This week on Christian World News: With a war raging all around, one family fights to bring their nation together under God. Plus, scientists decipher the charred remains of an ancient Jewish scroll, and make an amazing discovery. And, people ...
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George: THIS WEEK ON
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,",.
WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST
IS WORTHY THE OF THE WORSHIP
OF SOUTH SUDAN.
George: WITH A
SOUTH SUDAN BECAME THE
WORLD'S NEWEST COUNTRY.
SINCE THEN, 50,000 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED AND MORE THAN
TWO MILLION ARE DISPLACED
BY ETHNIC VIOLENCE
GRIPPING THAT FRAGILE
NATION.
George: NOW ONE
AMERICAN FAMILY IS RISKING
DEATH TO REBUILD THE
WAR-TORN COUNTRY, ONE
FAMILY AND ONE VILLAGE AT
A TIME.
A WARNING: SOME OF THE
IMAGES IN THIS STORY
CONTAIN GRAPHIC IMAGES OF
WAR.
George: WHIM YULE WILLIAM LEVY
WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN
RADICAL MUSLIM SOLDIERS
CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT HIS
FAITH.
THEY WANTED ME TO
BECOME A MUSLIM AND TAKE
GUNS AND FIGHT IN VILLAGES
LIKE THIS.
I SAID, NO WAY.
MUHAMMAD DID NOT DIE FOR
ME.
JESUS DID.
George: HE WAS THROWN
IN PRISON AND TORTURED,
YET NEVER LOST HOPE.
BECAUSE I KNEW GOD WAS
WITH ME.
George: JUST AS
REFUGEES FLEE THE MIDDLE
EAST TODAY, LEVY, TOO,
LEFT HIS HOMELAND IN 1985,
FINDING ASYLUM AND A NEW
LIFE IN AMERICA.
BUT HIS ESCAPE FROM THE
CLUTCHES OF JIHAD WAS ONLY
THE BEGINNING OF AN
ODYSSEY THAT EVENTUALLY
BROUGHT HIM, HIS AMERICAN
WIFE AND CHILDREN BACK TO
HIS WAR-TORN NATION.
ON OUR WEDDING DAY, WE
WROTE A SCRIPT.
TO SAY, YOUR PEOPLE WILL
BE MY PEOPLE.
WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO.
AND WHERE YOU DIE, I WILL
DIE.
George: THAT WAS 14
YEARS AGO.
SINCE THEN- IS N
ADVENTE?
TU, WE'RE RIGHT
THE MILE OF BASICALL
A BUSH.
ARE THOSE POISONOUS?
POISONOUS.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S DEADLY.
THOSE ARE SCORPIONS.
I THINK I SAW A BABY
ONE IN THE BATHROOM.
WHERE?
IN YOUR BATHROOM.
WHAT?
HERE IS A BIG ONE.
I THINK I'M GOING TO
LOSE WEIGHT ON THIS TRIP,
FOR SURE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL TO THE LORD FOR
ENABLING US TO BUILD A
HOME HERE, TO HAVE A
PERMANENT PRESENCE HERE.
IT IS DEFINITELY ON THE
EDGE OF THE JUNGLE.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS
PUSHING BACK THE JUNGLE.
George: WITH HIS SIX
CHILDREN IN HAND --
EVEN RIGHT NOW, WE'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR.
George: -- 6500 MILES
FROM AMERICA --
THIS PLACE IS A FERTILE
AND DEVELOPING NATION THAT
HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR
FIVE YEARS.
George: -- THE LEVY'S
HOME AWAY FROM HOME IS A
PARCEL OF LAND IN A REMOTE
VILLAGE OF SOUTH SUDAN.
> WHY DO YOU COME HERE?
I COME HERE TO HELP MY
PARENTS.
George: OKAY.
AND WHY DO YOUR PARENTS
COME HERE?
BECAUSE THEY COME HERE
TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SICK.
George: IN BETWEEN
HOME-SCHOOLING AND RAISING
THEIR CHILDREN, THE LEVYS
RUN "OPERATION NIAMIAH," A
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION
HELPING SOUTH SUDAN
REBUILD FROM THE ASHES OF
WAR.
WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST
IS WORTHY OF THE WORSHIP
OF SOUTH SUDAN.
George: ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS THEY DID WHEN
THEY MOVED HERE WAS TO
START A CHURCH.
MIND YOU, THERE WASN'T A
SOUL IN THIS AREA.
THIS ENTIRE AREA WAS
LITERALLY THE BUSH.
NOW, MORE THAN 10,000
PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
MANY OF THEM HEARING THE
GOSPEL FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
LEVY'S OLDER BROTHER
PASTORS THE CHURCH.
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT GOD OR THE
IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVING
ONE ANOTHER.
George: THE OPERATION
ALSO RUNS A BRICK-MAKING
FACTORY, AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES,
AND OTHER NUMEROUS
PROJECTS, ALL IN AN EFFORT
TO REBUILD THE LOCAL
ECONOMY AND EMPOWER
WAR-WEARY RESIDENTS.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IF YOU
DON'T WELCOME, YOUON'T
EAT.
George: LEVY'S GOAL:
REBUILD SOUTH SUDAN ONE
FAMILY AND ONE VILLAGE AT
A TIME.
BUT HE NEEDED FELLOW
COUNTRYMEN WHO ESCAPED THE
WAR LIKE HE DID MANY YEARS
AGO TO COME BACK AND HELP.
TIMOTHY AND HIS FAMILY
WERE AMONG THE SCORES WHO
RESPONDED.
AFTER YEARS OF LIVING IN
EXILE, HE RETURNED.
HE LEADS A TEAM OF 20 MEN
WHO BUILD HOMES IN THE
VILLAGE.
BUT MORE THAN WORK, HE
WANTS THESE MEN TO HAVE A
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH
CHRIST.
THE FREEDOM THAT THE
PEOPLE WILL HAVE IS THE
WORLD OF FREEDOM.
THE FREEDOM WE NEED IS THE
SPIRITUAL FREEDOM, THE
FREEDOM THAT COMES FROM
CHRIST.
George: THEY PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF VILLAGERS,
AND THEY ALSO RUN A
MEDICAL CLINIC.
IN 2003, THEY STARTED THE
FIRST EVER RADIO STATION
IN THE AREA, REACHING
LISTENERS WITH CHRISTIAN
MUSIC AND MESSAGES OF
RECONCILIATION.
> TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
THE MAGNITUDE OF
CHALLENGES FACING THE LEVY
FAMILY, YOU JUST HAVE TO
TAKE A RIDE DOWN THIS
ROAD.
ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT EVEN A
ROAD.
IT IS A DIRT PATHWAY.
FIVE MILES BACK IN THAT
DIRECTION ISHE
HEADQUARTERS OF "OPERATION
NIAMIA."
IN THIS DIRECTION IS THE
LEVY HOUSE.
THEY HAVE LITERALLY BUILT
THEIR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BUSH.
IT IS A HARD RIDE TO THE
SMALL HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A MOUNTAIN RANGE.
THE LEVYS ALSO CULTIVATE
200 ACRES OF LAND, GROWING
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES.
THEY VIEW THE FARM AS A
PROTOTYPE THAT WILL
PROVIDE FAMILIES LONG-TERM
SOLUTION TO THE COUNTRY'S
FOOD INSECURITIES.
FOR 30 YEARS THEY
DEPENDED ON HANDOUTS FROM
THE U.S.
NOW GOD HAS GIVEN US A
LAND AND A COUNTRY.
WE WANTED TO SEE TO IT
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
PRODUCE FOOD FROM HERE,
AND BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK
TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN TO
US.
George: LEVY ADMITS
THE NEWS COMING OUT OF
SOUTH SUDAN IS BLEAK.
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE
FACING FAMINE CONDITIONS.
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE FLED TO NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.
AND THE ONGOING VIOLENCE
THREATENS TO TEAR APART@
THIS YOUNG NATION.
STILL, THE LEVY LEVYS WON'T
GIVE UP.
SOUTH SUDAN IS NOT A
LOST CAUSE.
THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY
HERE FOR THE GOSPEL TO GO
FORWARD AND INFLUENCE
CULTURE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE A
STRONG CHURCH, THEN THE
COMMUNITY AROUND WILL BE
STRONG, AND THAT
TRANSLATES INTO A STRONG
COUNTRY.
George: SO MUCH OF
THIS IS A MESSAGE OF
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE
ETHNIC TRIBES TO BRING THE
PRESENCE OF GOD, TO SAY,
LISTEN, YOU CANNOT
CONTINUE TO HATE EACH
OTHER.
THAT'S THE IDEA HERE.
Wendy: THEY ARE SO
BRAVE.
I'M SURE THEIR LIVES HAVE
BEEN THREATENED.
George: THEY HAVE.
Wendy: THEY'RE A
CHURCH IN THEMSELVES, WITH
ALL OF THE KIDS.
A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY.
AMAZING STORY.
> COMING UP, THE LATEST
TECHNOLOGY BRINGS SOME OF
THE WORLD'S OLDEST
SCRIPTURES BACK TO LIFE.
George: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS."
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY IS
HELPING ARCHEOLOGISTS
UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF
AN ANCIENT BIBLICAL
SCROLL.
THE SCROLL WAS FOUND IN
ANGETTI, ISRAEL, BACK IN
1970.
THEY SAT IN A STORE ROOM
FOR DECADES, TOO BRITTLE
TO OPEN.
NOW RESEARCHERS SAY A NEW
DIGITAL SCANNING
TECHNOLOGY ALLOWED THEM TO
READ THE SCROLL, INCLUDING
EIGHT VERSES -- CHECK THIS
OUT -- EIGHT VERSES FROM
THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS.
DR. CORNELL, DEAN OF THE
UNIVERSITY AT REGENT,
DESCRIBES WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THE OLDEST VERSION OF
LEVITICUS WENT BACK TO THE
EIGHTH CENTURY.
THIS PUTS US BACK TO
POSSIBLY THE FIRST
CENTURY, DEFINITELY THE
SECOND CENTURY.
WHAT IS EXTRAORDINARY
ABOUT IT IS THAT THIS,
INDEED, AFFIRMS THE
VORACITY, THE
TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE
BIBLE RECORD WE HAVE.
George: SCHOLARS SAY
THOSE VERSES ARE THE FIRST
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT THE
VERSION OF THE HEBREW
BIBLE USED TODAY GOES BACK
2,000 YEARS TO THE LOVE OF
CHRIST.
Wendy: ONE
FASCINATING PART OF THIS
STORY IS THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS HELPING
ARCHEOLOGISTS MAKE THESE
AMAZING DISCOVERIES.
CHRIS MITCHELL TAKES A
LOOK AT THE TOOLS THEY
USE.
Chris: THESE BLACK,
CHARCOAL-LOOKING REMAINS
MAY SEEM LIKE TRASH, BUT
THEY CONTAIN HIDDEN VERSES
FROM THE BIBLE.
WHEN WE REACH THE
DEGREES WHERE WE'RE
LOOKING FOR ARTIFACTS FROM
THE HOLY ARCHITECTURE, WE
WORK VERY CAREFUL.
Chris: ARCHEOLOGIST
DR. SEPPY FOUND THE SCROLL
WHILE DIGGING IN A
SYNAGOGUE.
WE FOUND SOMETHING
HARDER THAN THE SOFT
EARTH, AND A LONG, THICK
CIGAR WAS OBSERVED.
Chris: ARCHEOLOGISTS
FOUND THE FRAGMENT IN 1970
IN ANGETTI, AND IT TOOK 45
YEARS FOR A UNIQUE
COMBINATION OF
TECHNOLOGIES TO UNCOVER
IT.
THE ACTUAL INSTRUMENT
THAT WAS USED TO GET THE
SCROLL IS USED FOR NANO
TECHNOLOGY, IN ORDER TO DO
BRAIN IMAGING.
Chris: EVEN WITH THIS
TECHNOLOGY, DAVID MERKEL
AND HIS TEAM COULDN'T READ
THE WRITING.
