Wendy: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS," AS

CHRISTIANITY IS SAVED

ACROSS EUROPE, ONE TINY

NATION IS EXPERIENCING A

RESURGENCE OF FAITH.

MANY SAY IT IS ALL DUE TO

ONE MAN.

> PLUS...THE BLOOD OF

THE MARTYRS IS THE SEED OF

THE CHURCH.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THAT IS

TRUE THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

> AND...A BIBLE FOR

EVERY PERSON IN EVERY

LANGUAGE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE

TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING IT

POSSIBLE.

*

Wendy: WELCOME TO

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY.

CHRISTIANITY IS DYING

ACROSS EUROPE, CHURCHES

CLOSING AS GROWING NUMBERS

OF EUROPEANS ABANDON THE

FAITH.

BUT WE FOUND A TINY NATION

WHERE THE OPPOSITE IS

HAPPENING.

AS GEORGE THOMAS SHOWS US,

IT IS THANKS TO THE

EFFORTS OF ONE MAN THAT

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ONLY

ALIVE BUT THRIVING IN THE

COUNTRY OF GEORGIA.

*

George: ON ANY GIVEN

SUNDAY MORNING, YOU'LL

FIND MOST CHURCHES IN

GEORGIA PACKED WITH THE

FAITHFUL.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST

THINGS A VISITOR WILL

NOTICE IS THERE ARE NO

PEWS OR CHAIRS IN MOST

GEORGIAN CHURCHES.

THAT'S BECAUSE UNLIKE

TYPICAL CHURCH MEETINGS,

CHRISTIANS HERE STAND

DURING THEIR SERVICES.

WE SAY ORTHODOX

CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE

CANDLES, BECAUSE THEY

STAND BEFORE GOD IN

CHURCHES.

IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO

STAND FOR TWO HOURS, THREE

HOURS IN A ROW, BUT WE

CHOOSE TO.

George: THAT WAS THE

CASE DURING A SERVICE AT

HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN

GEORGIA'S CAPITAL OF

TABLISI.

AS THOUSANDS STOOD

LISTENING TO THEIR

NATION'S MOST FAMOUS

CITIZEN.

HIS NAME IS ELIA, AND HE

LEADS ONE OF THE OLDEST

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN

THE WORLD.

Through Translator:

THE HISTORY OF THE

GEORGIAN CHURCH DATES

ABOUT TO THE 1st CENTURY

A.D., WHEN THE APOSTLES OF

JESUS CHRIST ENTERED

GEORGIA AND PREACHED THE

GOSPEL.

George: AT 83, HE HAS

BEEN AFFECTIONATELY DUBBED

THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN

GEORGIA.

Reporter: HE IS A

WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT

IT MEANS TO BE A HUMBLE

SERVANT OF GOD.

George: YOU HAVE

PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF

HIM, BUT HERE IN GEORGIA

AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES,

HE IS MORE FAMOUS THAT

MOVIE STARS AND

POLITICIANS.

HE IS THE MOST RESPECTED

FIGURE IN GEORGIAN

SOCIETY, AND HIS FAVORABLE

POLL NUMBERS ARE OVER 90%.

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

CONDUCTED AT HIS PRIVATE

RESIDENCE, IL Y ELIA THE

SECOND, WHO'S TITLE IS

PATRIARCH OF THE ORTHODOX

GEORGIAN CHURCH, SPOKE

ABOUT HIS DEEP LOVE FOR

GOD.

Through Translator:

THE CHURCH'S PAST IS

INTERTWINED WITH OUR

NATION.

CHRISTIANITY WAS DECLARED

AS A STATE RELIGION.

George: THAT MAKES

GEORGIA ONE OF THE OLDEST

CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES IN THE

WORLD.

TUCKED BETWEEN THE

MOUNTAINS AND THE BLACK

SEA, MORE THAN 85% HERE

SAY THEY BELONG TO THE

ORTHODOX CHURCH.

AND WHILE MANY NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES HAVE SEEN

RELIGIOUS ADHERENCE FALL,

CHRISTIANITY IN GEORGIA IS

WITNESSING UNPRECEDENTED

GROWTH.

