THE OFFICE IS SO

POWERFUL THAT YOU NEED GOD

EVEN MORE.

George: THIS WEEK AND

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

ONE-ON-ONE WITH PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP.

HEAR HIS PLANS FOR ISRAEL,

HELPING PERSECUTED

CHRISTIANS, AND HOW THE

JOB IS MAKING HIM LEAN

MORE ON GOD.

Wendy: PLUS...THEY'RE

YOUNG, THEY'RE PASSIONATE,

AND THEY'RE UNAFRAID.

SEE HOW THE NEXT

GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS

IS LIVING THE GOSPEL IN

CENTRAL ASIA.

George: AND...THEY'RE

COMING TO AMERICA FOR A

COLLEGE EDUCATION, BUT

THEY'R LEARNING ABOUT

JESUS.

*

George: HELLO,

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

THAT SOUND BYTE WE JUST

HEARD FROM PRESIDENT

TRUMP, POWERFUL.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS

PROVING TO BE A FIERCE

DEFIANDEDEFENDER OF RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY.

AND HE IS TALKING OPENLY

ABOUT SPIRITUALITY AND

FAITH.

JENNIFER WISHON REPORTS.

President Trump: I

WAS SWORN IN ON THE VERY

BIBLE FROM WHICH MY MOTHER

WOULD TEACH US AS YOUNG

CHILDREN.

AND THAT FAITH LIVES ON IN

MY HEART EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Jennifer: PERSONAL

REMARKS FROM THE NATION'S

45th PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

President Trump: WHAT

I HEAR MOST OFTEN AS I

TRAVEL THE COUNTRY ARE

FIVE WORDS THAT NEVER,

EVER FAIL TO TOUCH MY

HEART: I AM PRAYING FOR

YOU.

Jennifer: HE TOLD

THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR THE

ANNUAL NATIONAL PRAYER

BREAKFAST THAT MONEY ISN'T

WHAT DEFINES SUCCESS.

President Trump: SO

EASILY WE FORGET THIS,

THAT THE QUALITY OF OUR

LIVES IS NOT DEFINED BY

OUR MATERIAL SUCCESS BUT

BY OUR SPIRITUAL SUCCESS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT, AND

I TELL YOU THAT FROM

SOMEBODY THAT HAS HAD

MATERIAL SUCCESS.

Jennifer: AND HE SAYS

AMERICANS' FREEDOMS COME

FROM GOD, NOT MAN.

President Trump:

AMONG THOSE FREEDOM IS THE

RIGHT TO WORSHIP ACCORDING

TO OUR OWN BELIEFS.

THAT IS WHY I WILL GET RID

OF AND TOTALLY DESTROY THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT AND

ALLOW OUR REPRESENTATIVES

OF FAITH TO SPEAK FREELY

AND WITHOUT FEAR OF

RETRIBUTION.

I WILL DO THAT.

REMEMBER.

[APPLAUSE]

Jennifer: THE JOHNSON

AMENDMENT IS A TAX

REGULATION THAT PREVENTS

NON-PROFITRGANIZATIONS,

INCLUDING CHURCHES, FROM

SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING

POLITICAL CANDIDATES OF

THEIR CHOICE.

MANY SEE IT AS LIMITING

THEIR FREE SPEECH.

PRESIDENT TRUMP RENEWED

HIS PROMISE TO PROTECT

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, BOTH IN

AMERICA AND ABROAD, A

FREEDOM HE SAYS IS UNDER

THREAT NOW MORE THAN EVER.

President Trump: MY

ADMINISTRATION WILL DO

EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO

DEFEND AND PROTECT

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN OUR

LAND.

Jennifer: SOME

AMERICANS SEE RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY AS CODE FOR

DISCRIMINATION.

CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US

SENSE OF HOW THE PRESIDENT

VIEWS THIS?

WE HAVE FREEDOM OF

RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY.

PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO

PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION,

EXPRESS THEIR RELIGION,

EXPRESS AREAS OF THEIR

FAITH WITHOUT REPRISAL.

I THINK THAT PENDULUM

SOMETIMES SWINGS THE OTHER

WAY IN THE NAME OF

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND

THE VICE PRESIDENT BOTH

UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT MAKES OUR

COUNTRY AND THIS DEMOCRACY

SO GREAT IS OUR ABILITY TO

EXPRESS OUR RELIGION, TO

BELIEVE IN FAITH, TO

EXPRESS IT, AND TO LIVE BY

IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK

THE IMPORTANT PART IS,

WHETHER IT IS A SMALL

BUSINESS OWNER OR AN

EMPLOYEE, HE WANTS TO HAVE

SOME DEGREE OF EXPRESSION

OF FAITH.

