING PEOPLE.
Reporter: ISIS LOOTED
THEIR PROPERTY AND LEFT
THEM DESTITUDE.
THEY TOOK THIS WOMAN'S
WEDDING RINGS AND
DOCUMENTS.
THEY TOOK EVERYTHING.
WE ASKED THEM, PLEASE GIVE
US SOMETHING TO SHOW WE
OWNED OUR CAR OR ANYTHING.
AND THEY SAID HERE HAVE
YOU NOTHING.
Reporter: THEY
DISCOVERED TWO TESTAMENTS,
ONE WITH A CAMOUFLAGE ON
THE OTHER, AND THE OTHER
WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG
INSIDE.
THEY ACCUSED THEM OF BEING
A MISSIONARY AND A SPY.
ISIS PUT HIS NAME ON A
LIST, AND HE TOLD HIS
STORY BUT ASKED US TO HIDE
HIS IDENTITY.
HEY, HEY, GET BACK.
YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
THEY TOLD ME, WE WILL KILL
YOU.
Reporter: SOMETIMES
THE PRESSURE IS
OVERWHELMING.
FORGIVE THEM.
FORGIVE THEM BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH
THESE CHRISTIANS ARE THE
ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THE
REGION, MANY SIMPLY WANT
TO LEAVE.
THEY'RE PLEADING FOR THE
U.S., THE U.N., AND POPE
FRANCIS TO HELP.
WE ARE ASKING THE
RESPONSIBLE STATES OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
COME AND LOOK AND SEE HOW
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE
LIVING HERE.
Reporter: WHERE CAN
YOU GO WHEN YOU HAVE LOST
ALMOST EVERYTHING?
MANY OF THE CHURCHES IN
IRBIL LITERALLY OPEN THEIR
DOORS FOR THE MANY
CHRISTIAN REFUGEES THAT
FLED ISIS.
THEY FEEL IT IS THE
CHURCH'S CALLING TO
PROVIDE REFUGE FOR
FAMILIES LIKE THIS.
THE KURDSMAN CHURCHES
TRANSFORMED THEIR
BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS FOR
HUMANITY.
Reporter: THE PASTOR
OPENED DOORS FOR BOTH
CHRISTIANS AND
NON-CHRISTIANS.
WE WANTED TO SHOW THOSE
PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T CARE
THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIANS,
YAZIDIS, MUSLIMS -- WE
DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND
THEY HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT
OF THEIR HOME BY ISIS AND
THE TERRORIST GROUPS.
SO THIS IS WHY WE WANTED
TO SHOW THEM THAT.
AS CHRISTIANS, WE LOVE
THEM AND WE'RE VERY GLAD
TO HAVE THEM HERE AND TO
SERVE THEM.
Reporter: THIS MAN
LED A MINI EXODUS OF
SEVERAL FAMILIES TO THE
KURDSMAN CHURCH.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE
PEOPLE HERE, PASTOR RAJID
IS SHOWING THE LOVE OF
JESUS.
Reporter: ACROSS TOWN
AT THIS CHURCH, FAMILIES
WHO ARE NOW SAFE TALKED
ABOUT THE VIOLENT
ULTIMATUM THEY FACED.
WE HAD BEEN TOLD BY
ISIS, IF WE DON'T CONVERT
TO ISLAM, EITHER THEY WILL
KILL US OR WE WILL HAVE TO
LEAVE THE CITY.
Reporter: FOR MOST IT
WASN'T A CHOICE AT ALL.
WE PREFERRED TO DIE
RATHER THAN CONVERT TO
ISLAM.
GOD HAS CREATED US AS
CHRISTIANS, AND WE DON'T
WANT TO CONVERT TO ISLAM.
THE POWER OF GOD KEEPS US
AND STRENGTHENS US TO
REMAIN AS CHRISTIANS.
Reporter: MUST WILL
NEVER RETURN, LIKE THIS
POLICEMAN, WHO ESCAPED
WITH HIS FAMILY AND 10-DAY
OLD BABY.
I AM ALREADY WANTED BY
ISLAMIC GROUPS OVER THERE,
AND, SECONDLY, I'M A
CHRISTIAN.
AS A MINORITY, I'M ALSO
WANTED BY ISIS.
SO WE CANNOT GO BACK THERE
ANYMORE.
Reporter: MOST TOLD
US THEY SIMPLY WANT TO
LEAVE IRAQ.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY,
OR THE ONLY SOLUTION, FOR
OUR PROBLEM BECAUSE WE
CANNOT GO BACK TO OUR
HOMES AND WE CANNOT STAY
HERE.