WE'RE LIKE A SPIRITUAL

OASIS IN THE MIDDLE OF

THIS AREA.

George: SINCE 1977,

HE HAS MANAGED TO

SINGLE-HANDEDLY REVIVE THE

GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.

HE TOOK OVER AT A TIME

WHEN CHRISTIANITY WAS

UNDER SEVERE PERSECUTION

FROM THE SOVIET

GOVERNMENT.

Through Translator:

THE BULLSIVIK INVASION

WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTION

OF CHURCHES AND

MONASTERIES ACROSS

GEORGIA.

George: THIS MAN IS A

PROFESSOR OF GEORGIAN

HISTORY.

Through Translator:

THERE WERE 1500 CHURCHES

AND 1600 CLER CLERGY.

George: HE INITIATED

A RANGE OF REFORMS TO

REBUILD THE CHURCH,

INCLUDING AN EMPHASIS ON

YOUNG PEOPLE.

Through Translator:

HE REACHED OUT TO THE

YOUTH, ENCOURAGING THEM TO

ATTEND CHURCH AND CONSIDER

THE PRIESTHOOD.

AND HE TOOK STEPS TO MAKE

CHURCH SERVICES EASIER TO

LISTEN TO.

George: THE CHURCH

SHOWED SIGNS OF REVIVAL IN

THE 1980s.

MEN LIKE THIS MAN DECIDED

TO JOIN THE PRIESTHOOD.

Through Translator:

THE PATRIARCH STRETCHED

OUT HIS HANDS TO THE

PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE

RESPONDED.

HE PREACHED GOD'S WORD AND

PEOPLE TURNED TO GOD.

George: THEN CAME THE

SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN

THE LATE '90s, WHICH LED

TO CHRISTIANITY'S RENEWAL.

THE CHANGES HAVE SINCE

BEEN PROFOUND.

NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN

2,000 ACTIVE CHURCHES,

WITH NEW ONES BEING BUILT

EVERY YEAR, LIKE THIS

MASSIVE STRUCTURE RISING

ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE

CITY.

ALSO, MORE THAN 3,000

PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE

PRIESTHOOD, SERVING THE

SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF

GEORGIA'S NEAR 4 MILLION

PEOPLE.

Through Translator:

IT IS SAID THAT THE

PATRIARCH INHERITED A

CHURCH COVERED IN SHROWD,

AND NOW IT IS A LIVING

BODY.

George: NEARLY THREE

HOURS AFTER ARRIVING FOR

THE SERVICE, A SLOW AND

PATRIARCH ELIA THE SECOND

FINALLY MAKES HIS WAY

THROUGH THE THRONGS OF

WHOPPERS WHO HAVWORSHIPS WHO HAVE GATHERED

TO HEAR HIM SPEAK THIS

SUNDAY.

HUNDREDS OF MEN, WOMEN,

AND CHILDREN LINE THE

HALLS OF HOLY TRINITY

CATHEDRAL TO RECEIVE A

PRAYER FOR SPECIAL

BLESSING.

Through Translator:

THE PATRIARCH ALWAYS SAYS

ALL THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED

DURING HIS REIGNING IS

BECAUSREIGN ISBECAUSE OF THE LORD'S

WELL.

George: MANY ARE

GRATEFUL THAT THE CHURCH

IN GEORGIA HAS NOT ONLY

SURVIVED, BUT IS THRIVING,

THANKS IN PART TO ONE

MAN'S DESIRE TO BRING HIS

NATION COLOR TO GOD.

>CLOSER TO GOD.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,

IN TABLISI, GEORGIA.

Wendy: THANKS FOR

BEING HERE, GEORGE.

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> COMING UP, TRIED BY

FIRE, THE STORY OF

CHRISTIANITY'S FIRST 1,000

YEARS, AND WHY IT STILL

MATTERS TODAY.

Wendy: LAST WEEK WE

TALKED ABOUT A RUSSIAN LAW

THAT WOULD OUTLAW

EVANGELISM.