TOO OFTEN THOSE VOICES GET

PUSHED OUT IN THE NAME OF

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.

Jennifer: THE TEXT OF

A POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE ORDER

ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WAS

LEAKED BEFORE THE PRAYER

BREAKFT, BUT SPICER SAYS

THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE

PLANS FOR ANY SUCH

EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.

President Trump: WE

MUST NEVER, EVER STOP

ASKING GOD FOR THE WISDOM

TO SERVE THE PUBLIC

ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.

Jennifer: JENNIFER

WISHON, CBN NEWS.

George: THANK YOU,

JENNIFER.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IN

OFFICE FOR TWO WEEKS, AND

ALREADY HE IS OPENING UP

TO CBN NEWS ABOUT HIS

PLANS.

RECENTLY HE SAT DOWN WITH

DAVID BRODY AND THEY

TALKED ABOUT THE

U.S.-ISRAEL ROLE, THE ROLE

OF FAITH IN HIS LIFE, AND

HOW HE PLANS TO HELP

PERSUTED CHRISTIANS.

TAKE A LOOK.

David:

MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU

FOR INVITING CBN NEWS HERE

INTO THE WHITE HOUSE --

THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

President Trump:

THANK YOU, DAVID.

David: DO YOU LIKE

MR. PRESIDENT OR

MR. TRUMP?

President Trump: YOU

CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU

WANT. YOU'VE KNOWN ME FOR

A LONG TIME.

David: LET ME ASK

YOU ABOUT THE EMBASSY IN

JERUSALEM.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR

EVANGELICALS.

ARE YOU COMMITTED TO DOING

THAT?

President Trump:

WELL, I'M LOOKING AT IT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE

DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE AND

WE'RE STUDYING IT VERY,

VERY LONG AND HARD.

IT IS A VERY BIG DECISION.

BECAUSE EVERY PRESIDENT

FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF

PRESIDENTS, LARGE NUMBER,

THEY HAVE COME IN AND THEY

WERE GOING TO DO IT, AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO

GET INVOLVED.

IT'S A BIG, BIG DECISION.

BUT WE'RE STUDYING THE

ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE

CONCEPT OF DOING IT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

I'LL HAVE A DECISION IN

THE NOT TOO DISTANT

FUTURE.

David: ARE THE

CHANCES GOOD?

President Trump:

THERE IS CERTAINLY A

CHANCE OF IT, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE DOING VERY DETAILED

STUDIES ON THAT, AND IT

WILL COME OUT VERY SOON.

I HATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE

THAT IS NOT USUALLY ME,

STUDIES.

USUALLY I DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

BUT THIS HAS TWO SIDES TO

IT.

IT IS NOT EASY.

AND I'LL MAKE A DECISION

OVER THE NOT TOO DISTANT

FUTURE.

David: IT WOULDN'T

BE AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN US

IF I DIDN'T ASK A GOD

QUESTION, IF YOU WILL.

HOW HAS THAT SPIRITUAL

JOURNEY BEEN FOR YOU,

ESPECIALLY BEING HERE,

KNOWING THE GRAVITY OF THE

OFFICE?

DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO

PRAY MORE?

WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT?

President Trump: I'LL

TELL YOU WHAT, I'VE ALWAYS

FELT THE NEED TO PRAY.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE

OFFICE IS SO POWERFUL THAT

YOU NEED GOD EVEN MORE

BECAUSE YOUR DECISIONS ARE

NO LONGER, GEE, I'M GOING

TO BUILD A BUILDING IN NEW

YORK OR I'M GOING TO DO

THAT.

THESE ARE QUESTIONS OF

MASSIVE LIFE AND DEATH,

EVEN WITH REGARD TO HEALTH

CARE.

WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON

HEALTH CARE.

BUT THERE YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

BETTER LIVES.

PEOPLE LIVING BETTER

BECAUSE THEY HAVE BETTER

HEALTH CARE AT A LOWER

PRICE, WHICH WE'RE WORKING

VERY HARD ON.

SO, YEAH, YOU REALIZE

THESE DECISIONS ARE ALL SO

IMPORTANT.

THERE IS ALMOST NOT A

DECISION THAT YOU MAKE,

WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN

THIS POSITION, THAT ISN'T

A REALLY LIFE-ALTERING

DECISION.

SO GOD COMES INTO IT EVEN

MORE SO.

David: PERSECUTED

CHRISTIANS, WE'VE TALKED

ABOUT THIS, OVERSEAS, AND

THE REFUGEE CHANGES THAT

YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE, AS

IT RELATES TO PERS CUTEE PERSECUTED

CHRISTIAN, DO YOU SEE THEM

AS A PRIORITY?

