This week on Christian World News: The Muslim man loved to challenge Christians about their beliefs, until his own crisis of faith and a series of dreams changed everything. Now, he's facing a greater challenge than ever. Plus, Mel Gibson goes ...
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Wendy: THIS WEEK ON
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"
THIS MUSLIM MAN LOVED TO
CHALLENGE CHRISTIANS ABOUT
THEIR BELIEFS UNTIL HIS
OWN CRIE CRISIS OF FAITH AND A
SERIES OF DREAMS CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
NOW HE IS FACING A GREATER
CHALLENGE THAN EVER.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT
"THE PASSION TWO."
IT IS CALLED "THE
RESURRECTION."
Wendy: PLUS, MEL
GIBSON GOES ON RECORD
ABOUT A SEQUEL TO "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST."
> AND YOU'LL MEET A
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SAVED
BY THE OSCAR SCHINDLER.
> WELCOME TO "CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS," EVERYONE.
I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.
A RISING CHRISTIAN
EVANGELIST AND CONVERT
FROM ISLAM HAS ANNOUNCED
HE HAS ADVANCED STOMACH
CANCER.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT
NABEEL QURESHI A FEW YEARS
AGO.
SINCE CHILDHOOD HE HAS
BEEN TAUGHT THAT ISLAM IS
A RELIGION OF PEACE AND HE
FERVENTLY BELIEVED THAT.
BUT WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN
IN COLLEGE, AN
EARTH-SHATTERING EVENT
SHATTERED HIS FAITH.
IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING
I HAD TO WRESTLE WITH
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT ALL
OF THE TALK ABOUT ISLAM
BEING A RELIGION OF PEACE
WAS BEING CONFRONTED WITH
A VERY VIVID VISUAL
PICTURE OF PEOPLE BEING
MURDERED IN THE NAME OF
ALLAH.
Reporter: SINCE
CHILDHOOD, NABEEL QURESHI
HAD BEEN A DEVOUT MUSLIM.
SHE WAS RAISED IN A LOVING
FAMILY WITH A PEACEFUL
SECT OF ISLAM.
IT WAS LOVE FOR ALL AND
HATRED FOR NONE.
GROWING UP, WAS TAUGHT TO
LOVE EVERYONE.
Reporter: NABEEL
PURSUED HIS FAITH WITH
RIGOR.
HE WAS DETERMINED TO PROVE
THAT ISLAM WAS THE ONLY
TRUE FAITH, ESPECIALLY TO
CHRISTIANS.
WHEN I CHALLENGED THEM
ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE
BIBLE OR THE DEITY OF
CHRIST OR THE CRUCIFIXION,
WHEN I CHALLENGED THEM ON
THE TRINITY, THEY WOULD
HAVE NO ANSWER.
AND THEY WOULD BEGIN A
VERY QUICK RETREAT INTO
THE REALM OF FAITH.
I JUST BELIEVE ON FAITH.
AND I'M THINKING, YOU'RE
USING THE WORD FAITH THE
WAY I USE THE WORD
IGNORANCE.
Reporter: THEN IN HIS
FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE,
HE SAW ANOTHER SIDE OF HIS
FAITH.
I HAVE TO ANSWER FOR
MYSELF, WHAT IS ISLAM
REALLY TREG I?
IS IT WHAT I HAD BEEN
TAUGHT?
I WAS SURE IT WAS WHAT I
WAS TAUGHT, IT WAS
PEACEFUL, BUT HOW DO I
EXPLAIN WHAT WAS ON THE
TV.
Reporter: HE MET
DAVID, AND LIKE NABEEL, HE
COULD DEFEND HIS FAITH.
HE GAVE ME REASONS TO
BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE
HADN'T BE CHANGED, IT IS
THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD.
AND THAT THE 56 BOOKS OF
BIBLE ARE WHAT SHOULD BE
IN THE BIBLE.
AND NO OTHER BOOKS SHOULD
BE IN THAT COLLECTION.