WE HAD TO FORWARD OVER
THOSE IMAGES TO THE
UNIVERSITY, TO THE
COMPUTER SCIENCE THERE,
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO
VIRTUAL UNWRAPPING OF THE
SCROLL, KIND OF OPENING IT
UP, AND THEN THEY SAW THE
WRITING.
THE SIGNIFICANT OF THIS
FIND IS THAT IT IS A BIBLE
FROM 2,500 YEARS AGO.
Chris: SHE HEADS THE
DEAD SEAS SCROLL PROJECT
OF THE ANTIQUITIES
AUTHORITY.
SHE SAYS IT IS THE FIRST
COPY OF THE BIBLE FOUND
BETWEEN THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD
DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE
10th THE CENTURY
A.D.ALEPPA.D.ALEPPO CODEX.
AND TO COMPARE THIS
VERSION OF THE BIBLE, ON
THE ONE HAND, WITH THE
MATERIAL FROM THE EARLIER
TIMES, AND THE CODEX,
WHICH SERVES AS THE SAMPLE
TO COPY FROM.
Chris: SO FAR THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ THE
FIRST EIGHT VERSES OF
LEVITICUS, WHICH TALKS
ABOUT SACRIFICES TO GOD.
WE'RE USING THE BEST
POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGY TO
HELP US DECIPHER WORK ON
ANTIQUITIES.
Chris: AND THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING.
WELL, THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY TO APPLY THE
SAME TECHNOLOGY TO MANY
HUNDREDS OF OTHER
ARTIFACTS THAT ARE LYING
IN THE VOLTS O VAULTS OF THE
ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY.
KIND OF A 23rd CENTURY
CAN OPENER.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN, JERUSALEM.
George: COMING UP,
WHEN IS ONE ISLAMIC
TERRORIST STEALS DOZENS OF
LIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES,
SEE HOW ONE MAN IS
OVERCOMING EVIL THROUGH
GOD ALONE.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT
DECLARED THAT CHRISTIANS
IN SYRIA AND IRAQ WERE
FACING GENOCIDE, MANY
HOPED SUPPORT FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES WOULD FOLLOW.
BUT IT HASN'T.
NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMAN
CHRIS SMITH HAS INTRODUCED
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD PROVIDE RELIEF
TO VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE IN
IRAQ AND SYRIA AND HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE THOSE
RESPONSIBLE.
ADVOCATES ARE SURPRISED
LEGISLATION IS EVEN NEEDED
TO URGE CONGRESS AND THE
PRESIDENT TO PROTECT WHOLE
COMMUNITIES FACING
ANNIHILATION.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS
GENOCIDE, SAVING
CHRISTIANS AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES THAT FACE
EXTINCTION IN IRAQ AND
SYRIA IS PART OF YOUR
MISSION.
THERE IS NOTHING
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL,
UNETHICAL, OR
UNPROFESSIONAL ABOUT
PRIORITIZING THEIR NEED TO
SURVIVAL AS COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE INNOCENT VICTIMS
OF A GENOCIDE.
IF THESE VICTIMED
COMMUNITIES ARE NOT
RECEIVING AID, YOU ARE NOT
FULFILLING YOUR MISSION.
Wendy: SOME ALSO
EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERNS
MORE CHRISTIAN REFUGEES
HAVEN'T BEEN ACCEPTED INTO
THE UNITED STATES.
George: A TERRORIST
BOMBING IN THE SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES PROMPTED THAT
COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT TO
DEMAND THAT ALL U.S.
TROOPS LEAVE THE AREA.
SOME U.S. OFFICIALS SAY
THE AMERICANS ARE NEEDED
TO HELP COMBAT ISLAMIC
MILITANTS.
ONE BOMB VICTIM SAYS HE
ONLY NEEDS GOD TO HELP HIM
OVERCOME THE TERRORISTS'
EVIL.
LUCILLE TALUSAN HAS THAT
STORY FROM MIN MINDANAO.
