George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

EXPLOSIVE CHURCH GROWTH IN

AN UNLIKELY PLACE.

SEE WHY CHRISTIANITY HAS

THRIVED IN COMMUNIST CUBA.

Wendy: PLUS FOR

DECADES, MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANS SOUGHT SAFETY

IN EUROPE.

NOW A FLOOD OF MUSLIM REF

JESUS HAS BEEN SEARING

ANOTHER ROUND OF

PERSECUTION.

George: AND A CASE OF

CONSCIENCE.

WHY THIS KENTUCKY CLERK'S

STAND FOR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM GALVANIZED

CHRISTIANS ACROSS AMERICA.

*

George: HELLO,

EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THIS

WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

A CLOSED UP COUNTRY OPENS

ITS DOORS TO GIVE US A

LOOK INSIDE.

HELLO, EVERYONE, I'M

GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

EVEN THOUGH IT SITS JUST

90 MILES OFF THE U.S.

COAST, THE ISLAND NATION

OF CUBA IS SOMETHING OF A

MYSTERY.

FOR DECADES, THE CASTRO

REGIME HAS EXERCISED

INCREDIBLE CONTROL OVER

THE COUNTRY'S PEOPLE, ITS

ECONOMY, AND THE CHURCH.

NOW AS RELATIONS BETWEEN

CUBA AND THE U.S. ARE

WARMING UP, THE WORLD IS

GETTING A FRESH LOOK

INSIDE CUBA AND INSIDE THE

CHURCH THERE.

CBN REPORTER HEATHER SELLS

IS JUST BACK FROM HAVANA.

HEATHER?

Heather: WENDY, AS

CUBA BEGINS TO OPEN ITS

DOORS, MORE AND MORE

OUTSIDERS ARE BEGINNING TO

LEARN HOW THE CHURCH HAS

FARED UNDER YEARS OF

COMMUNIST RULE.

THE ANSWER IS AMAZINGLY

WELL.

AND MANY BELIEVE THAT THE

HEARTSHIP HAS PAVED THE

WAY FOR AN EXPLOSION OF

CHURCH PLANTING.

*

Heather: ON A TYPICAL

SUNDAY MORNING IN CUBA,

YOU'LL FIND CHURCH CROWDS

OVERFLOWING AROUND THE

ISLAND.

MANY ARE HOUSE CHURCHES

MEETING IN REMODELED

LIVING ROOMS.

OTHERS LOOK LIKE YOUR

TYPICAL CHURCH WITH ONE

BIG DIFFERENCE: POLITICAL

RESTRICTIONS.

SPACE IS AN ISSUE FOR

SO MANY CUBAN CHURCHES.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR

CHURCH, IT' THE GOVERNMENT

WILL NOT SELL IT MORE LAND

AND IT IS GROWING, SO IT

HAS BEEN FORCED TO BUILD

UP.

Reporter: ON THE

UPPER LEVELS, YOU'LL FIND

SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOMS, PLUS

FOUR SPILL-OVER AREAS TO

WAMP THE SUNDAY SERVICE.

WHEN YOU ARE 80 TO 100

PEOPLE IN AN APARTMENT, IT

IS HARD, VERY HARD, AND

NEIGHBORS GET UPSET.

Heather: PASTOR

MIGUEL LEADS A HOUSE

CHURCH NOW MEETING IN HIS

YARD BECAUSE IT NO LONGER

FITS INSIDE.

IT IS A COMMON THEME IN

CUBAN CHURCHES, FUELED BY

INCREDIBLE GROWTH AND

GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS.

IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, MORE

THAN 16,000 EVANGELICAL

CHURCHES HAVE OPENED THEIR

DOORS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

HAS MADE US GROW IN FAITH

HAS BEEN THE LIMITATIONS

AND THE DIFFICULTIES.

Reporter: PASTOR

NESTOR AND HIS WIFE, ROSA,

LIVE IN ONE ROOM ABOVE

THEIR TINY CHURCH.

ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AND

DURING WEEK-NIGHT

SERVICES, ONLY A FEW WILL

HAVE A REAL SEAT.

Translator: PEOPLE HERE

DON'T CARE HOW COMFORTABLE

THEY ARE.