Reporter: DESPITE
THEIR DIFFERENCES, NABEEL
AND DAVID BECAME FRIENDS
AND OFTEN DEBATED BY
RELIGION.
NABEEL HELD ON TO HIS
BELIEFS, BUT WAS RUNNING
OUT OF ARGUMENTS.
WHENEVER I STARTED
PROVIDING REASONS TO HIM,
THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED
POINTING THINGS OUT, FLAWS
IN MY REASONING.
Reporter: AND IT
BECAME EVEN CLEARER WHEN
HE COMPARED THE BIBLE TO
THE QURAN AND THE
TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD.
IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR WHY PEOPLE COULD BE
SO VIOLENT BECAUSE THE
ORIGINAL TEACHINGS OF
MUHAMMAD WERE VERY, VERY
VIOLENT TEACHINGS.
I'M TRYING TO DEFEND ISLAM
TO MY FRIEND, AND I'M
TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY
ISLAM IS PEACEFUL AND WHY
WOMEN ARE GIVEN EQUAL
RIGHTS -- ALL OF THESE
THINGS I TRULY BELIEVE, I
HAVE TO DEFEND.
AND I'M FAILING MISERABLY
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
DEFENSE.
Reporter: NABEEL SAW
THE ONLY LOGICAL
CONCLUSION IS THAT JESUS
IS THE SON OF GOD.
BUT ADMITTING THAT WENT
AGAINST EVERYTHING HE HAD
EVER BELIEVED IN.
THE BIGGEST BLASPHEMY
IN ISLAM IS TO WORSHIP
ANYTHING OTHER THAN ALLAH.
IF THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
ISLAM COULD BE FALSE, THAT
IS A CRISIS.
THAT IS GOING TO SHAKE MY
WORLD.
AND IT DID.
AND THAT'S WHAT DROVE ME
TO MY KNEES, AND THAT'S
WHEN I BEGAN TO ASK, GOD,
WHO ARE YOU?
Reporter: IN THE
MUSLIM TRADITION, NABEEL
ASKED GOD TO SHOW HIM THE
TRUTH THROUGH A DREAM.
GOD GAVE HIM THREE.
I WAS STANDING AT THE
THRESHOLD OF A NARROW
DOOR.
AND THIS DOOR WAS JUST
WIDE ENOUGH TO FIT ME,
JUST TALL ENOUGH TO FIT
ME.
THE POIGNANT SYMBOL
BECAUSE HO HOW NARROW THIS
DOOR WAS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
DOOR WAS A ROOM WITH A
FEAST.
I KNEW THAT ROOM WAS
HEAVEN.
I KNEW I HAD TO GET IN
THAT ROOM IF I WANTED TO
BE IN HEAVEN.
Reporter: LATER HE
READ A PASSAGE IN THE
BIBLE THAT CONFIRMED HIS
DREAMS, AND CONVINCED HIM
THE TRUTH AND HIS WORLD
WAS SHATTERED.
SEEKING COMFORT, HE
REACHED FOR THE QURAN.
I PULLED OUT THE QURAN
AND I STARTED GOING
THROUGH ITS PAGES.
IT WAS A RUDE AWAKENING
THAT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE
VERSE IN THE QURAN
DESIGNED TO COMFORT A
HURTING MAN, NOT ONE.
I PUT IT AWAY, I TURNED TO
THE BIBLE, AND I WENT TO
MATTHEW.
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ME
TO GET TO MATTHEW 5:
"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO
MOURN, FOR THEY SHALL BE
COMFORTED."
I'M SAYING TO GOD, GOD, I
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO
DO, BUT I JUST NEED TIME
TO MOURN.
I JUST NEED TIME TO MOURN.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE
BIBLE AT THAT MOMENT.
IT WAS AS IF GOD HAD
WRITTEN THOSE WORDS
SPECIFICALLY FOR ME.