President Trump: YES.

IF YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN IN

SYRIA, IT WAS

IMPOSSIBLE -- AT LEAST

VERY, VERY TOUGH TO GET

INTO THE UNITED STATES.

IF YOU WERE A MUSLIM, YOU

COULD COME IN.

BUT IF YOU WERE A

CHRISTIAN, IT WAS ALMOST

IMPOSSIBLE.

AND THE REASON THAT WAS SO

UNFAIR IS THAT --

EVERYBODY WAS PERSECUTED

IN ALL FAIRNESS, THEY WERE

CHOPPING OFF THE HEADS OF

EVERYBODY, BUT MORE SO THE

CHRISTIANS.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY,

VERY UNFAIR.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HELP

THEM.

David:

MR. PRESIDENT, A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

President Trump:

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

DAVID.

George: THAT IS JUST

A PORTION OF WHAT THE

PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY.

TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW,

INCLUDING HIS THOUGHTS ON

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HERE IN

AMERICA, GO TO OUR WEBSITE

AT cbnnews.com.

Wendy: SYRIAN

CHRISTIAN REFUGEES DO HAVE

A HARDER TIME GETTING INTO

THE U.S.

IN THE 2016 FISCAL YEAR,

THE U.S. ACCEPTED 12,587

SYRIAN REFUGEES.

ONLY 64 OF THEM, OR HALF

OF 1%, WERE CHRISTIAN.

EVEN THOUGH ABOUT 10% OF

SYRIANS ARE CHRISTIANS.

THE U.N. SAID FEWER

CHRISTIAN REFUGEES ARE

APPLYING FOR ASYLUM.

THEY SAY THEY ARE

PERSECUTED IN THE U.N.

CAMPS, AND DON'T WANT TO

LIVE THERE, WHICH CUTS

THEM OFF FROM THE REFUGEE

PROCESS.

George: WHILE MANY

CHRISTIANS ARE FLEEING

SYRIA TO SAVE THEIR LIVES,

SOME CHOOSE TO SAY.

DAROLD DONG LEFT THE CITY

OF ALEPPO IN ASHES, BUT A

STRONG CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

LIVES IN THE DDLE OF

THAT RUBBLE.

THIS CONGRESSWOMAN VISITED

THEM TO ASK THEM WHY.

THEIR MESSAGE IS A

POWERFUL ONE FOR EVERYONE.

THEY BOMBED THE CHURCH

AND THEY WERE HAPPY ON

THEIR WEBSITES, BEING

PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY

DESTROYED THE PEOPLE WHO

WORSHIPPED THREE GODS.

THEY BELIEVE AS

CHRISTIANS, WE BELIEVE IN

THREE GODS.

THEY THOUGHT THAT THE

CHURCH WAS THE BUILDING,

BUT THE CHURCH WAS NEVER

THE BUILDING.

THE CHURCH IS THE

COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW WE ARE CALLED TO

BE THE SALT OF THE WORLD

AND THE LIGHT OF THE

WORLD.

George: DESPITE THE

SUFFERING, THE EVANGELICAL

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF

ALEPPO SAY THEY WILL NOT

STOP FILLING THEIR CITY

WITH THE GOSPEL.

Wendy: WLL, COMING

UP, THEY LIV IN THE DARK

SHADOW O ISLAMIC

EXTREMISM, YET THEY ARE

UNAFRAID TO SHINE THE

LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST.

THEIR STORY, WHEN WE COME

BACK.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

A CZECH CHRISTIAN AIDE

WORKER IN SUDAN HAS BEEN

SENT TO 20 YEARS IN

PRISON.

THEY FOUND PETER JASIK

GUILTY OF SPYING AND

ENTERING THE COUNTRY

WITHOUT A VISA.

HE WAS ARRESTED IN 2015

FOR CROSSING ILLEGALL

INTO T COU'S

COOFAN STATE.

THAT AREA HAS SEEN

HORRIO I

RERS.

EVERY DAY DESTROYING

THE SCHOOL, EVEN THE

FACILITIES, THE HEALTH

CENTERS, THE CHURCHES, AND

EVERYTHING.

Wendy: THE CZECH

GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO

NEGOTIATE HIS RELEASE.

PLEASE KEEP HIM IN PRAYER.

> WELL, GEORGE, THE

SPREAD OF ISLAMIC

TERRORISM IN 2016, MAKING

IT THE WORST YEAR FOR

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION,

DESPITE SO MUCH PRAYER?