Reporter: JUST DAYS
AFTER THE PHILIPPINE
PRESIDENT PLEDGED AN
ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST
TERRORISM, ISLAMIC
MILITANTS BOMBED HIS HOME
TOWN CITY.
PEOPLE WERE HAVING A
MASSACHUSETTS IMASSAGE IN THIS AREA WHEN
THE BOMB EXPLODED HERE ON
THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.
ONE OF THOSE LEADING TO
THE DEATH OF 15 INNOCENT
VICTIMS.
THIS MAN LOST HIS WIFE AND
THEIR ONLY SON IN THE
BLAST.
HE RECOUNTS, INSTEAD OF
GOING TO SLEEP, HE, HIS
WIFE AND THEIR 12-YEAR-OLD
SON WENT TO THE NIGHT
MARKET FOR A MASSAGE.
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
LOVELY TIME OF FAMILY
BONDING TURNED INTO
TRAGEDY.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE
PAIN THAT I FEEL.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL.
BUT I'M NOT QUESTIONING
GOD.
I KNOW IT IS HIS WILL FOR
MY WIFE AND SON TO BE IN
THE GLORY OF THE LORD.
I THANK GOD FOR THE
STRENGTH THAT HE IS GIVING
ME.
Reporter: AFTER THE
INCIDENT, THE PRESIDENT
IMMEDIATELY SENT SOLDIERS
AND POLICE TO SECURE THE
SOUTHERN CONFLICT AREAS.
THE BLAST OCCURRED AMID AN
ONGOING PEACE PROCESS WITH
MUSLIM MILITANTS IN THE
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.
IN A CONTROVERSIAL
STATEMENT, DUTUTE ORDERED
THE U.S. TROOPS TO LEAVE.
MANY MUSLIMS OF THIS YEAR,
KNOWN AS MARTYRS, GLAIMED BLAMED
AMERICANS FOR A MASSACRE
THAT OCCURRED HERE IN THE
EARLY 1900s.
THE NATIONAL SECRETARY
DISAGREES.
HE SAYS THE AMERICANS ARE
NEEDED TO HELP DEFEAT
ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
I THINK WE REQUESTED
THEM TO STAY BEHIND, TO
MANAGE AND TO PROVIDE US.
Reporter: THE
FILIPINO MILITARY SAYS IT
WILL SAFEGUARD THE PEOPLE
FROM TERRORISM, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER THE AMERICANS
LEAVE OR STAY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE
SOPHISTICATED GADGETS AND
ARMAMENT, BUT WHAT IS
IMPORTANT IS THE PERSON
BEHIND THOSE GADGETS.
IT IS OUR MANDATE TO
PROTECT THE FILIPINO
PEOPLE.
AND OUR SOLDIERS ARE
WILLING TO PAY THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, GIVING
UP THEIR LIFE FOR THE
SAFETY OF EVERYONE.
AND FOR OTHERS TO LIVE.
IT MIGHT HELP, SOMEHOW,
TO PUT A STOP TO THESE
REBEL GROUPS, AND TO HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
ARE FROM HERE.
WE WILL MAKE OUR PLACE
BETTER FOR US TO ENJOY.
NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE
SOLVED, BUT WE CAN PROVE
OURSELVES THAT WE WILL DO
IT IN OUR OWN WAY, BY
GOD'S HELP.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
FAMILIES OF INNOCENT
VICTIMS TRY THEIR BEST TO
RISE ABOVE THEIR DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AVIDA HAS NOW DISCOVERED
GOD'S PURPOSE AND IS
MOVING ON WITH HIS LIFE.
I WILL TERRIBLY MISS MY
FAMILY, BUT I ALSO THANK
GOD.
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED,
I AM ABLE TO SPREAD THE
GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, BECAUSE OF OUR
TESTIMONY.
IF I MEET THE PEOPLE WHO
DID THIS TO MY FAMILY, I
WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL TO
THEM.
BECAUSE WHO KNOWS?
THEY WILL BE SAVED.
THE DEATH OF MY WIFE AND
SON ARE NOT IN VAIN.
SOME DAY WE WILL SEE EACH
OTHER IN HEAVEN.