HE KNEW 2,000 YEARS AGO I
WOULD NEED COMFORT, AND HE
KNEW I WOULD GO TO
MATTHEW, SO HE PUT THAT
VERSE IN MATTHEW FOR ME.
I SAID, OKAY, THIS IS
REAL.
THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD.
THIS IS WHERE THE TRUTH IS
FOUND.
I ULTIMATELY, BY READING
THE BIBLE, ACCEPTED
CHRIST.
Reporter: NABEEL
STARTED TELLING PEOPLE
ABOUT HIS NEW FAITH,
INCLUDING HIS PARENTS.
THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED,
BUT THEY STILL LOVE HIM.
I HOPE THEY WILL KNOW
HIM SO WE CAN ALL BE
TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE GOING
TO CHURCH WITH MY FAMILY.
AND I WOULD LOVE, SOME
DAY, FOR MY FATHER AND MY
MOTHER TO BE WORSHIPPING
ALONGSIDE OF ME.
I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
IT BECAUSE I'LL JUST BREAK
UP.
Reporter: TODAY HE
WORKS FOR WORLD REKNOWED
PSYCHOLOGIST ROBBIE
ZACHARIAHAS, AND HE IS
MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE
UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTH AND
THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.
JESUS WAS ABLE TO
RESURRECT FROM THE DEAD.
HE HAS KILLED DEATH, AND
THIS LIFE IS ALL ABOUT
LIFE.
IT DOESN'T END IN DEATH.
AND THERE IS NOTHING,
NOTHING MORE FREEING THAN
THAT.
Wendy: THIS WEEK
NABEEL HAS ANNOUNCED ON
HIS Facebook PAGE THAT
HE HAS ADVANCED STOMACH
CANCER, AND HE HAS ASKED
THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD WERE FAST AND PRAY
FERVENTLY FOR HIS HEALING.
WE HAVE SHARED HIS POST ON
OUR "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS"
Facebook PAGE.
WE INVITE YOU TO GO THERE
AND PLEASE LEAVE YOUR
PRAYERS AND WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR NABEEL.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST AGREE
FOR NABEEL'S COMPLETE
HEALING IN JESUS' NAME.
WE KNOW NOTHING IS TOO
HARD FOR GOD.p
> UP NEXT, MEL GIVES HIS
SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT A
GOSPEL CRUSADE, AND WHAT
HE REVEALED ABOUT A SEQUEL
TO "THE PASSION OF THE
CHRIST" MOVIE.
Wendy: SUPERSTAR
ACTOR MEL GIBSON IS
TALKING ABOUT A FOLLOWUP
FILM TO THE 2004
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE, "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST."
HE SPOKE TO EVANGELISTS
AND PASTOR GREG LAURIE
LAST WEEKEND AT ANGEL
STADIUM IN ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA.
MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
ATTENDED THAT EVENT, AND
MORE THAN 11,000 CAME@
FORWARD TO PRAY.
GIBSON TOLD LAURIE THAT
THE MOVIE FOCUSES ON WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THE
CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS, AS
WAS SHOWN IN "THE
PASSION."
AND HE SAYS IT WILL BE A
MAJOR PROJECT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S A
HUGE UNDERTAKING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT "THE
PASSION TWO."
IT'S CALLED "THE
RESURRECTION."
THAT'S RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S RIGHT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S A
VERY BIG SUBJECT.
Reporter: YES.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE
LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT TO JUST DO A SIMPLE
RENDERING OF IT.
I MEAN, WE CAN ALL READ
WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY
EXPERIENCE AND EXPLORE
PROBABLY DEEPER MEANINGS
OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT, IT IS
GOING TO TAKE SOME DOING.
AND RANDALL WALLACE IS UP
TO THE TASK.
Wendy: RANDALL
WALLACE IS THE
AWARD-WINNING FILM-MAKER
WHO WROTE "BRAVEHEART."