PRESIDENT PUTIN OFFICIALLY

SIGNED THAT LAW THIS WEEK.

IT FORBIDS EVANGELISM

OUTSIDE OF CHURCHES AND

OTHER RELIGIOUS SITES.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE CAN'T

EVEN SHARE THEIR FAITH IN

THEIR HOMES OR ON THE

INTERNET.

RUSSIAN EVANGELICALS ARE

FASTING AND PRAYING.

THEY INVITE THE GLOBAL

CHURCH TO JOIN THEM.

> PAKISTANI POLICE ARE

ON A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT

FOR A CHRISTIAN MAN

ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY.

NADEEM MASI IS LOACHE ALLEGED TO

HAVE SENT A DEROGATORY

POEM ABOUT THE PROPHET

MUHAMMAD TO A MUSLIM

FRIEND AND IS NOW ON THE

RUN FOR HIS LIFE.

THE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED

HIS TWO SISTERS, IN HOPES

HE WOULD GIVE HIMSELF UP.

ANYONE ACCUSED OF

INSULTING ISLAM CAN BE

SENTENCED TO DEATH.

THE LAW IS OFTEN USED TO

PERS CUTE THE PAKISTANI

CHRISTIAN MINORITY.

> THE THIRD CENTURY

WRITER TERTULIAN SAID,

"THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS

IS THE SEED OF THE

CHURCH."

A NEW BOOK REVEALS THAT IS

AS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS IN

THE EARLY YEARS OF

CHRISTIANITY.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE.

Efrem: FROM AFRICA TO

THE MIDDLE EAST TO ASIA

AND AROUND THE GLOBE,

CHRISTIANS TODAY ARE THE

TARGET OF PERSECUTION.

"OPEN DOORS U.S.A." SAYS

NEARLY 4,000 CHRISTIANS

ARE KILLED FOR THEIR FAITH

EVERY YEAR.

THOUSANDS MORE SUFFER

VIOLENCE IN THE FORM OF

BEATINGS, ABDUCTIONS,

RAPES, AND FALSE ARRESTS.

AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN BILL

BENNETT SAYS, "PERSECUTION

OF THE CHURCH TODAY MAY BE

THE WORST IN HISTORY."

I THINK IT MAY BE WORSE

TODAY, I THINK IN TERMS OF

SHEAR NUMBERS, IF YOU

COUNT THE MIDDLE EAST,

ISLAM, IF YOU COUNT CHINA

AND OTHER PLACES.

THE PERSECUTION OF

CHRISTIANS GOES ON EVERY

DAY.

SOME SMALL CHRISTIAN SECTS

IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IN

IRAQ AND IN IRAN, HAVE

BEEN ELIMINATED MAYBE

FOREVER.

Efrem: BUT FROM THE

EARLIEST DAYS OF THE

CHURCH, WHENEVER

PERSECUTION INCREASES, THE

CHURCH GROWS AND EVEN

FLOURISHES.

BENNETT CALLS THAT ONE OF

THE AWE-INSPIRING

PARADOXES OF CHRISTIANITY.

WHATEVER THEY COULD

IMAGINE TO DO TO

CHRISTIANS, THEY DID.

BUT THE REMARKABLE THING

IS, AND YOU QUOTED IT,

"THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS

WAS THE SEED OF THE

CHURCH."

THE MORE THE PERSECUTION

TOOK PLACE, THE FASTER THE

CHURCH GREW.

Efrem: BENNETT WRITES

ABOUT THE EARLY YEARS OF

CHURCH PERSECUTION,

PERSEVERANCE, AND

EXPANSION IN A DETAILED

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

CALLED "TRIED BY FIRE,"

THE STORY OF

CHRISTIANITY'S FIRST

THOUSAND YEARS.

IT IS A REMARKABLE

STORY.

I MEAN, THIS LITTLE SECT

BECOMES ONE OF THE

RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AND

CHANGES THE WORLD FOREVER,

CHRISTIANITY.

AND THE STORY IS NOT WELL

KNOWN.

I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS

THE SECOND GREATEST STORY

EVER TOLD.