THEY CAN BE EXHAUSTED FROM

WORKING ALL DAY, AND THEY

WILL SIT ON A BAG OF

ROCKS, A STITCHED UP CHAIR

OR STAND THE WHOLE SERVICE

AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH

THAT.

Heather: CUBAN CHURCH

LEADERS SAY EVENTS LED BY

THE FALL OF THE SOVIET

UNION SPARKED THE CURRENT

CHURCH-PLANTING EXPLOSION.

WHEN THE RUSSIAN

GOVERNMENT COLLAPSED, CUBA

WENT THROUGH A LOT.

AND PEOPLE STARTED LOOKING

TO CHURCHES FOR HOPE.

Heather: AT THE SAME

TIME, THE GOVERNMENT ENDED

ITS ATHEISTIC PHILOSOPHY

AND DECLARED ITSELF A

SECULAR STATE, LEAVING AN

ENTIRE GENERATION TO

QUESTION WHAT IT BELIEVED.

A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AT

THE TIME SUGGESTED THAT

CHURCHES UNABLE TO OBTAIN

BUILDING PERMITS MEET IN

HOMES.

THAT OFFHAND COMMENT

SPARKED A MOVEMENT SIMILAR

TO EARLY CHURCH GROWTH IN

THE BOOK OF ACTS.

PASTOR FRANCISCO IS ONE OF

THOUSANDS OF CUBAN HOUSE

CHURCH PASTORS WHO FOLLOW

THE GOSPEL WITH TREMENDOUS

PASSION.

Translator: WE HAVE

EVANGELIZED EVERYONE WHO

LIVES IN THIS AREA, A NEW

TESTAMENT BIBLE TO EACH

HOME.

WE CAN'T STOP, WE WON'T

STOP, BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY

WON'T EXCEPT THE LORD THE

SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH

TIME, EVEN SO WE CANNOT

STOP UNTIL THEY COME TO

THE LORD.

Heather: THE GROWTH

OF THE CHURCH IS MORE

MIRACULOUS GIVEN THE

COUNTRY'S POVERTY.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY

GOVERNMENT SALARY IS $20,

AND PROFESSIONALS

TYPICALLY MAKE LESS THAN

$50.

STILL, CUBAN CHURCHES ARE

KNOWN FOR THEIR GENEROSITY

AND WILLINGNESS TO

SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF

THE GOSPEL.

POO WHAT WE HAVE, WE WANT

TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.

WHAT WE HAVE, NOT WHAT WE

HAVE LEFT OVER.

Heather: ANOTHER

OBSTACLE CUBAN CHURCHES

FACE IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE

IN THE FORM OF SANTARIA.

IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS RITUAL

CEREMONIES.

THIS IS A WOODED AREA IN

HAVANA WHERE THOSE

PRACTICING SANTA RIRIO LIKE

TO COME.

PASTOR NESTOR FACES

RESISTANCE RIGHT IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

DURING ONE SUNDAY WORSHIP,

A SANTARIA GROUP STOOD

OUTSIDE THE CHURCH,

BEATING THEIR DRUMS.

.

Through Translator:

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A

SPIRITUAL FACEOFF.

THE CHURCH STARTED PRAYING

AND WE PRAYED FOR RAIN.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE

WAS THUNDER, SO WE HA THEY

HAD TO LEAVE.

Heather: IT IS EASIER

TO EVANGELIZE OUTSIDE THE

CHURCH, AND THEY RECEIVE

MORE PERMITS TO HOLD

SPECIAL EVENTS.

STILL, MOST CHURCHES

CANNOT EXPAND OR BUY LAND.

THEY CANNOT PRODUCE

CHRISTIAN RADIO OR

TELEVISION SHOWS.

AND THEY MUST WORK AROUND

A DYSFUNCTIONAL ECONOMY.

REMODELING PLANS AT PASTOR

NESTOR'S CHURCH ARE ON

HOLD INDEFINITELY UNTIL

THEY CAN OBTAIN

MUCH-NEEDED CEMENT.

Through Translator:

TIMES WITHOUT SUFFERING,

THERE IS NO CHALLENGE.