> MISSIONS AGENCIES KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO GET
SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THEIR
WORK IS TO GIVE THEM A
FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
BUT OVERSEAS TRIPS CAN BE
EXPENSIVE.
NOW A LANCASTER,
PENNSYLVANIA, COMPANY IS
USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO
LET PEOPLE VISIT THE
MISSIONS FIELD WITHOUT
EVERY LEAVING HOME.
WE SPOKE TO PETER GREER
ABOUT THIS EXCITING
BREAKTHROUGH.
HERE IS CHARLENE AARON.
Charlene: PETER,
EXPLAIN WHAT VIRTUAL
REALITY IS?
YOU LOOK UP AND YOU SEE
THE SKY, AND YOU LOOK DOWN
AND YOU SEE THE DIRT.
YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT AND
RIGHT, AND IT IS IF YOU
WERE THERE.
WE HAVE CREATED A VIRTUAL
REALITY EXPERIENCE THAT,
THROUGH A HEADSET, ALLOWS
US TO BRING OUR FRIENDS TO
THE PLACES WE SERVE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
Charlene: DESCRIBE
THE REACTION.
ARE THEY MOVED OR TOUCHED
BY THE EXPERIENCE?
IT IS AN EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE, WHERE YOU GET
TO SEE WHAT SO MUCH OF THE
WORLD LOOKS LIKE.
THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY.
IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS BEING
THERE, BUT IT IS THE
SECOND BEST THING, TO
ACTUALLY ALLOW OUR FRIENDS
TO EXPERIENCE THE MINISTRY
OF "HOPE INTERNATIONAL."
Charlene: PETER, HOW
DID YOU CREATE THIS
VIRTUAL REALITY
EXPERIENCE?
WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS
THAT OWN A COMPANY, GREEN
FISH LABS HERE IN
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
AND THEY VERY GENEROUSLY
TOOK US ON AS A CLIENT.
AND SO WE CREATED THIS
TOOL, VIRTUAL REALITY
EXPERIENCE.
MY HOPE IS OVER TIME WE'LL
BE ABLE TO CAPTURE
DIFFERENT STORIES FROM
AROUND THE WORLD THAT
WON'T JUST BE GOING TO
MALAWI, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE
TO GO TO MULTIPLE
COUNTRIES AND ALLOW PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS
THIS MODEL, HOW DOES IT
WORK, AND TO LOOK INTO THE
EYES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT
THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF
THEIR STORY.
Charlene: PETER, HOW
CAN PEOPLE TAKE PART IN
THIS VIRTUAL REALITY
EXPERIENCE?
WELL, THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FORP FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO
GO ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GET A SCALED-DOWN
VERSION, AND IT IS NOT
QUITE THE SAME THING, AT
hopeinternational.org.
BUT THERE IS A LIST OF THE
EVENTS ON THE WEBSITE AS
WELL.
IT WOULD BE GREAT, IF
ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU
WITH US TO MALAWI, WHITE WITHOUT
YOU LEAVING YOUR HOME.
YOU FIND OUT MORE ON
hopeinternational.org.
Charlene: AND TELL US
WHAT "HOPE INTERNATIONAL"
IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD?
WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT
MOMS AND DADS WANT IS NOT
LONG-TERM CHARITY, BUT TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES.
IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE
GIFT OF WORK AND IT
HAPPENS THROUGH A JOB.
SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE
INVESTMENTS SO INDIVIDUALS
CAN START OR EXPAND A
BUSINESS.
IT IS TO PROVIDE BUSINESS
COACHING AND TRAINING, AND
IT ULTIMATELY IS ABOUT
DISCIPLESHIP AND SHARING
THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST.
Wendy: AND TO FIND
OUT WHERE AND WHEN "HOPE
INTERNATIONAL" PLANS ITS
NEXT VIRTUAL REALITY
DEMONSTRATIONS, JUST FIND
THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE,
CBWEBSITE, cbnnews.com.