George: EXACTLY.

AND IN CENTRAL ASIA, THE

FOLKS THERE FACE DAILY

HARASSMENT FOR SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

DESPITE THAT, THE YOUNG

CHRISTIAN PROFESSIONALS

ARE NOT AFRAID TO LIVE OUT

THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST IN

THEIR SOCIETY.

I MET WITH THEM IN THE

NATION OF KYRGYZSTAN AND

ITS CAPITAL CITY.

A CHRISTIAN LIVING IN ANY

OF THE FIVE FORMER SOV YET

REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN,

KYRZAKHSTAN, AND OTHERS

CAN EXPECT INTIMIDATION,

HARASSMENT, AND JAIL TIME

FOR TELLING OTHERS ABOUT

THEIR FAITH.

THIS MAN IS FROM

UZBEKISTAN.

I AM CALLED TO BE A

WITNESS FOR CHRIST, BUT

THAT HAS BEEN A DANGEROUS

CALLING.

George: MAXIM LIVES

IN NORTHERN UZBEKISTAN.

WHEN THE AUTHORITIES

LEARN THAT SOMEONE

CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY,

THEY WILL GATHER THE

FAMILY AND BRING

BEFORE ELDERS.

THE CONVERT ST BEFORE

THE GROUP AND HAS TO

DECIDE BETWEEN FAITH AND

FAMILY.

George: 25 YEARS

AFTER THE SOVIET UNION

DISAPPEARED, THE FIVE

SO-CALLED STAND STATES

HAVE BECOME REPRESSIVE AND

HOSTILE TOWARDS PEOPLE OF

FAITH.

IN RECENT YEARS,

CHRISTIANS HAVE COME UNDER

INTENSE PRECIOUS HERE IN

CENTRAL ASIA.

IN FACT, IN AN ATTEMPT TO

CRACK DOWN ON RADICAL

ISLAM, THESE FIVE

GOVERNMENTS HAVE ACTED

LAWS CURBING THEIR

ACTIVITIES.

BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM:

INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER

MUSLIMS, THESE GOVERNMENTS

ARE USING THESE LAWS TO GO

AFTER CHRISTIANS.

DR. MICHAEL FOLLOWS

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES

IN THE FORMER SOVIET

UNION.

THESE LAWS HAVE FORCED

CHRISTIANS TO BE MORE

CREATIVE AND INVENT NEW

APPROACHES TO SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

George: HE SAYS WHILE

CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN

ORGANIZATIONS WAVE

SUSPICION, INDIVIDUAL

RELATIONSHIPS GO VIRTUALLY

UNNOTICED.

WE ARE DISCOVERING

BEING A WITNESS FOR CHRIST

IN THE WORKPLACE IS

PROBABLY THE ONLY SAFE

FORM OF EVANGELIZATION.

George: ON A RECENT

SATURDAY MORNING, HUNDREDS

OF YOUNG CHRISTIANS FROM

ACROSS THE RGION MET FOR

THE FIRSTVER THE NEXT

GENERATION'S LEADERS

INITIATIVE.

IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF

SERGEI.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO

OVERSTATE THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF THE GATHERING.

George: HE GREW UP IN

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

AND REMEMBERS WHAT IT WAS

LIKE AT A YOUNG CHRISTIAN

TRYING TO DISCOVER HIS

PURPOSE IN LIFE.

I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO

STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITIES

BECAUSE I WAS A CHRISTIAN.

AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE

TERRITORY OF THE SOVIET

UNION, YOU COULD NOT FIND

EVEN ONE CHRISTIAN

PROFESSOR, CHRISTIAN

DOCTOR, OR CHRISTIAN

LAWYER.

EVEN THE WORD BUSINESS WAS

A FOREIGN WORD FOR

CHRISTIANS AT THAT TIME.

George: HE BROUGHT

TOGETHER ENTREPRENEURS,

DOCTORS, EDUCATORS,

LAWYERS, ANDED MEDIA AND MEDIA EXPERTS

TO TEACH YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS HOW TO BE

EFFECTIVE WITNESS FOR

CHRIST IN THE MARKETPLACE.

THIS IS A GENERATION

THAT DIDN'T GROW UP IN A

SECULAR AND REPRESSIVE

SOVIET MINDSET.

SO THEY HAVE A UNIQUE

PERSPECTIVE AND GIFTS AND

TALENTS THAT CAN BRING

INFORMATION INTO THEIR

COMMUNITIES.

George: 31-YEAR-OLD

ORMON WORKS AT AN I.T.

SPECIALIST FROM

KYRZAKHSTAN.