AND WITHOUT THAT

CHALLENGE, THERE IS NO

VICTORY.

George: HEATHER,

TERRIFIC STORY.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE MEETING

WITH THESE PASTORS AND

BELIEVERS IN THESE

CHURCHES?

Heather: GEORGE, IT

WAS REALLY HUMBLING.

MEETING PASTOR NESTOR AND

HIS WIFE IN THEIR TINY,

ONE-ROOM APARTMENT, AND

THEY HAD SUCH JOY.

I WAS SO CHALLENGED BY

THEIR FAITH IN THE LORD.

AND WE WERE STRUCK BY THE

FOCUS AND THE PASSION THAT

CUBANS HAVE FOR

PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL.

THEY ARE GOING TO CHURCH

SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

THEY ARE HAVING PRAYER

SERVICES, FASTING

SERVICES.

THEY ARE EVANGELIZING.

THEY ARE SINGLE-MINDEDLY

FOCUSED ON THE GOSPEL AND

SHARING THE GOOD NEWS WITH

THEIR NEIGHBORS.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO

SEE.

George: HOW DO THEY

VIEW THESE THAWING

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES AND CUBA?

Heather: I WOULD SAY

THEY ARE CAUTIOUSLY

OPTMISTIC.

THEY REALLY WANT TO BE

UNIFIED WITH THE CHURCH

WORLDWIDE, AND THAT

INCLUDES THE CHURCH IN THE

UNITED STATES.

THEY WANT THAT HARMONY.

THEY WANT TO PARTNER

TOGETHER TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO CAUTIOUS.

THEY SEE THING IN THE U.S.

THEY DON'T LIKE, LIKE

MATERIALISM, AND THEY'RE

CONCERNED ABOUT THE

TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT ON THE

CUBAN CHURCH.

George: TERRIFIC.

OBVIOUSLY, THE POPE IS

HEADED THERE NEXT WEEK.

AND YOU HAVE MORE STORIES

ON OUR BROADCAST.

IF FOLKS WANT TO SEE MORE,

THEY CAN CHECK BACK WITH

OUR WEB PAGE AT

cbnnews.com TO SEE

HEATHER'S UPCOMING STORIES

FROM CUBA.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK,

AND GREAT STORIES,

HEATHER.

Heather: THANKS,

GEORGE.

Wendy: GOOD STUFF.

COMING UP, WHY THE FLOOD

OF MUSLIM REFUGEES IS

RAISING FEARS FOR MIDDLE

EAST CHRISTIANS LIVING IN

EUROPE.

Wendy: EUROPEAN

NATIONS ARE STRUGGLING TO

KEEP UP WITH THE FLOOD OF

MIGRANTS SEEKING REFUGE

FROM THE CHAOS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

THOUSANDS ARE POURING

THROUGH THEIR BORDERS

EVERY DAY.

HUNGARY, A MAIN ENTRY

POINT TO THE EUROPEAN

UNION, WANTS TO SPEED UP

CONSTRUCTION OF A FENCE ON

THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH

SERBIA.

AND WHILE SOME E.U.

NATIONS HAVE PLEDGED TO

TAKE IN MORE REFUGEES, THE

INFLUX IS OUTPACING THOSE

PLEDGES.

THE PEOPLE ARE COMING

QUICKER THAN WE CAN LOAD

THEM.

Wendy: HUNGARY HAS

SEEN CLASHES AT ITS BORDER

BETWEEN POLICE AND

REFUGEES.

GERMANY IS EXPECTING TO

TAKE 800,000 REFUGEES BY

THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND FRANCE AND GREAT

BRITAIN PLEDGED TO TAKE

TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE.

PRIME MINISTER DAVID

CAMERON STRESSES THE NEED

TO DEAL WITH THE SOURCE OF

THE CRISIS.

THAT MEANS HELPING TO

STABILIZE COUNTRIES WHERE

THE REFUGEES ARE COMING

FROM, SEEKING A SOLUTION

TO THE CRISIS IN SYRIA.

Wendy: PRESIDENT

OBAMA SAYS HE WANTS THE

U.S. TO TAKE IN 10,000

MORE REFUGEES, INCREASING

THE NUMBER TO 65,000 NEXT

YEAR.