> CHILDREN ARE FED THREE
TIMES A WEEK IN MYANMAR,
FROM THE LARGE BATCHES OF
SOY MILK.
AND THE FAMILIES ARE
GIVING TRAINING AND HEALTH
AND HYGIENE TIPS.
AND EDUCATION IS PROVIDED
FOR THE CHILDREN.
"ORPHAN'S PROMISE" HOPES
THIS WILL CHANGE THE
CONDITIONS IN MYANMAR SO
CHILDREN CAN REACH THEIR
FULL, GOD-GIVEN ABILITIES.
> COMING UP, MEET A
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FROM
SCHINDLER'S LIST.
REMEMBER THAT FILM?
Wendy: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS."
SCHINDLER'S LIST STANDS AS
ONE OF THE MOST MOVING
FILMS OF ALL TIMES.
IT SHOWS HOW GERMAN
BUSINESSMAN OSCAR
SCHINDLER SAVED NEARLY
1200 JEWS DURING THE
HOLOCAUST.
CHRISTIAN LEADERS RECENTLY
MET ONE OF SCHINDLER'S
SURVIVORS IN ISRAEL.
Reporter: AT THE END
OF SCHINDLER'S LIST, MADE
IN 1993, THE SURVIVORS
PLACED STONES OF
REMEMBRANCE ON HIS GRAVE
IN JERUSALEM.
TODAY, IDA RATZ IS ONE OF
THOSE SURVIVORS.
AS A YOUNG CHILD IN 1945,
SHE WAS NUMBER 201 ON
SCHINDLER'S LIST.
HER MOTHER WAS NUMBER 202.
EVERY TIME I COME HERE,
I'M VERY MOVED, REALLY.
BECAUSE HE IS MY SURVIVOR.
THEY ASKED ME IN POLAND,
HOW DID YOU SURVIVE THE
HOLOCAUST?
I SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE
ALMIGHTY GOD.
SECOND, MY MOTHER.
AND THIRD, OF COURSE,
SCHINDLER.
Reporter: SHE
ADDRESSED CHRISTIAN
LEADERS AT THE GRAVE SITE.
I LOVED MR. SCHINDLER.@C
ALL OF US LOVED HIM.
HE WAS AN ANGEL OF MERCY,
REALLY.
WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE
WAS DOING, AND HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO IT.
Reporter: RATZ LATER
TOLD THE GROUP ABOUT
SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST,
AND LIFE IN THE CAMP
BEFORE SHE MET SCHINDLER.
THE GERMANS WERE
TERRIBLE.
25 LASHES ON THE BEE BEHIND
WAS EVERY DAY.
THEY HANGED PEOPLE EVERY
TWO DAYS, WITH NO REASON.
I THINK THAT HITLER AND
THE NAZIS REALLY CONVINCED
THEM -- REALLY, THEY ARE
NOT HUMAN.
Reporter: THESE
CHRISTIAN LEADERS CAME AS
PART OF A SEMINAR HOSTED
BY YAD VASHEM HERE IN
JERUSALEM.
IT IS DEDICATED TO
PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF
THE HOLOCAUST FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
AND IT EDUCATES THIS
FUTURE GENERATION ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF
ANTI-SEMITISM AND
REMAINING SILENT.
DURING THE HOLOCAUST,
THE CHURCH WAS SILENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SILENT
TODAY.
Reporter: HOSANA
LEADS THE CHRISTIAN
SEMINAR.
THIS SEMINAR IS FOR
CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO LEARN
ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM AND
THE HOLOCAUST AND ISRAEL
DAY.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
ANTI-SEMITISM, WE USED TO
THINK ABOUT IT IN THE
PAST.
BUT NOW IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN HOW
MUCH IT IS RISING ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT
SUDDENLY THIS TOPIC IS
VERY URGENT, AND IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
CHURCH LEADERS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
Reporter: THE 10-DAY
SEMINAR HAD A DEEP IMPACT
ON THE VISITING CHRISTIAN
LEADERS.