Efrem: EFREM GRAHAM,

CBN NEWS.

Wendy: NEW SIGNS THAT

CHINA'S NEXT GENERATION IS

TURNING TOWARDS

CHRISTIANITY.

MANY MILLENNIALS ARE

LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO

LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN

THE CHURCH.

MING FE LI BRINGS US THE

STORY.

Reporter: CHINA IS

GETTING YOUNGER AND

YOUNGER.

TODAY, LARGE CITIES, LIKE

SHANGHAI, ARE FILLED WITH

MILLENNIALS.

24 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN

THE CITY OF SHANGHAI.

YOUNGER CHINESE ARE MOVING

TO SHANGHAI FOR SEVERAL

REASONS.

Through Translator: I

MOVED TO SHANGHAI A FEW

YEARS AGO.

MY FRIENDS KEPT TELLING ME

I COULD FIND BETTER JOBS

HERE.

I WANT TO EARN MORE MONEY

FOR MY FAMILY.

Reporter: BESIDES

LOOKING FOR JOBS,

MILLENNIALS HAVE ALSO

JOINED THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY.

TO COPE WITH SOCIETAL

PRESSURE, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE

INCREASINGLY TURNING TO

SUPPORT GROUPS AND

SPIRITUALITY.

ONE STUDY FOUND 62% OF

CHINA'S RELIGIOUS

BELIEVERS ARE BETWEEN THE

AGES OF 19 AND 29.

ONE DAY MY FRIEND

INVITED ME TO CHURCH AFTER

WORK.

IT WAS NEW TO ME.

AS I LISTENED TO THE

MUSIC, ALL OF A SUDDEN I

FELT SO PEACEFUL.

I FELT SOMETHING SPECIAL.

Reporter: CHRISTIAN

LEADERS IN SHANGHAI

REALIZED YOUNG PEOPLE ARE

ATTENDING CHURCHES BECAUSE

THEY LONG FOR PLACES WHERE

THEY CAN TAKE A BREAK AND

EXPRESS THEMSELVES OPENLY.

Through Translator:

LIVING IN THE THE BIG CITY

IS NOT EASY FOR THEM.

MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE

SHARE WITH ME THEY FACE

BURDENS ALL OF THE TIME.

SOME OF THEM JUST CRIED TO

ME AND ASKED ME TO HELP

THEM.

Reporter: CHURCH

LEADERS USE BIBLICAL

TRUTHS TO HELP MILLENNIALS

COPE WITH LIFE.

THEY SHARE THEIR OWN

EXPERIENCES AND TELL THEM

ABOUT GOD'S GRACE.

FOR THE SINGLE PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND THEIR

CONCERNS.

I READ THE STORY OF RUTH

AND EXPLAINED THE MEANING

TO THEM.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY

UNDERSTOOD I HAD THE SAME

STRUGGLE BEFORE.

BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL.

Reporter: WITH THE

LEADERS' HELP, SOME YOUNG

CHINESE ATTEND CHURCH

SERVICES FAITHFULLY.

THEY LEARNED TO PRAY FOR

THEMSELVES AND THEIR

FAMILY, AND THEY NO LONGER

FEEL EMPTY INSIDE.

NOW I AM A CHRISTIAN.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF

ANYTHING.

JESUS IS ALWAYS WITH ME.

I'M NOT ALONE WHEN I FACE

DIFFICULTY.

Reporter: TODAY, WITH

THE HUGE MILLENNIAL

POPULATION, SHANGHAI STILL

REMAINS AS ONE OF THE

IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES IN

CHINA.

LOCAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS

ARE LOOKING FOR

OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THE

YOUNGER GENERATION TO

CHURCH.

MAINLY THEY BELIEVE THAT

THE YOUNGER GENERATION MAY

BE THE ONLY SOLUTION TO

BRING THE CITY CLOSER TO

GOD.

WE WANT TO USE ALL OF

THE RESOURCES TO BUILD THE

BRIDGE BETWEEN YOUNG

PEOPLE AND OUR SAVIOR.

