George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

MUSLIM REFUGEES ESCAPING

THE MIDDLE EAST, AND

FORGING A NEW LIFE IN

EUROPE.

SEE HOW CHRISTIANS ARE

TELLING THEM THE GOOD

NEWS, AND HOW THEY'RE

RESPONDING.

A REALIZED THE PAST 20

YEARS AS A ROCK SINGER

WASN'T A WASTE, AND GOD

WAS PREPARING ME TO USE

MUSIC TO SHARE HIS LOVE.

Wendy: HOW CHINESE

CHRISTIANS ARE USING

PEOPLE'S LOVE FOR MUSIC TO

CHANGE THEIR NATION FOR

CHRIST.

George: PLUS

"JERUSALEM ENCOUNTER,"

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AROUND

THE WORLD EXPERIENCE THE

LAND OF ISRAEL FOR THE

VERY FIRST TIME.

AND HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF CHRISTIANS.

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

CRISIS EQUALS OPPORTUNITY,

AT LEAST THAT'S HOW SOME

CHRISTIANS VIEW THE WAVE

OF MIDDLE EASTERN REFUGEES

THAT ARE FLOODING INTO

EUROPE.

George: THEY'RE NO

LONGER HAVING TO SEND

MISSIONARIES TO PREACH THE

GOSPEL IN ISLAMIC

COUNTRIES BECAUSE, GUESS

WHAT?

THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING TO

THEM.

CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THIS

STORY FROM VIENNA.

Chris: THE FLOOD OF

MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES TO

EUROPE REPRESENTS THE

BIGGEST MASS MIGRATION

SINCE WORLD WAR TWO.

AND THIS WAVE IS EXPOSING

MANY IMMIGRANTS TO A

MESSAGE NEVER HEARD IN

THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

BEHIND ME IS ONE OF THE

REFUGEE CAMPS SET UP IN

EUROPE.

THIS IS ABOUT 30 MILES

OUTSIDE VIENNA.

MANY BELIEVE THE REFUGEE

CRISIS POSSESS A GREAT

DANGER TO EUROPE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOME

SAY IT ALSO REPRESENTS A

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

CHURCH.

THIS MAN FLED IRAQ BECAUSE

OF ISIS.

I WAS THROWN OUT OF

BAGHDAD AND I LIVED IN

NINEVEH.

I CANNOT GO BACK TO

BAGHDAD AND WE CANNOT LIVE

IN NINEVEH.

Chris: THIS PASTOR

SHARED THE GOSPEL WITH OTI

AND OTHERS.

THE TEAM, INCLUDING SOME

FROM HERSHEY,

PENNSYLVANIA, CAME WITH A

UNIQUE GIFT.

GOD SENT US TO GIVE YOU

A HERSHEY KISS, TO SHOW

YOU THIS IS THE GIFT OF

GOD'S GIFT WATCHING OVER

YOU.

IF WE HAD NEVER BEEN

REFUGEES, WE NEVER WOULD

HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

Chris: BUT CRISIS FOR

SOME IS SEEN AS AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS.

A PERSON, THAT WE DON'T

KNOW WHO HE IS OR HIS

BACKGROUND, BUT HE SAW

SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT

HIM, AND SOMEONE WHO LOVES

HIM.

HE JUST OPENED HIS HEART.

THE CRISIS HAS BROUGHT US

TO A PLACE WHERE I AM

WANTING TO HEAR ABOUT

SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR ME.

I'M WANTING TO HEAR ABOUT

THE GOD WHO LOVES ME.

Chris: THIS TEAM

WITNESSED SPIRITUAL HUNGER

AS THEY TRAVELLED THROUGH

EUROPE.

WE MET PEOPLE FROM ALL

DIFFERENT NATIONS.

HERE THEY ARE TOGETHER,

FELLOW HAPPENING TOGETHER

IN A CHURCH, AND IT'S

MOSTLY MUSLIMS COMING INTO

THE CHURCH, TRYING TO FIND

OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT JESUS

IS ALL ABOUT.

Chris: THE OUTREACH,

EITHER ON THE STREETS OR

IN THIS RENTED HALL, IS

ALL PART OF AN EFFORT TO

PRESENT THE GOSPEL.