WE WANT TO GO OUT, EVEN IF
THEY PROVIDED
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION,
WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP
STAYING HERE.
Reporter: THEIR
LONG-TERM FAITH REMAINS
ONE OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS
IN THIS HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
KURDISTAN.
Wendy: COMING UP, AS
WE HEAD INTO ELECTION
SEASON, YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE A LOT OF CANDIDATES
GIVING SPEECHES AND TRYING
OUT THEIR SPANISH.
HOW WHITE HOUSE WANNABES
PLAN ON WINNING THE
HISPANIC VOTES.
Wendy: HERE IN
AMERICA, THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS MORE THAN A
YEAR AWAY.
WHOEVER WANTS TO WIN, WIN THE
EVANGELICAL VOTE WILL NEED
TO ATTRACT A DIVERSE SET
OF VOTERS BECAUSE 25% OF
EVANGELICAL VOTERS ARE
MINORITIES, INCLUDING
HISPANICS.
HEATHER SELLS BRINGS US
THE STORY.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH
LANGUAGE]
Reporter: AS WHITE
HOUSE CONTENDERS BEGIN TO
TEST THE WATERS, THEY
REALIZE THEIR TARGET
VOTERS ARE CHANGING.
IN HOUSTON THIS MONTH, JEB
BUSH AND MIKE HUCKABEE
BOTH REACHED OUT TO A
GROUP WITH EMERGING CLOUT.
YOU CAN'T DENY THE FACT
IT IS THE SINGLE HIGHEST
GROWING COMMUNITY IN
AMERICA.
Reporter: IT'S EARLY
IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
RACE, BUT ALREADY G.O.P.
CANDIDATES ARE COURTING
LATINO EVANGELICALS.
FOR ONE BIG REASON,
THEY'RE GROWING NUMBERS.
IF I WAS RUNNING A
CAMPAIGN, I WOULD SAY TO
MY LEADER, WE NEED TO BE
THERE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION
THEY'RE COURTING THE
NHCLC, AND THEY'RE
COURTING THE LATINO
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND IT IS A HUGE
CONSTITUENT SEE THACONSTITUENCY THAT CAN AND
FRANKLY WILL TURN
ELECTIONS.
Reporter: RIGHT NOW
70% OF THE ADULT
POPULATION AND THE U.S.
IDENTIFIES AS CHRISTIANS,
THE QUARTER BEING
EVANGELICAL.
11% OF THOSE ARE LATINO
EVANGELICALS.
AND AN EVEN LARGER
PERCENTAGE OF LATINOS MAKE
UP THE OVERALL CATHOLIC
NUMBER.
LATINO EVANGELICALS
WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT
ROLE IN DETERMINING WHO
OCCUPIES THE WHITE HOUSE
AFTER 2016, WITHOUT A
DOUBT.
Reporter: THE
ELECTORAL MAP IS ALSO
SIGNIFICANT.
IN THREE OF SEVEN SWING
STATES, LATINOS MAKE UP
MORE THAN 15% OF ELIGIBLE
VOTERS.
GRACIAS.
Reporter: IT IS NO
WONDER THAT CANDIDATES ARE
WORKING ON THEIR SPANISH
OR MAKING FAITH-BASED
APPEALS, OR BOTH.
I DO NOT COME TO YOU
TONIGHT WITH THE ABILITY
TO SPEAK SPANISH.
BUT I DO SPEAK A COMMON
LANGUAGE: I SPEAK JESUS.
Reporter: THE
ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS
EVENT, "THE NATIONAL
HISPANIC CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE,"
BOASTS MORE THAN 40,000
MEMBER CHURCHES.
THEIR CHURCHES ARE
GROWING AT A RAPID PACE.
Reporter: FOR 2016,
THE HISPANIC CONFERENCE
WILL ENCOURAGE ITS
CHURCHES TO HOST VOTER
REGISTRATION DRIVES.
THEY'RE CONCERNED
TRADITIONALLY LOW VOTER
TURNOUT AMONG HISPANICS.
IT IS NOT PROPORTIONAL
TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE,
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, IT IS A
LOT MORE THAN WHERE WE
USED TO BE.
Reporter: MIKE
HUCKABEE TOLD CBN NEWS HE
THINKS CHRISTIANS SHOULD
CONSIDER POLITICAL
ENGAGEMENT SAYS A
PRIORITY.