THEY COULD DO SOME AMAZING

WORK FOR JESUS.

Reporter: MUNG FE LI

FOR CBN NEWS.

SHANGHAI, CHINA.

Wendy: THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

> UP NEXT, THE

TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING

IT POSSIBLE TO BRING THE

GOSPEL TO EVERY TRIBE AND

TONGUE.

THAT STORY WHEN WE COME

BACK.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

JESUS PROMISED THAT HE

WOULD RETURN TO THE EARTH

WHEN THE GOSPEL REACHES

THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

HISTORY, THAT CAN HAPPEN

THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY.

WE COULD SOON SEE THE

BIBLE AVAILABLE TO EVERY

PERSON IN EVERY LANGUAGE.

PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: THESE THREE

MEN ALL HAVE A PASSION FOR

THE BIBLE, AND EACH PLAYS

A KEY ROLE IN MAKING IT

POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE ON

EARTH TO HAVE ACCESS TO

THE SCRIPTURE IN OUR LIFE

TIMES.

BOB CRISEN SAYS PUTTING

GOD'S WORD INTO THE

EARTH'S 16EARTH'S 6900 LANGUAGES.

ABOUT A THIRD, AROUND

1800, DON'T HAVE ONE WORD

OF SCRIPTURE YET.

Reporter: HIGH-TECH

INNOVATIONS ARE SLASHING

THE AVERAGE TIME IT USED

TO TAKE.

IT HAS ACCELERATED THE

PACE WHERE IT TAKES 10

YEARS OR LE LESS FOR THE NEW

TESTAMENT TO BE DONE.

Reporter: HE WATCHED

A GUATEMALAN TRIBESMAN CRY

WHEN HE WAITED TO GET HIS

HANDS ON THE SCRIPTURE.

WHEN HE GOT HIS BIBLE,

HE DID SOMETHING I HAD

NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND HE

OPENLY WEPT TO GET GOD'S

WORD.

MY PASSION EVERY DAY,

SINCE THEN, WAS TO MAKE

SURE EVERYBODY HAS GOD'S

WORD.

Reporter: CRISEN

RECALLS A SIMILAR MOMENT

FOR SOME AFRICAN CHURCH

WOMEN WHEN SOMEONE READ

THEM THE EASTER STORY.

HE READ THEM THE STORY

AND THEY STARTED WEEPING.

AND HE SAID, MOTHERS, WHY

ARE YOU CRYING.

AND THEY SAID, WE HAVE

NEVER HEARD THIS STORY

BEFORE.

AND HE SAID, YES, YOU

HAVE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE

REALIZED THEY HAD NEVER

HEARD IT IN THEIR MOTHER

TONGUE.

THEY ONLY HEARD IT IN

FRENCH.

Reporter: AND THEY

CAN ACCESS THE BIBLE ON

THEIR DIGITAL DEVICES.

SO INSTEAD OF CARRYING

A BIBLE AROUND, WHERE IT

MIGHT PUT YOUR LIFE AT

RISK, YOU HAVE IT ON AN

APP.

THE APP HAS BEEN USED

IN EVERY SINGLE TERRITORY

AND COUNTRY ON THE PLANET,

INCLUDING PLACES WHERE THE

BIBLE IS PROHIBITED.

Reporter: HE

REMEMBERS A MALAYSIA WOMAN

REALIZING SHE AND HER

PEOPLE COULD FINALLY READ

SCRIPTURE.

THE LAST TIME SHE HAD

SEEN GOD'S WORD I IN HER

LANGUAGE SHE WAS A LITTLE

GIRL, AND SHE SAID, THEY

CAN'T BURN THIS, AND SHE

WAS TALKING ABOUT THE APP.

PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY

READ ON THEIR PHONES OR

READ IN A BOOK, AND

THEY'LL LISTEN TO THE

RECORDED VERSION, AND

THEY'LL ACTUALLY LEARN HOW

TO READ, USING THE

SCRIPTURES AND LISTENING

TO THE AUDIO.