I WOULD SAY THIS
SEMINAR HAS BEEN A
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
IT HAS BEEN A STRETCH
SPIRITUALLY, ELECTUALLY
ANINTINTELLECTUALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY.
TO BE HERE IN THE LAND AND
TO MEET THE PEOPLE, THE
SURVIVORS, IS QUITE A
MOVING EXPERIENCE.
Reporter: PASTOR JOSH
PHILLIPS PLANS TO TAKE
HOME A NEW PASSION.
A LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND
THE JEWISH PEOPLE THAT I
DIDN'T KNOW I HAD.
I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED.
BUT A DESIRE TO BE A
PARTNER AND AN ADVOCATE
FOR ISRAEL, FOR THE JEWISH
PEOPLE.
Reporter: SHE
BELIEVES MUCH OF THE
CHURCH IS STILL SILENT.
I SEE THE SILENCE OF
THE CHURCH, AND WE ARE
SILENT ABOUT
ANTI-SEMITISM.
MOST OF US DON'T REALLY
FEEL THAT IT TOUCHES US.
WE MIGHT SAY THAT IT IS
AWFUL.
IT IS TERRIBLE.
IT IS WRONG.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE
ANY CONCRETE STEPS.
AND THAT SAME CONSPIRACY
OF SILENCE IS THE SAME FOR
THE PERSECUTION OF THE
CHRISTIANS.
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ARE
IN THE SAME BOAT.
MORE CHRISTIANS ARE BEING
MURDERED EVERY DAY THAN
JEWS, THROUGHOUT THE
MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER
PLACES.
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
THERE IS A PASSION OF
CIVILIZATIONS.
Reporter: HE SEES
WORLD EVENTS FORGING A
BOND BETWEEN JEWS AND
CHRISTIANS.
WE BOTH HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS US
ALL.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE
DANGERS ARE IN RADICAL
ISLAM.
EVIL CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
HOLOCAUST.
Reporter: AND HE SEES
THE VALUE OF THESE
SEMINARS.
WE COME IN CONTACT WITH
THESE EVANGELICAL PASTORS,
AND IT GIVES US HOPE,
ISRAELIS AND JEWS LIVING
HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
WE'RE IN A TOUGH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT EASY.
BUT THEY GIVE US A LOT OF
SUPPORT, AND A LOT OF
OPTIMISM.
THEY EMBRACE US, AND WE
EMBRACE THEM.
IT COULDN'T BE BETTER.
Reporter: RATZ
AGREES.
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW
WHAT SCHINDLER WAS.
SCHINDLER WAS NOT A JEW.
HE WAS A CHRISTIAN.
AND I AM SURE MANY
CHRISTIANS, MAYBE THEY
WILL DO THE SAME.
I BELIEVE IN THE
CHRISTIANS.
Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, YAD
VASHEM, JERUSALEM.
Wendy: UP NEXT,
HONORING A 20th CENTURY
SAINT.
STAY WITH US.
Wendy: THE OFFICIAL
PORTRAIT FOR MOTHER
TERESA'S SAINTHOOD
CEREMONY WAS REVEALED ON
THURSDAY WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT WAS PAINTED BY AMERICAN
ARTIST CHAZ FAGAN AND
COMMISSIONED BY THE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
IT BECAME THE OFFICIAL
PORTRAIT FOR THE
CANONIZATION CEREMONY
AFTER CATCHING THE EYE OF
THE VATICAN.
MOTHER TERESA DEDICATED
HER LIFE TO SERVING THE
POOR AND HURTING IN INDIA.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE
EXPECTED AT HER SAINTHOOD
CEREMONY IN VATICAN CITY
ON SUNDAY.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE LED
BY POPE FRANCIS.
ALL CHANGES AND
MOVEMENTS IN HISTORY BEGAN
WITH JUST ONE VOICE, ONE
PERSON BOLD ENOUGH TO BE
HEARD AND FOLLOWED.