WHAT HAPPENS AS ISIS IS

SENDING THEM TO FLEE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE

FRUIT OF CHRISTIANITY AND

WHAT CHRISTIANITY DOES TO

HELP THEM.

AND SO WE CAN SHARE BOLDLY

WITH THEM.

THEY WANT TO HEAR.

Chris: THESE ARE TWO

EXAMPLES OF MUSLIMS WHO

HEARD THE MESSAGE.

ONE IS AMAR, AND THE OT OTHER

IS FATOS.

WE WON'T SHOW YOU THEIR

FACES FOR THEIR OWN

PROTECTION.

FATOS LIVED AS A DEVOUT

MUSLIM, WHO HEARD THE

QURAN CONTAINED MISTAKES,

AND BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE

OTHER FAITHS, LIKE

CHRISTIANITY.

Through Translator:

AFTER I STUDIED FOR SEVEN

MONTHS, I CAME TO REALIZE

THAT QURAN IS NOT RIGHT

AND MUHAMMAD IS NOT A TRUE

PROPHET SENT FROM GOD.

I USED TO SAY, LORD, I

CANNOT GO TO YOU, BUT YOU

CAN REACH OUT TO ME.

LORD, SHOW ME YOUR WAY.

WHERE IS THE WAY TO YOU?

Reporter: AS SHE READ

THE BIBLE, SHE FOUND THE

VERSE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL,

WHERE JESUS SAYS, "I AM

THE WAY."

HOW DID HE KNOW I WAS

LOOKING FOR A WAY.

HOW DID HE KNOW I WAS

REACHING FOR THE WAY TO

GOD?

I SAW THAT JESUS IS GOD

THROUGH READING THE

GOSPEL.

Reporter: AMAR HAD A

DREAM WHERE HE SAW A MAN

WITH A ROD THAT HAD A

CROSS ON ITS TOP.

AND THEN HE, TOO, READ THE

BIBLE.

Through Translator:

THEN I STARTED TO READ THE

GOSPEL AND COMPARED THE

GOSPEL TO THE QURAN.

THE VERSE THROUGH WHICH

THE LORD REALLY SPOKE TO

ME AND CONFIRMED MY

DECISION WAS THE VERSE

WHERE JESUS SAID,

"WHOSOEVER WANTS TO FOLLOW

ME, LET HIM CARRY HIS

CROSS AND FOLLOW ME."

WHEN I READ THAT VERSE, IT

BECAME REAL TO ME.

I WAS HOLDING THAT ROD

THAT HAD THE CROSS ON IT.

I MADE MY DECISION TO BE A

FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.

Through Translator:

THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE

GOD OF ISLAM, AND THEY

FEEL THAT THE GOD OF ISLAM

HAS ABANDONED THEM.

Reporter: THIS

PASTOR'S CHURCH REACHES

OUT TO BOTH MUSLIM AND

CHRISTIAN REFUGEES.

THEY NEED HEALING.

THEY NEED ENCOURAGEMENT.

THEY NEED SOMEONE TO STAND

WITH THEM.

Reporter: HIS CHURCH

HAS HELPED RUBA AND HER

SON, JACOB, FROM SYRIA.

THEY FLED THE DANGERS OF

ISIS AND OTHER ISLAMIC

GROUPS.

ONE TIME THERE WAS A

BOMB CAR NEAR MY HOUSE.

IT IS HORRIBLE.

AND MY SON IS NOT IN THE

HOUSE.

I GO TO THE STREET AND

SAY, JACOB, JACOB, WHERE

ARE YOU, JACOB?

I DON'T LIKE THIS FEELING

TO ANY MOTHER.

THE FEELING OF SAD AND

DANGER.

I AM IN THE STREET, AND

THE CAR, IT'S EXPLOSIVE

AND EVERYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

IT'S KILL EVERY CHRISTIAN.

IF YOU NOT MUSLIM, I KILL

YOU.

YOU NEED TO BE MUSLIM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT

THANK GOD NOW I AM HERE,

AND GOD HAS HELPED ME.

Reporter: WHILE THESE

LEADERS SEE OPPORTUNITY,

THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGER.