George: MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANS ESCAPING

MILITANT ISLAM HAVE FOUND

A SAFE REFUGE IN THE WEST.

THE MASSIVE WAVE OF MUSLIM

MIGRANTS INTO EUROPEAN

HAVE SOME WONDERING IF ANY

PLACE IS SAFE.

THAT'S WHAT A GROUP OF

MIGRANTS IN SWEDEN TOLD

CBN NEWS, AND GARY LANE

HAS THEIR STORY.

Reporter: WELCOME TO

THIS SWEDISH CITY.

MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE

HERE ARE CHRISTIAN

IMMIGRANTS.

MOST HAVE FLED VIOLENCE

AND PERSECUTION IN IRAQ

AND SYRIA.

MANY HAVE COME TO CHURCHES

LIKE THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY

WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES

FREELY, TO WORSHIP FREELY

IN THE WEST.

BUT EVEN HERE IN SWEDEN,

THEY'RE NOW QUESTIONING

THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR

FUTURE.

THOSE ATTENDING SERVICES

AT ST. EPHRAIM'S ARE

MEMBERS OF THE ORTHODOX

CHURCH, THE WORLD'S OLDEST

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.

THEY PRAY AND SING IN

ARMEIC, THE ANCIENT

LANGUAGE OF JESUS.

SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE

NEW WAVE OF IMMIGRANTS.

IF THIS MASSIVE SURGE

OF IMMIGRANTS COME FROM

NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES

AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THEY

WANT TO INTRODUCE SHAR'IA

LAW.

Reporter: BUT THERE

THEY ASSIMILATE AND

EMBRACE WESTERN CULTURE,

OR WILL THEY ATTEMPT TO

POSE THEIR WAYS ON THE

WEST.

AND WILL THESE MUSLIM

REFUGEES EXTEND THEIR WAR

TO EUROPE?

THESE CHRISTIANS FOUND A

SAFE HAVEN IN SWEDEN, BUT

NOW SOME FEAR IT WILL

EVENTUALLY BE LOST.

THIS MAN WORKED WITH THE

AMERICANS IN IRAQ.

HE FLED HIS COUNTRY

BECAUSE HIS LIFE WAS

THREATENED.

I WANTED TO BE AN

ENGINEER, AND THEY

WOULDN'T LET ME.

THEY FORCED ME OUT OF MY

COUNTRY.

I'M AFRAID THE NEWCOMERS

MAY WANT TO DESTROY THIS

PEACEFUL COUNTRY.

Reporter: THIS

HUNGARIAN POLICE VIDEO

SHOWS MALE MIGRANTS

TOSSING WATER ON TO TRAIN

TRACKS.

THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT

FOOD OR WATER.

THEY ONLY WANTED TO GET TO

GERMANY.

BUT WHY?

ARE THEY SEEKING JOBS AND

A BETTER LIFE?

OR ARE SOME COMING TO WAGE

WAR ON EUROPE.

ISIS SAYS 4,000 OF ITS

PEOPLE HAVE INFILTRATED.

AND THERE ARE ISIS

TERRORISTS POSING AS

REFUGEES.

THIS MUSLIM MIGRANT FROM

SYRIA HISTORY SOME HELPFUL

ADVICE.

BEFORE LETTING THEM

SETTLE HERE, THE SWEDISH

GOVERNMENT SHOULD CHECK

Facebook AND USE OTHER

MEANS TO DETERMINE IF

THESE REFUGEES WERE

FIGHTERS IN SYRIA OR IRAQ.

Reporter: AND SOME

CHRISTIAN MIGRANTS BELIEVE

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS NEED

TO DO MORE TO PROTECT THEM

AND WESTERN CULTURE FROM A

POTENTIAL ARMED OR UNARMED

ISLAMIC INVASION.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BE

NICE, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.

THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED

FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS

GENERATIONS.

THEY SHOULD TAKE THEIR

CHRISTIANITY MORE

SERIOUSLY AND COME BACK TO

THEIR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

SWEDEN.

Wendy: PEOPL A GROUP OF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS

IS CALLING ON THE WORLD TO

FIGHT BACK.