Reporter: IN ADDITION

TO REACHING THE WORLD,

REACHING THE YOUNG IS ALSO

IMPORTANT.

AND TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A

HUGE ROLE.

WE INVESTED MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS BUILDING AN APP

THAT WE FEEL IS AT THE TOP

LEVEL, IN TERMS OF

ENGAGING THE KIDS.

Reporter: THE BIBLE

APP FOR KIDS IS CERTAINLY

CHANGING THE WAY THE

CHILDREN RELATE TO THE

BIBLE, BUT IN SOME CASES

IT IS AFFECTING ADULTS.

LIKE AN ATHEIST WHO SAID

HE WOULD DO WHATEVER IT

TOOK TO HELP HIS DAUGHTER

LEARN ABOUT GOD.

IT BECAME A RESOURCE

FOR HIM -- WE HAD AN

ATHEIST PARENT TEACHING

HIS CHILDREN ABOUT THE

BIBLE, AND USING THE BIBLE

APP FOR KIDS.

Reporter: AND THEY

HAVE MADE SPREADING THE

WORD EASIER BY CREATING

THE DIGITAL BIBLE LIBRARY

AND INVITING THEM TO

SHARE.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP

WITH U-VERSION, THEY DON'T

HAVE TO FLY ALL AROUND THE

WORLD TO GET IT.

Reporter: THEY CAN

OFFER 1,003 TRANSLATIONS

TO THE WORLD, AND THAT

ACCESS IS GETTING FASTER

ALL OF THE TIME.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES SIX

MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET

THE VERSION OUT, BUT IN

THE DIGITAL WORLD, THEY

CAN GO IN AND PUT IT OUT

IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

MY PASSION IS 95% OF

THE WORLD WILL HAVE A

WHOLE BIBLE, 9 99.9% WILL

HAVE THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Reporter Reporter: COULD THIS

HASTEN THE DAY WHEN THE

GOSPEL IS FINALLY PREACHED

TO THE VERY ENDS THE

EARTH?

JESUS IN MATTHEW 24: 14

SPOKE OF SUCH A DAY.

HE SAYS, AFTER ALL HAVE

HEARD, THEN I'LL COME

BACK.

WE'RE HASTENING THE RETURN

OF JESUS CHRIST.

NO PREDICTIONS, BUT I

BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE.

TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO

LAST FOREVER, THE SOULS OF

MAN AND GOD'S WORD.

IF WE CAN PUT GOD'S WORD

INTO GOD'S PEOPLE, WE FEEL

LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING

THAT WILL LAST.

Wendy: THANKS TO

"SUPERBOOK," KIDS AND HONG

KONG ARE BECOMING BETTER

STUDENTS.

THIS PAST SPRING AND

SUMMER, THE UNIVERSITY OF

HONG KONG'S EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT HELPED YOUNG

STUDENTS WHO WERE

STRUGGLING IN SCHOOL.

THE TEACHING BEGAN IN

GROUPS OF 13 STUDENTS,

USING THE "SUPERBOOK"

DISCUSSION GUIDE FROM THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.s.

SINCE THEN, STUDENTS HAVE

SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR

LESSONS AND THEIR

SELF-CONFIDENCE.

THE UNIVERSITY PLANS ON

CONTINUING THE PROGRAM AND

HELPING MANY MORE CHILDREN

WITH THE "SUPERBOOK"

MINISTRY.

FOR MORE, YOU CAN CHECK

OUT OUR WEBSITE,

CBN.COM.

AND STAY WITH US.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Wendy: A NEW

DISCOVERY IN ISRAEL MAY

HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF

THE BIBLICAL PHILISTINES.

A TEAM OF ARCHEOLOGISTS

UNEARTHED THE BONES OF

MORE THAN 200 ANCIENT

PHILISTINES IN THE

BIBLICAL CITY OF ASHCALON.

EXPERTS SAY THIS IS THE

FIRST PHILISTINE CEMETERY

RECOVERED.

THE DISCOVERY MARKS THE

END OF A 30-YEAR

EXCAVATION, AND THE

BEGINNING OF NEW RESEARCH.