THAT'S THE INSPIRATION FOR
THE "POWER OF ONE"
CONFERENCE IN COLORADO
SPRINGS.
STESTEPHANIE RIGGS CAUGHT UP
WITH PEOPLE HOPING TO
PROMOTE GOD'S PLAN FOR
AMERICA.
ONE WOMAN, SUSAN B.
ANTHONY PAVED THE WAY FOR
WOMEN TO VOTE.
SHE HAD THAT WARNING
INSIDE OF HER, BUT
NEVERTHELESS, SHE WAS
WILLING TO PUSH FORWARD
AND FIGHT FOR SOMETHING WE
GET TO APPRECIATE A THE
LOT.
Reporter: ONE WOMAN,
MOTHER TERESA, FOLLOWED
GOD'S CALL TO HELP THE
POOR, CHANGING LIVES
FOREVER.
AS FAR AS MOTHER TERESA
GOES, IT IS SO EXCITING.
GOD WANTS US TO LIVE
OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING.
GOD WANTS US TO LIVE
OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR
COMFORT ZONE MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
GOD WANTS US TO LIVE
OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE NORMAL
LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOW A LOVE THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T EVER GET TO
EXPERIENCE EVER.
A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK
THAT WE'RE BEING THE ONE,
AND WE THINK, MAYBE WHEN
I'M 25, WHEN I'M 30, WHEN
I'M 50 -- AND WE FORGET
THAT GOD IS NOT LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE OF A CERTAIN
AGE.
HE IS LOOKING FOR THE
WILLING VESSEL.
HEARING THESE STORIES
MAKE ME FEEL I NEED TO DO
THEM NOW, BUT LEARNING I
NEED TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE
SMALL THINGS I HAVE NOW IN
ORDER TO MOVE INTO THE BIG
THINGS THAT WILL COME.
Reporter: HISTORIANS
AND PROFESSORS AND PASTORS
WANT TO NURTURE NEW
VOICES.
> PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
STABLE RELATIONSHIPS.
OFTENTIMES WE CALL THE 18
TO 30-YEAR-OLDS THE LOST
GENERATION.
EVEN THOSE RAISED IN
CHURCH, IT IS GOOD-BYE
HIGH SCHOOL, GOOD-BYE GOD,
GOOD-BYE YOUTH GROUP, AND
YET THEY COME LIMPING BACK
TO THE CHURCH IN THEIR
LATE-20s.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
STABILITY.
AND CHRISTIANITY GIVES
THAT, GUARANTEES THAT IN
SPADES.
Reporter: THE COMMON
THREAD RUNNING THROUGH
THIS "POWER OF ONE"
CONFERENCE IS THE
QUESTION: WHAT CAN I DO?
JESUS SPECIFICALLY
SAID, BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS.
HE NEVER SAID, BLESSED ARE
THE PEACEKEEPERS.
BE A PEACEMAKER.
BE WILLING TO OPEN UP AND
HAVE AN AWKWARD
CONVERSATION WITH
SOMEBODY.
BE WILLING TO BE FRIENDS
WITH PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T
BE FRIENDS WITH.
BE WILLING TO TALK TO
PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T BE
WILLING TO TALK TO.
IT MAKES YOU A PEACEMAKER.
A PEACEKEEPER WILL
ULTIMATELY NEVER SEE
ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED, BUT
A PEACEMAKER CHANGES THE
WORLD.
Reporter: WHO KNOWS
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT
PERSON TO CHANGE THE WORLD
FOREVER.
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE VOICE,
ONE VISION, ONE MOVEMENT,
UNDER ONE NATION FOR GOD.
IN COLORADO SPRINGS,
STEPHANIE RIGGS, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: THANKS,
STEPHANIE.
MILLENNIALS ARE THE
FUTURE.
GOD BLESS THEM.
> THANKS FOR JOINING US
HERE AT "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS."
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOOD-BYE
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
"PROMOS,"