I PERSONALLY SAW WITH

MY OWN EYES PEOPLE WHO

HAVE A CONNECTION WITH

ISIS AND HAVE COMMITTED

CRIMES OVERSEAS, AND YET

THEY ARE ENJOYING TOTAL

FREEDOM HERE.

Reporter: YET THEY

WEIGH THAT PROBLEM WITH

THE POTENTIAL ABUNDANCE

FOR THE CHURCH.

THE AMAZING NEWS IS

EVERY TIME ISIS STRIKES,

THERE IS MORE HARVEST THAT

COMES IN.

THERE IS MORE PEOPLE THAT

WANT TO FLEE FROM THAT.

THEY FLEE FROM THE FEAR.

BUT WHAT THEY FIND IS THE

MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD

WORKING FOR THEM, TO HELP

THEM FLEE.

FOR ALL THOSE THAT HEAR

US, FROM THE BODY OF

CHRIST IN AMERICA, THIS IS

THE TIME TO PRAY.

AND THIS IS THE TIME TO

LABOR AMONG THESE PEOPLES.

WE ARE SEEING THAT THE

HARVEST IS PLENTIOUS, BUT

THE LABORS ARE FEW.

THE BODY OF CHRIST IN

AMERICA AND AROUND THE

WORLD -- I BELIEVE IT IS

AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO PRAY

FOR THE REFUGEES, THAT GOD

WILL REACH THEM WITH HIS

LOVE AND SALVATION.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, NEAR

VIENNA, AUSTRIA.

Wendy: THANKS, CHRIS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

PARTNER WITH CBN OR OTHER

MINISTRIES HAD ARE HELPING

TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN

THE MIDDLE EAST, WE PUT

TOGETHER SOME LINKS ON OUR

WEBSITE.

JUST GO TO cbnnews.com

TO FIND THEM.

George: COMING UP, AS

MANY LATIN-AMERICANS SEEK

A NEW LIFE HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES, THEY'RE

COMING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA,

AND THE CHURCH IS MEETING

THEM THERE.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO THE "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

EGYPT'S PRESIDENT PROMISES

TO BRING TO JUSTICE

MEMBERS OF A MUSLIM MOB

WHO STRIPPED AN ELDERLY

CHRISTIAN WOMAN NAKED, AND

THEN PARADED HER THROUGH

THE STREETS OF A VILLAGE.

THE ATTACK CAME AFTER A

RUMOR THAT THE WOMAN'S SON

HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A

MUSLIM WOMAN.

THEY ATTACKED THE

70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, AND

LOOTED AND TORCHED SEVEN

CHRISTIAN HOMES.

George: THE CHINESE

FOREIGN MYSTERY VERBALLY

ATTACKED A CANADIAN

JOURNALIST FOR QUESTIONING

HIS COUNTRY'S HUMAN RIGHTS

ABUSES.

THE REPORTER ASKED HIM

ABOUT THE CANADIAN

IMPRISONMENT OF KEVIN

GARRETT.

THEY RAN A COFFEE SHOP.

AND THEY HELPED NORTH

KOREAN REFUGEES AND SENT

FOOD AID INTO THAT

COUNTRY.

THEY ARRESTED GARRETT BACK

IN 2014 FOR ALLEGEDLY

SPYING AND STEALING STATE

SECRETS.

GARRETT'S SON CALLS THE

CHARGES RIDICULOUS.

Wendy:

LATIN-AMERICANS FACING

ECONOMIC TROUBLES IN THEIR

OWN COUNTRIES ARE

INCREASINGLY FINDING

REFUGEE IN ORLANDO,

FLORIDA.

AND MANY CHURCHES THERE

ARE REACHING OUT TO

WELCOME THESE IMMIGRANTS.

THE IMPEACHMENT IN BRAZIL

HAS LED MANY BRAZILIANS TO

SEEK PEACE AND STABILITY

IN FLORIDA.

AND TROUBLES ARE DRIVING

MIGRATION STRAIGHT TO THE

SUNSHINE STRAIGHT.

THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO

RICO SAYS 1,000 FAMILIES

MIGRATE EVERY MONTH TO

FLORIDA, AND ESPECIALLY

CHOOSE THE ORLANDO AREA.

THEY ARE ADDING

SPANISH-SPEAKING SERVICES

TO THE CHURCHES.