IT MATTERS TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL
SPHERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS
IS NOT MY KINGDOM.
MY KINGDOM IS TO COME.
Reporter: IT COULD
SHAPE ISSUES AND INFLUENCE
THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION.
RESEARCH SHOWS EDUCATION
AND EMPLOYMENT ARE TOP
CONCERNS.
RODRIGUEZ SAYS LIFE,
MARRIAGE, AND RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY ALSO MATTER, AND
IMMIGRATION IS CRITICAL.
IT IS MORE ABOUT, MAN,
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR US AGAIN TO
VOTE FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T
PASS IMMIGRATION REFORM.
WE HAVE TO STAND UP AND
FIGHT.
Reporter: FAITH
LEADERS ALSO WARN THAT
ANTI-IMMIGRANT LANGUAGE IS
A TURNOFF FOR MANY.
HOW YOU MESSAGE IT, HOW
YOU ADDRESS IT, IS A BIG
ISSUE.
Reporter: SO DON'T BE
SURPRISED IF THE 2016
CANDIDATES EAT A FEW MORE
TACOS, TALK ABOUT
IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND
FOCUS MORE ON FAITH.
WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT
IS IMPORTANT.
REPORTING IN HOUSTON,
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: UP NEXT, THE
DANGEROUS TREND THAT IS
SWEEPING SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE A
HARMLESS GAME, BUT IT'S
NOT.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
IF YOU LOG ON TO ANY
SOCIAL MEDIA SITE AND TYPE
IN "CHARLIE-CHARLIE
CHALLENGE," YOU'LL FIND A
DISTURBING TREND THAT USES
PENCILS AND PAPER TO
SUMMON A MEXICAN DEMON
NAME CHARLIE.
CHARLENE AARON SPOKE WITH
A PROFESSOR AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE
DANGERS OF THIS NEW FAD.
Reporter: WHY DO YOU
THINK THERE IS SUCH A HUGE
INTEREST IN THIS?
THE SCRIPTURES ARE VERY
CLEAR, WE'VE BEEN CREATED
TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD.
WE ARE, IN ESSENCE,
SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.
WE HAVE A DESIRE TO HEAR
THE VOICE OF GOD.
PEOPLE ARE, INDEED,
INTERESTED IN THE
SUPERNATURAL AND
UNFORTUNATELY ARE TURNING
TO THE WRONG SOURCE.
Reporter: BIBLICALLY
SPEAKING, IS THERE
ANYTHING WRONG IN
PARTICIPATING WITH SUCH A
CHALLENGE?
THE SCRIPTURES ARE
QUITE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
SOME SCRIPTURES SPEAK OF
IT AS AN ABOMINATION TO
GOD, AND THE SCRIPTURES
ARE VERY CLEAR WE SHOULD
ACQUIRE UNTO GOD AND NOT
OTHER SPIRITS.
Reporter: THE
CHARLIE-CHARLIE CHALLENGE
ACTUALLY SUMMONS A
SPECIFIC DEMON FROM
MEXICO.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY SPECIFIC
DEMONS?
DO IT WORK THAT WAY?
IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY.
AND THE MOMENT WE ASK AND
OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANY
SPIRIT, ANY SPIRIT CAN
COME THROUGH.
THE DEMON IS A FALLEN
SPIRIT.
THE MOMENT THAT THE DOORS
OPEN, ANY EVIL SPIRIT CAN
COME THROUGH.
EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS.
Reporter: VERY MUCH
SO.
SOME PEOPLE CREDIT THE
PENCILS' MOVING TO
GRAVITY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
SKEPTICS WHO DOUBT THAT
THIS CHALLENGE IS ACTUALLY
OPENING THE DOORS TO THE
SUPERNATURAL?
THE SCRIPTURES AND BOTH
THE EVIDENCE AND THE
HISTORY IN THE CHURCH ARE
VERY, VERY CLEAR ON THIS.
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IS
MORE REAL THAN THE NATURAL
WORLD.
SO THE MOMENT WE OPEN
THESE DOORS, ANYTHING
EVIL, IN ESSENCE, CAN COME
IN AND ATTACK OR INFLUENCE
IN THE WRONG WAY.
Reporter: LET'S SAY
YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON AND
YOUR FRIENDS DECIDE TO DO
THIS CHARLIE-CHARLIE
CHALLENGE, AND AFTERWARDS
YOU'RE FEELING CONVICTED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OR EVEN
AFRAID, WHAT ADVICE WOULD
YOU GIVE?