PAUL STRAND REPORTS FROM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Reporter: ISIS REALLY

IS WIPING OUT CHRISTIANS

IN ENTIRE REGIONS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND PERSIAN

GULF.

FRANK WOLF HAS SEEN THE

EVIDENCE HIMSELF.

IN 2003, THERE WERE

1.5 MILLION CHRISTIANS IN

IRAQ.

NOW THE NUMBER IS 300,000.

Reporter: AND ISIS

DECLARES IT WON'T STOP

THERE.

IT WILL BRING THIS PERGING

TO THE WEST.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THE

GENOCIDAL KILLERS OF ISIS

ARE GOING TO GIVE THE

CIVILIZED WORLD A PASS.

THEY POINT OUT THAT

EUROPE'S PASSIVISM HAS

DONE NOTHING.

NATO SIMPLY HASN'T

STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE ON

THIS.

THE RESULT, ALL OF THE

REFUGEES NOW FLOODING INTO

EUROPE.

Reporter: HE SAYS THE

BIGGER, LONGER FIGHT IS TO

WIN HEARTS AND MINDS AWAY

FROM THE IDEOLOGY OF ISIS.

WHAT IS IT THAT IS

ATTRACTING YOUNG PEOPLE

FROM WESTERN COUNTRIES,

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM

RELATIVELY FORTUNATE

CIRCUMSTANCES, TO JOIN A

GROUP THAT TO MOST OF US

EMBODIES PURE EVIL.

Reporter: SHE SAYS

COUNTRIES NEED TO SEE A

BETTER WAY.

WE HAVE TO WIN THE

BATTLE OF IDEAS.

AND THAT REALLY DOES

REVOLVE AROUND SOMEHOW

EMBEDDING INTO THESE

SOCIETIES RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AS A VALUED

PRINCIPLE.

Reporter: PROFESSOR

STANTON ADVOCATES DRAGGING

ISIS BEFORE THE

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT AS MUCH TO RUIN ITS

APPEAL AS TO ACTUALLY

PROSECUTE THEM.

TAKE THEM DOWN

IDEOLOGICALLY.

BECAUSE THE REASON IT HAS

AN APPEAL IS BECAUSE IT IS

AUA UTOPIAN IDEOLOGY.

Reporter: THEY ARE

POSITIVE ISIS CAN BE

DEFEATED.

WE BELIEVE THIS CAN BE

STOPPED.

Reporter: PAUL

STRAND, CBN NEWS, THE

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB.

George: THANKS, PAUL.

NAGHMEH ABEDINI, THE WIFE

OF SAEED ABEDINI, IS

CALLING FOR FASTING AND

PRAYER ON BEHALF OF HER

HUSBAND AND THE PERSECUTED

CHURCH.

PASTOR SAEED IS SENTENCED

TO EIGHT YEARS FOR THIS

FAITH.

SHE SAYS SHE WILL BE

FASTING FROM PLEASANT

FOODS.

AND THE SCRIPTURE IS

HEBREWS 12: 1-2.

Wendy: UP NEXT, SHE

IS FREE FROM JAIL AND

STILL REFUSES TO ISSUE GAY

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

HERE WHAT IS NEXT FOR

KENTUCKY CLERK KIM DAVIS.

George: WELCOME BACK

TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

HERE IN THE U.S., A

KENTUCKY COUNTY CLERK

SPENT FIVE DAYS BEHIND

BARS FOR STICKING TO HERO HER

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

A JUDGE ORDERED TO ISSUE

LICENSES TO SAME-SEX

COUPLES, AND WHEN SHE

REFUSED, HE PUT HER IN

JAIL.

Wendy: CBN'S DAVID

BRODY WAS ON THE SCENE

WHEN DAVIS WALKED FREE.

David: THE ROLLING

HILLS OF NORTHEASTERN

KENTUCKY, HOME TO

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY,

BIBLICAL VALUES, AND ON

ESPECIALLY HOT SEPTEMBER

DAYS, THE CHURCHES HERE

COME "PRAYER CONDITIONED."

AND HERE IN GRAYSON,

EVANGELICALS TURNED UP THE

HEAT.