AND PASTOR GABRIEL SAYS

NEW ARRIVALS ARE MAKING A

DIFFERENCE.

THEY ARE FAITHFUL

CHURCH ATTENDEES.

THERE ARE LOT OF

PENTECOSTALS IN PUERTO

RICO.

AND SO THEY'LL COME TO

CHURCH TWO OR THREE TIMES

A WEEK.

IT IS HIGH CHURCH

ATTENDANCE AND HIGH CHURCH

INVOLVEMENT.

THEY'LL SAY, HEY, PASTOR,

I WAS AN USHER AT MY

CHURCH, I WAS A WORSHIP

LEADER, HOW DO I GET

INVOLVED?

I PREDICT WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE A HIGH INCREASE OF

PUERTO RICAN PENTECOSTALS

AND EVANGELICALS IN THE

NEXT NE FEW YEARS.

Wendy: HEATHER SELLS

RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A

TRIP TO ORLANDO AND JOINS

US NOW.

WE USED TO THINK MIAMI AS

THE LATIN-AMERICAN

GATEWAY, BUT THAT IS

DEFINITELY CHANGING?

Heather: YES.

WE WOULD WALK INTO

BUSINESSES AND RIGHT AWAY

THEY WOULD START SPEAKING

SPANISH TO US.

FOR CHURCHES, THIS IS A

NEW MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY,

AND AT PLACES LIKE FIRST

BAPTIST ORLANDO, THEY CAN

HARDLY KEEP UP WITH THE

DEEMED.

THE HISPANIC MINISTRY

HOSTED A BABY SHOWER, AND

23 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

CAME.

IT IS ALSO A BITTERSWEET

EXPERIENCE.

CHURCHES IN PUERTO RICO,

CUBA, THEY'RE LOSING

MEMBERS TO THE U.S.

I TALKED WITH THE PASTOR

ABOUT THIS.

WE PRAY FOR PUERTO

RICO, AND WE PRAY FOR

LATIN-AMERICA.

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE'RE

GROWING, WE ARE BROTHER

PASTORS AND LEADERS IN

PUERTO RICO.

AND THEY'RE SUFFERING.

CHURCHES ARE EMPTYING OUT.

NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T

LOVE THE CHURCH, BUT

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND

WORK.

MEDICAL CARE -- WHATEVER

THE CRISIS THAT ECONOMICS

LEADS TO.

Heather: WHAT IS

EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT,

TOO, A LOT OF THE

IMMIGRANTS ARE BILINGUAL,

AND SO THEY'LL BE

INFLUENCING SOCIETY IN

FLORIDA AND EVENTUALLY

ELSEWHERE.

Wendy: VERY

INTERESTING STORY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP

OF THAT.

GEORGE?

George: COMING UP

NEXT, A NEW REVOLUTION IS

SWEEPING CHINA.

HOW CHRISTIAN MUSIC IS

BRINGING MILLIONS TO FAITH

IN JESUS CHRIST.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

GEORGE, YOU'VE BEEN

COVERING THE GROWTH OF THE

CHURCH IN CHINA FOR, LIKE,

TWO DECADES?

George: ALMOST TWO

DECADES.

Wendy: WHAT IS GOING

ON THERE?

George: A LOT IS

GOING ON THERE.

THERE ARE SO MANY

DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE

GOSPEL IS BEING SPREAD.

AND MUSIC IS ONE OF THEM.

IN FACT, CHINA, BOY, THEY

LOVE MUSIC.

A STAGGERING 977 MILLION

PEOPLE ENJOY IT ON A

REGULAR BASIS.

NOW A GROWING NUMBER OF

CHINESE CHRISTIANS HOPE TO

USE THAT LOVE OF MUSIC TO

MAKE A LIFE-CHANGING

IMPACT.

TAKE A LOOK.

SHU CHI WAS A ROCK SINGER

FOR 20 YEARS.

HE PERFORMED IN NIGHTCLUBS

AND OTHER VENUES AROUND

CHINA.

BUT THE FAME AND WEALTH,

HE SAYS, DID NOTHING TO

QUENCH THE EMPTINESS HE

FELT INSIDE.

Through Translator:

IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO

ADMIT IT, BUT THE PLEASURE

WAS TEMPORARY.