THE TEAM IS NOW PERFORMING

D.N.A. TESTS ON THE BONE

SAMPLES TO RESOLVE THE

ONGOING DEBATE OVER THE

PHILISTINE'S GEOGRAPHICAL

REVISIONS.

> ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAD A

MESSAGE FOR EVANGELICAL

CHRISTIANS IN NAIROBI,

KENYA.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,

NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL HAS

NO BETTER FRIENDS THAN

CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT AND

LOVE THE JEWISH NATION.

AND HE TOLD THEM, YOU ARE

WELCOME IN ISRAEL.

Reporter: THE SOUND

OF CHOFFERS GREETED

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

HE INVITED THE CROWD TO

COME TO ISRAEL, THE LAND

OF THE BIBLE.

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE

COME, COME AGAIN.

THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, COME

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

YOU'LL VISIT JERUSALEM AND

GALILEE.

Reporter: HE TOLD

THEM A STORY ABOUT A

KIBBUTZ THAT DISCOVERED A

2,000-YEAR-OLD BOAT.

IT IS A FISHING BOAT.

AND THEY CARBONDATED IT,

AND IT IS RIGHT AT THE

TIME OF JESUS.

SO IT STANDS THERE IN

KIBBUTZ KENASO.

NOW, LOOK, I CAN'T TELL

YOU THAT JESUS WAS ON THAT

BOAT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT

THAT BOAT WAS IN THE TIME

OF JESUS.

Reporter: HE

DESCRIBED THE COMMON BOND

OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS

GROUNDED IN THE LAND OF

THE BIBLE.

THESE ARE REAL PLACES.

THEY SPEAK TO YOU AND THEY

SPEAK TO US.

WE CAME BACK TO THE LAND

OF ISRAEL AND REALIZED THE

DREAMS OF THE PROPHETS, OF

THE IN-GATHERING OF THE

EXILES.

I'M GLAD I HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY -- THE

PRIVILEGE, REALLY -- OF

COMING TO AFRICA TO MEET

YOU.

WE HAVE NO BETTER FRIENDS

IN THE WORLD.

NONE.

[APPLAUSE]

WE APPRECIATE OUR

FRIENDSHIP.

AND WE'RE EXPANDING IT

INTO THE CONTINENT OF

AFRICA.

Reporter: NETANYAHU'S

TRIP REPRESENTS A NEW

BEGINNING IN

AFRICAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS.

SEVEN LEADERS FROM

SEVEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

TALKING ABOUT HOW TO

EXPAND ISRAEL'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR

COUNTRY AND ALL OF THE

COUNTRIES OF AFRICA.

ISRAEL IS COMING BACK TO

AFRICA.

AFRICA IS COMING BACK TO

ISRAEL.

WE WANT TO SEE AFRICA BE

THE SUCCESS STORY THAT IT

CAN BE, AND WE WANT TO BE

PART OF IT IN EVERYTHING.

IN WATER, IN AGRICULTURE,

IN DAIRY PRODUCTION.

AND WE ARE EAGER TO SHARE

ALL OF THIS WITH OUR

AFRICAN FRIENDS.

Reporter: AND HE ALSO

DESCRIBED THE DISMAL

SITUATION FOR CHRISTIANS

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST

TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE

ATTITUDES TOWARDS

CHRISTIANS AND

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A GOOD

ONE.

YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING

WITH DAESH, AND WHAT IS

HAPPENING TO THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES AND THE

YAZIDIS AND TO OTHERS.

THERE IS ONE PLACE IN THE

MIDDLE EAST WHERE THE

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS NOT

ONLY NOT SHRINKING, IT IS

THRIVING AND EXPANDING,

AND IT IS SAFE AND IT IS

WELCOME.

AND THAT PLACE IS ISRAEL.

YOU ARE WELCOME IN ISRAEL.

Reporter: AT THE END

OF THE MEETING, THE

CHRISTIANS LEADERS

PRESENTED NETANYAHU WITH A

GIFT.

IT IS THE LION OF

JUDAH.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, JERUSALEM.

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