THEY CAME TO RALLY FOR KIM

DAVIS' FREEDOM AND ENJOYED

SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

David: THE SAME

JUDGE THAT PUT HER BEHIND

BARS ALSO LET HER GO,

SAYING THAT SINCE HER

DEPUTY CLERKS BEGAN

ISSUING LICENSES TO GAY

COUPLES, THERE WOULD BE NO

REASON TO KEEP HER IN

JAIL.

IF SHE TRIES TO INTERFERE,

HOWEVER, WHEN SHE RETURNS

TO WORK, THERE COULD BE

MORE LEGAL TROUBLE.

FOR NOW, THOUGH...

I JUST WANT TO GIVE GOD

THE GLORY.

HIS PEOPLE HAVE RALLIED.

AND YOU ARE A STRONG

PEOPLE!

WE SERVE A LIVING GOD WHO

KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE EACH

AND EVERY ONE OF US IS AT.

JUST KEEP ON PRESSING.

DON'T LET DOWN BECAUSE HE

IS HERE.

David: THAT WAS

MUSIC TO THE EARS OF

HUNDREDS WHO CAME FROM ALL

OVER THE COUNTRY TO

SUPPORT DAVIS' STAND FOR

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE

BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF

MARRIAGE.

I DID NOT WANT MY

CHILDREN TO MISS THIS

MOMENT IN HISTORY HA AS THIS

COURAGEOUS WOMAN OF GOD IS

BEING PERSECUTED FOR HER

FAITH.

WE NEED TO STAND UP.

WE NEED TO STAND UP AS

BELIEVERS.

OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON

CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

David: MI MIKE HUCKABEE

HELPED ORGANIZE THE RALLY

AND MET WITH HER, AND SO

DID TED CRUZ.

AND HUCKABEE TOLD CBN NEWS

THIS WAS A DAY TO BELIEVE

IN A GOD OF MIRACLES.

DID A GOD OF MIRACLES

PERFORM TODAY?

I THINK IT IS A GOD OF

MIRACLES THAT WE SAW ACT

IN GETTING KIM DAVIS OUT

OF JAIL.

BUT HER BEING IN JAIL

BROUGHT ATTENTION TO

SOMETHING MANY OF US HAVE

WARNED ABOUT, THE

CRIMINALIZATION OF

CHRISTIANITY.

David: THIS FIGHT

HAS BEEN BREWING SINCE THE

SUPREME COURT RULED IN

FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE WARNED

THAT THINGS LIKE THIS

WOULD HAPPEN, AND THAT

FINDING A RIGHT TO

EQUALITY IS DIFFICULT.

WE'VE GOT TO BE

STEADFAST AND UNMOVABLE.

AND BE READY TO STAND UP

AND STAND OUT FOR JESUS

CHRIST.

David: AS FOR KIM

DAVIS' FUTURE, HER LAWYERS

WANT AN ACCOMMODATION SO

THAT HER NAME OR AUTHORITY

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PART OF

THE MARRIAGE LICENSE.

THEY BELIEVE THE KENTUCKY

GOVERNOR CAN SOLVE THE

PROBLEM WITH AN EXECUTIVE

ORDER THAT ALLOWS THE

AUTHORITY OF THE LICENSE

TO COME FROM THE

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, SHE WILL

NOT BACK DOWN.

AND SHE WILL NOT

VIOLATE HER CONSCIENCE.

SHE WILL RETURN TO WORK AT

THE ROWAN COUNTY CLERK'S

OFFICE LATER THIS WEEK,

AND SHE WILL NOT ABANDON

HER POST AT THAT POSITION

THAT SHE'S BEEN

DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED TO

SERVE.

David: THIS SMALL

TOWN OF GRAYSON, KENTUCKY,

NOW HAS A PERMANENT HOME

ON THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

MAP.

AND THAT MAP WILL BE

LITTERED WITH FIGHTS ALL

OVER THE COUNTRY.

GRAYSON, KENTUCKY, JUST

THE BEGINNING.

DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, IN

GRAYSON, KENTUCKY.

Wendy: AND YOU CAN

FOLLOW UPDATES ON THIS AND

ALL OF OUR STORIES AT

cbnnews.com.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK.