IT DID NOT REACH DOWN INTO

MY SOUL.

Wendy: HE TOLD US HOW

THEY ALL CHANGED IN A

SINGLE MOMENT AND

TRANSFORMED HIS SINGING

CAREER.

Through Translator: I

WAS READING THE BIBLE, AND

GOD SPOKE ME TO THE VERSE,

IN JEREMIAH 1: 8, WHICH

SAYS, DO NOT SAY I'M TOO

YOUNG.

YOU MUST GO TO EVERYONE I

SEND YOU TO, AND WHATEVER

I COMMEND YOU, DO NOT BE

AFRAID OF THEM, FOR I AM

WITH YOU TO DELIVER YOU.

Wendy: THAT SCRIPTURE

WAS LIKE A REVELATION.

SHU SAYS HE KNEW THEN THE

LORD WAS CALLING HIM TO DO

SOMETHING KNEW WITH HIS

VOICE.

I REALIZED MY PAST 20

YEARS AS A ROCK SINGER

WASN'T A WASTE, AND THAT

GOD WAS PREPARING ME TO

USE MUSIC TO SHARE HIS

LOVE.

*

George: SO INSTEAD OF

PLAYING IN NIGHTCLUBS, HE

STARTED ORGANIZING

CHRISTIAN CONCERTS AROUND

THE COUNTRY.

NOTHING THAT NEVER HAD

BEEN DONE BEFORE PUBLICLY

AND ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE.

Through Translator:

WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF THE

ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS AND

COMMITTED MYSELF TO THE

CHURCH AND TO USING MUSIC

TO DRAW PEOPLE TO CHRIST,

MY LIFESTYLE AND VALUES

CHANGED COMPLETELY.

George: AND THE LORD

REWARDED HIS OBEDIENCE.

I'VE BEEN I George: CHINA LOVES

MUSIC.

IN A FIRST OF ITS KIND

SURVEY RELEASED EARLIER

THIS YEAR, A STAGGERING

977 MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT

75% OF CHINA'S 1.3 BILLION

POPULATION, LISTEN TO

MUSIC REGULARLY.

SHU KNOWS HE HAS A CAPTIVE

AUDIENCE THAT IS OPEN TO

HEARING ABOUT GOD'S LOVE.

EVERY TIME I STEP ON

THAT STAGE, I FEEL THE

RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE

THE GOSPEL WITH

NON-BELIEVERS AND TELL@

THEM ABOUT REPENTANCE AND

FORGIVENESS, AND SHARE HOW

MY BROKEN LIFE WAS

RESTORED AND RENEWED.

Wendy: SHU ADMITS

WHAT HE AND OTHER

CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS ARE

DOING TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

IN CHINA IS HUGE.

THIS IS, AFTER ALL, AN

OFFICIALLY ATHEIST

COUNTRY, WHERE THE

GOVERNMENT OFTEN FROWNS ON

CHRISTIANITY.

AND WHILE THE CHRISTIAN

MUSIC INDUSTRY HERE PALES

IN COMPARISON TO THE U.S.,

SHU BELIEVES THEY ARE

MAKING IN-ROADS.

MUSIC WAS CREATED BY

GOD, BUT WAS STOLEN AND

POISONED BY THE DEVIL.

HE PLANTED DARKNESS INTO

IT AND USED IT TO MISLEAD

THE WORLD.

I'M TRYING TO REDEEM IT

WITH A HOPEFUL, POSITIVE

MESSAGE, THAT POINTS

PEOPLE TO THE LOVE OF GOD

AND TOUCHES THEIR SOUL.

Wendy George: AND BECAUSE

OF HIS EXAMPLE, MORE

ARTISTS NOW OPENLY

PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL

THROUGH SONG.

CHINA HAS SEEN AN

EXPLOSION OF SINGING

COMPETITIONS IN RECENT

YEARS, AND CHRISTIANS, BY

THE WAY, HAVE PLAYED A

PROMINENT ROLE IN SEVERAL

OF THE NATIONAL

COMPETITIONS.

*

George: AMONG THEM,

LI WEN SHI, A FINALIST IN

CHINA'S TELEVISED VERSION

OF "THE VOICE"

COMPETITION.

AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD, SHE

SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS THE

PRESSURE MANY OF HER PEERS

FACE IN THE QUEST FOR

WEALTH.

MANY PEOPLE IN CHINA

BELIEVE MAKING MONEY

SHOULD BE THEIR LIFE-LONG

GOAL.

BUT THAT IS FRUITLESS.

I TRY TO USE MY MUSIC AND

GOD'S PEOPLE TO CHASE

AFTER GOD INSTEAD.

George: LI'S FATHER

IS ALSO HER BUSINESS

MANAGER.

*

* IT'S SO SWEET TO TRUST

IN JESUS *

George: HE SAYS IT IS

TRULY REMARKABLE THAT IN

CHINA TODAY HIS DAUGHTER

CAN GO ON NATIONAL

TELEVISION AND OPENLY SING

ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.

Through Translator:

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN

UNHEARD OF 30 YEARS AGO.

BUT NOW WE CAN SING WITHIN

SONGS FREELY.

I KNOW GOD WILL CONTINUE

TO MAKE HIS VOICE HEARD

AROUND THE NATION.

George: JOSEPH

PASTORS A LOCAL CHURCH IN

BEIJING, AND SAYS

PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LIKE

LI AND SHU ARE INTRODUCING

HIS CONTINENT TO A GENRE

OF MUSIC THAT IS CREATIVE,

INSPIRING, AND GETTING

PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

Through Translator:

CHRISTIAN MUSIC IS

INFLUENCING OTHER

RELIGIONS.

NOWADAYS, THE SONGS BECOME

CHEERFUL.

THEY ADOPTED THE POWER

FROM CHRISTIAN MUSIC TO

CONDUCT NEW BUDDHIST

SONGS.

SO CHRISTIAN MUSIC HAS A

WIDE IMPACT.

George: BETWEEN

WRITING NEW SONGS AND

HOLDING CHRISTIAN

CONCERTS, HE SPENDS HIS

TIME TRYING TO GET OTHER

ARTISTS TO STEP OUT AND

SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

Through Translator: I

BELIEVE THERE ARE A LARGE

NUMBER OF MUSICIANS WHO

ARE AFRAID, FOR WHATEVER

REASON, TO OPENLY THINK

ABOUT CHRIST.

*

[SINGING IN THE CHINESE

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator:

I'M PRAYING THAT MORE

PEOPLE WILL BE BOLD, SO

MORE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT

ISLAM.

George: FOR MORE

COVERAGE ON THE GROWTH OF

THE CHURCH IN CHINA, GO TO

OUR WEBSITE,

CBNNEWS.COM.

> WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Wendy: DOZENS OF

FIRST-TIME VISITORS TO

ISRAEL WERE INTRODUCED TO

THEIR SPIRITUAL ROOTS THIS

WEEK.

AS JOHN WAGGI EXPLAINS,

THE "JERUSALEM ENCOUNTER"

AIMS TO CONNECT CHRISTIAN

PASTORS AND MILLENNIALS TO

THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

Reporter: THESE DAYS

MANY TRAVELLERS SEEING

ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST TIME

ARE SURPRISED THAT THEY

HAVEN'T LANDED IN A WAR

ZONE.

BUT IN A BUSTLING,

THRIVING, AND BEAUTIFUL

FIRST-WORLD COUNTRY.

PHIL ADMITS MEDIA REPORTS

MADE HIM A LITTLE NERVOUS

BEFORE HE CAME FROM

COLORADO.

BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY

WARM DOWN HERE.

THE PEOPLE ARE VERY NICE.

IT IS JUST NICE TO HAVE

THE CULTURAL INTERACTIONS

WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

John: AS PARTICIPANTS

GATHER FOR THE "JERUSALEM

ENCOUNTER," ISRAEL IS

PROSPERING IN THE FACE OF

DIRE MILITARY THREATS ON

NEARLY EVERY BORDER, AND

GROWING THREAT TO JEWS

AROUND THE GLOBE.

BUT THE MESSAGE HERE IS

THAT UNITY AMONG BELIEVERS

IN THE CHURCH, BOTH JEWS

AND GENTILES, CAN CHANGE

THE WORLD IN A BIG WAY.pppp

THERE IS A DAY COMING

WHEN THE NATION OF ISRAEL

WILL WELCOME THEIR MESSIAH

HOME.