Reporter: LUCILLE
TALUSAN, CBN NEWS, DAVOA,
PHILIPPINES.
Wendy: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, LUCILLE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
> WHEN WE COME BACK, A
NEW MEDIA OUTLET THAT IS
BRINGING NEW FAITH, HOPE,
AND LOVE TO A NEW
GENERATION.
George: WELL, FOLKS,
THESE DAYS MOST PEOPLE
UNDER 40 GET THEIR NEWS
FROM SMARTPHONES, TABLETS,
OR COMPUTERS.
JUST ASK A MILLENNIAL THE
LAST TIME THEY TURNED ON A
TV TO WATCH THE NEWS, AND
THE ANSWER COULD BE NEVER.
[LAUGHTER]
Wendy: IN ORDER TO
MEET THIS GROWING DIGITAL
DEMAND, CBN IS LAUNCHING
"FAITHWIRE" ACROSS THE
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECTRUM.
CAITLIN BURKE SHOWS WHY WE
BELIEVE IT WILL BE A
GAME-CHANGER.
Caitlin: MILLENNIALS
SEE LIFE AND LOOK FOR
MEANING THROUGH A VARIETY
OF PLATFORMS, THAT
INCLUDES HOW THEY FIND
NEWS.
CALL IT A SHIFT IN
PERSPECTIVE.
"FAITHWIRE'S" GOAL IS TO
REACH YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE AND SHOW THEM
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE
WORLD.
THIS GENERATION IS
REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY
STORIES ARE TOLD, HOW THE
WORLD THINKS AND ACTS, AND
"FAITHWIRE" PLANS TO BE
THERE, ENCOURAGING A
SHARED EXPERIENCE.
FROM SMARTPHONES TO
TABLETS, PEOPLE'S STORIES
ARE EVERYWHERE.
"FAITHWIRE" WILL SHOWCASE
EXAMPLES OF SMALL
BEGINNINGS, TRIUMPHS, AND
HOPE, TOLD BY A DIVERSE
TEAM OF CONTRIBUTORS.
INCLUDING FORMER
MISS AMERICA, KERSTIN
HAGLAN.
HEY, GUYS.
I'M SO PRIVILEGED TO BE
ABLE TO GIVE MYOTCAST.
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK AND
LISTEN, AND I'LL BE
EXCITED TO CHAT WITH YOU.
I'LL TALK WITH YOU SOON.
Caitlin: ANOTHER
STORY, "GOD AND GOTHAM"
TAKES VIEWERS TO NEW
YORK'S FOR A STORY OF
GROWTH AND REBIRTH IN THE
BIG APPLE.
THERE IS A MOVEMENT
HAPPENING, AND IT IS
HAPPENING IN THE LAST
PLACE YOU WOULD EXPECT.
AN INSANE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE,
MILLENNIALS, ARE FLOCKING
TO CHURCH HERE, IN NEW
YORK CITY.
Caitlin: PASTOR TIM
KELLER SAYS THE NUMBER OF
GOSPEL-TEACHING CHURCHES
HERE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN
JUST FIVE YEARS.
*
IT USED TO BE A PLACE
WHERE I FELT I ALWAYS HAD
TO BE PERFECT.
AND THIS ALLOWS ME TO
EMBRACE MY IMPERFECTIONS,
AND TO KNOW THAT GOD STILL
LOVES ME.
SO I KNOW I CAN STILL BE A
HUMAN, WITH FLAWS, AND
STILL BE LOVED BY GOD.
WHICH IS NOT AN IDEA I HAD
BEFORE.
Caitlin: ALL PART OF
"FAITHWIRE'S" MISSION, TO
SPREAD LIGHT AND GIVE A
GENERATION THAT REFUSES TO
BE BOXED IN A WAY OUT.
Wendy: AND TO FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THE STORY
"FAITHWIRE" IS DOING, YOU
CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE AT
faithwire.com,AND MAKE
SURE TO FOLLOW THEM ON
Facebook, TWITTER, AND
INSTAGRAM.
George: FOLKS, THAT'S
IT FOR THIS EDITION OF
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."
Wendy: UNTI