THE SCRIPTURES ARE VERY
CLEAR THAT THE LIGHT OF
GOD IS STRONGER THAN ANY
FORM OF DARKNESS.
THE BEST ADVICE I WOULD
GIVE IS SIMPLY TO CALL ON
THE NAME OF JESUS.
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE
LORD.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT
GOD WILL COME AND SURROUND
US, AS THE MOUNTAINS
SURROUND JERUSALEM.
AND HE WILL PROTECT US
FROM ALL EVIL, ALL
DARKNESS, AND ALL HARM.
Reporter: WHAT ADVICE
WOULD YOU GIVE TO PARENTS,
PARTICULARLY WITH THIS?
I THINK IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
WITH THEIR CHILDREN VERY
EARLY ON.
THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN,
WITHOUT INSTILLING FEAR,
THAT THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
AND GOD ARE STRONGER THAN
ANY DEMONS.
Wendy: IF YOU WANT TO
FIND SPIRITUAL
ENCOURAGEMENT ON CHRISTIAN
MEDIA, CHECK OUT OUR
Facebook PAGE AND CLICK
ON "LIKE" AND SHARE
STORIES ABOUT GOD IS DOING
AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH
HIS CHURCH.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Wendy: IN INDIA,
PEOPLE ARE DOING WHATEVER
THEY CAN TO STAY COOL
DURING A DEADLY HEATWAVE.
IT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE
DEATHS OF AT LEAST 1400
PEOPLE.
CBN DISASTER RELIEF IS
DELIVERING WATER TO NEEDY
AREAS.
FORECASTERS SAY THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS.
> ONE MONTH AFTER THE
DESDEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE HIT
NEPAL, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE STILL
HOMELESS.
CBN DISASTER RELIEF HAVE
BEEN WORKING TO HELP THE
SURVIVORS, AND NOW THERE
IS ANOTHER GROWING
CONCERN, PROTECTING THE
CHILDREN.
Reporter: ONE MONTH
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE,
NEPALI HOMES ARE STILL IN
RUINS AND LIVES ARE
SHATTERED.
15 KILOMETRES AWAY,
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
AND THEY ARE BEGGING FOR
THE HELP.
Reporter: CBN
HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER
RELIEF TEAMS ARE STILL IN
COUNTRY.
TRAVELLING LONG DISTANCES
UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
TO BRING FOOD, BLANKETS,
TARPS, WATER, AND OTHER
ITEMS TO SAVE NEPALI
LIVES.
SO FAR THEY HAVE DELIVERED
MORE THAN 100 TONS.
AND AFTER ALL OF THE TARPS
ARE DISTRIBUTED AND THE
TENTS AND THE FOOD AND
OTHER ITEMS TO HELP THE
PEOPLE IN THE SHORT-TERM,
THERE WILL BE LONG-TERM
NEEDS.
THESE COMMUNITIES WILL
HAVE TO BE REBUILT, BRICK
BY BRICK.
BUT IT IS JUST NOT
BUILDING THEM BY BRICKS;
IT IS REBUILDING LIVES.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOVED
ONES AND ALL OF THEIR
POSESSIONS.
MANY ARE TRAUM TRAUMATIZED.
AND NOW THE SAFETY OF
NEPAL'S CHILDREN IS A
CONCERN.
SOME KIDS HAVE BEEN SEEN
TRAVELLING WITH STRANGERS,
AND THAT RAISES FEARS OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
CHRISTIAN GROUPS SPONSOR
HOMES LIKE THIS ONE IN
KATHMANDU, TO GET KIDS OFF
THE STREET.
BUT IN THE AFTERMATH OF
THE EARTHQUAKE, WITH MORE
THAN 8,000 DEAD AND
THOUSANDS MISSING, AND
COUNTLESS MORE PARENTLESS
AND IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN
ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE TO
THE STREETS.
THERE IS LOTS OF
HOMELESS CHILDREN.
AS IT WAS BEFORE, IT WILL
BE MORE NOW.
Reporter: IT CAUSED
THE NEPALI GOVERNMENT TO
PLACE A MORATORIUM ON
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
FOR NOW, CBN IS DELIVERING
IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND
PROMISING TO HELP REBUILD
NEPALI COMMUNITIES AND
LIVES AND THE DAYS TO
COME.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS,
KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Wendy: THANK YOU,
GARY.
SO GLAD "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS THERE.
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