HALLELUJAH.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

THAT DAY.

John: "FIRM"

PRESIDENT WAYNE HILLSTON,

THE CO CONFERENCE'S HOST,

SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT

ISRAEL UNDERSTAND THE

BLESSINGS THAT COME FROM

IT.

I BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL'S

RESTORATION AND SALVATION,

BOTH TO THEIR LAND AND TO

THEIR MESSIAH AND SAVIOR,

IS A KEY TO WORLDWIDE

REVIVAL AND HARVEST.

John: AS "JERUSALEM

ENCOUNTER," ISRAELI

BELIEVERS ARE INVITED TO

MEET THE VISITORS FROM THE@@

U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

IT PROVIDES A SHOWCASE TO

THE BIGGEST ADVANCES

THEY'VE MADE, INCLUDING

BUSINESS, MEDIA, THE ARTS,

AND EVEN THE MILITARY.

TEL

AVIV PASTOR AVI

MISRAHI MINISTERS TO BOTH

JEWS AND ARABS IN HIS

CONGREGATION.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE

SEEING GOD, THE HOLY

SPIRIT, REMOVING THE VEIL

FROM THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND

THE MUSLIMS.

John: PASTORS COMING

TO ISRAEL SAY THEY'VE

ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO

THEIR TEACHING.

IT REALLY IS LIKE THE

FIFTH GOSPEL.

WITH UNDERSTANDING THE

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTENT, AND

GETTING A GEOGRAPHICAL

PERSPECTIVE OF THE LAND,

IT MAKES THE BIBLE COME

ALIVE.

I'M AFRAID THAT SO MANY

PEOPLE WAIT SO LONG BEFORE

THEY DO THAT, WHEN THEY

COULD HAVE HAD ALL OF

THESE OTHER YEARS,

UNDERSTANDING THE

SCRIPTURE A WHOLE LOT

BETTER.

John: MADELYNE WALKED

ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,

WHERE HER MESSIAH WILL

RETURN.

IT IS INCREDIBLE TO

LOOK OUT OVER THE CITY AND

THINK, OKAY, THIS IS THE

PLACE.

IT IS SURREAL, BUT I THINK

IT WILL SET IN AND I'LL

THINK, WE WENT THERE AND

TOUCHED THE GROUND AND

WALKED THAT PATH, TOO.

IT IS AMAZING.

John: NATHAN WIGGINS

SAYS HE WANTS TO COME

BACK.

I WOULD SAY YOU NEED TO

COME HERE AND EXPERIENCE

THE LAND, EXPERIENCE WHAT

JESUS EXPERIENCED.

AND IT BECOMES REAL AND

ALIVE TO YOU.

I CONNECTED WITH GOD ON A

WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

John: JOHN WAGGI, CBN

NEWS, JERUSALEM.

George: THANKS, JOHN.

A SAD NOTE: JAN CROUCH HAS

DIED AFTER SUFFERING A

STROKE LAST WEEK.

Wendy: VERY SAD NEWS.

JAN AND HER HUSBAND, PAUL,

PARTNERED IN THE LAUNCH OF

TBN AND IT'S EXPANSION

AROUND THE WORLD FOR MORE

THAN 40 YEARS.

HER FAMILY SAID IN A

STATEMENT: "JAN CROUCH

LOVED MANY THINGS, BUT

MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED

JESUS AND NOW HAS SEEN HIM

FACE TO FACE AND HAS

EXPERIENCED HIS GRACE AND

FULLNESS.

SHE HAS TAKEN A PIECE OF

OUR HEARTS WITH HER, BUT

IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO KNOW

THAT PAUL AND JAN ARE

TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE ARMS

OF JESUS."

SHE WAS 78.

George: WE OFFER OUR

CONDOLENCES TO THE TBN

FAMILY, AS WELL AS OUR

DEEP APPRECIATION FOR

BROADCASTING THIS SHOW

NATIONALLY AND

INTERNATIONALLY.

> FOLKS, THAT IS IT

FOR

THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

IT GOES BY REALLY FAST.

FROM ALL OF US HERE,

GOOD-BYE AND --

Wendy: GOD BLESS YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR

WATCHING.