FOR YEARS THE ASIAN NATION

OF MYANMAR HAS BEEN

TIGHTLY RULED BY A

MILITARY REGIME.

TODAY THE COUNTRY IS

TRANSITIONING TO A

DEMOCRACY, AND THE

GOVERNMENT IS LOOSENING

ITS GRIP.

Gord George: ONE BENEFIT

OF THAT LOOSENING IS THAT

"SUPERBOOK" IS AIRING IN

PARTS OF MIRAMAR MYANMAR, AND IT

IS FAST BECOMING A

FARITE

Reporter: FOR SEVERAL

YEARS NOW, "SUPERBOOK,"

DUBBED IN THE BURMESE

LANGUAGE, HAS BEEN AIRING

ON TELEVISION IN MYANMAR.

THEY ARE WATCHING

"SUPBOOK" AND THEY'RE

SAYING THEY ARE GETTING TO

KNOW THE GOD OF THE

CHRISTIANS AND ARE

EXPERIENCING THEM TO BE

REAL IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS WOMAN CHANCED UPON

"SUPERBOOK" WHEN SHE

TURNED ON HER TELEVISION.

ALTHOUGH SHE IS BUDDHIST,

SHE PERSUADED HER ONLY

DAUGHTER TO WATCH THE AN

ANIMATED SHOW BECAUSE SHE

WANTED HER TO KNOW JESUS.

AT FIRST, I WAS

ATTRACTED TO THE

ANIMATION.

BUT I ALSO LIKE THE

STORIES IN THE BIBLE.

I SAW THE LOVE OF GOD FOR

ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

IN THE STORY, "HE IS

RISEN," I AM TOUCHED BY

HIS GREAT SACRIFICE FOR

ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

I AM HAPPY THAT JESUS

BECAME ALIVE AGAIN.

Reporter: SHE LEARNED

TO PRAY TO JESUS, AND

JESUS ANSWERED HER

PRAYERS.

I WAS VERY NERVOUS FOR

THE RESULT OF MY EXAM

BECAUSE I DID NOT PASS

BEFORE.

BUT I PRAYED VERY HARD,

AND WHEN THE RESULTS CAME,

I PASSED THE EXAM.

JESUS HELPED ME.

Reporter: BUT A MORE

IMPORTANT ACTIVITY FOR THE

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IS THE

REGULAR PRAYER TIME THEY

HAVE WITH CBN'S STAFF.

WATCHING "SUPERBOOK" ON

TV IS ONLY FOR A MOMENT.

WHEN I VISIT THE VIEWERS,

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

COUNSEL THEM AND PRAY FOR

THEM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO

DIG DEEPER INTO THE LEVELS

OF THIS BIBLE STORY.

Reporter: ON THIS

PARTICULAR VISIT, SHE SANG

THE "SUPERBOOK" THEME SONG

WITH THE MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER.

SHE EXPLAINED TO THEM THE

MEANING OF THE SONG,

JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS

AND HIS RESURRECTION TO

SAVE THE LOST.

AFTER WHICH, SHE LED THEM

TO A PRAYER OF SURRENDER

TO JESUS.

"SUPERBOOK" HELPED ME

TRUST IN GOD MORE.

I SAW HOW JESUS LOVED THE

PEOPLE, AND THIS GAVE ME

PEACE THAT IF I DIE, I AM

ASSURED THAT GOD WILL TAKE

CARE OF MY DAUGHTERS.

AND SO I SURRENDERED

EVERYTHING IN GOD'S HANDS.

Reporter: AND WITH

THE HELP OF CBN'S CHURCH

PARTNERS, THEY CONDUCT

"SUPERBOOK" SCREENINGS IN

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND IN

HOMES, WHERE FAMILY AND

FRIENDS CAN WATCH TOGETHER

AND GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

THE GOD OF THE CHRISTIANS.

LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,

YANGGONG.

Wendy: I JUST SEEN

THE NEW "SUPERBOOK."

"ISAAC AND REBECCA," IT IS

VERY SWEET AND ROMANTIC.

NOT JUST FOR KIDS.ú

CHECK IT OUT.

George: SEE YOU,

EVERYONE.

Wendy: UNTIL NEXT