I AM LEARNING THAT

BUILDING LONG-TERM

RELATIONSHIPS IS VITAL.

George: 17-YEAR-OLD

MIRIAM TEACHES ENGLISH IN

PAKISTAN.

MY PARENTS AND ALL OF

MY RELATIVES ARE AGAINST

ME BECAUSE I'M A

CHRISTIAN.

George: SHE SAYS

MEETING OTHERS WHO HAVE

ALSONDURED MUCH FOR

THEIR FAITH AND STILL WANT

TO BE USED BY GOD WAS A

HUGE ENCOURAGEMENT.

THIS GATHERING IS ALSO

IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS

TEACHING US HOW TO SAFELY

COMBINE OUR PROFESSION

WITH OUR PASSION FOR

CHRIST.

TO SEE A LOT OF YOUNG

PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY

INTERESTED IN BEING USEFUL

FOR GOD IS INSPIRING FOR

ME.

AND IT IS A WONDERFUL

OPPORTUNITY TO NE NETWORK

WITH OTHERS.

George: HE SAYS IT IS

UP TO THESE YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS TO INSTILL

BIBLICAL VALUES INTO THEIR

SOCIETY.

ONLY THEN WILL THEY SEE

LASTING CHANGE.

EVEN THOUGH ISLAM IS

THE DOMINANT RELIGION AND

RADICAL ISLAM IS BECOMING

MORE INFLUENTIAL HERE, I

AM SO BLESSED TO WITNESS

THE COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE

DEMONSTRATED BY YOUNG

CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL

ASIA.

George: IT IS REALLY

COOL BECAUSE IN THESE

SOCIETIES -- YOU KNOW,

HERE IN THE U.S. YOU CAN

SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH

SOMEBODY OVER A CUP OF

COFFEE.

YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF

SOMEBODY WALKING IN AND

ARRESTING YOU.

HERE THEY HAVE TO BE

REALLY CAREFUL.

IT IS LONG-TERM

RELATIONSHIPS, AND YET

THEY WANT TO CONTINUE

TALKING ABOUT JESUS

CHRIST.

Wendy: A GREAT STORY.

> UP NEXT, CHINESE

STUDENTS ARE COMING TO

AMERICA IN PURSUIT OF A

COLLEGE EDUCATION, BUT

MANY ARE FINDING MUCH MORE

THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR.

Wendy: U.S. CAMPUS

MINISTRIES ARE GOING IN

POPULARITY AMONG

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

MANY OF THEM ARE

OVERCOMING THE CULTURE

SHOCK AND FINDING COMFORT

IN JESUS.

MUNG FI LEE EXPLAINS.

Reporter: LAUGHTER,

GAMES, FD AND FUN.

FOR ESTHER AND MARK,

FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE ABOUT

MORE THAN JUST EATING A

FREE DINNER AT CHURCH.

THEY COME FOR A SPECIAL

PURPOSE.

THOUSANDS OF CHISE

STUDENTS COME TOHE

UNITED STATES FOR ADVANCED

EDUCATION.

FRESH OFF THE BOAT, MANY

ARE PROFESSED ATHEISTS,

BUT SOME ARE FINDING

CHRIST THROUGH CAMPUS

MINISTRIES.

ACCORDING TO INTERVARSITY

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, IN

2015, MORE THAN 304,000

CHINESE WERE ENROLLED IN

AMERICAN COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES.

12% OF THEM ACCEPTED

CHRIST.

REGENT UNIVERSITY STUDENT

LI SHUNG STRUGGLED WITH

CULTURE SHOCK AFTER

ARRIVING IN VIRGINIA

BEACH.

Through Translator:

LONELINESS WERE YOU WAS TOTALLY

UNAAVOIDABLE FOR ME.

THEN I WAS INVITED TO A

CHURCH DINNER ON FRIDAY

NIGHTS.

IT FELSTRANGE THAT THE

PEOPLE THERE SHARED AN

AMAZING DINNER THERE WITH

ME AND START TO TALK TO

ME AS FRIENDS AND BUDDIES.

CBN NEWS JOINED SOME

MEMBERS OF AGAPE CHURCH.

THEIR MAIN FOCUS WAS TO

INVITE FOREIGN STUDENTS TO

CHURCH.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IS AN

IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR

OUTREACH.

SOME PEOPLE PASSING BY AT

THE PARK WERE DEEPLY

TOUCHED BY THEIR

PASSIONATE PERFORMANCE FOR

JESUS.

*

Reporter: SINGER JOSE

PATTA WELCOMES THE

PARTNERSHIP.

WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING

FOR YEARS TO HAVE A

CHINESE CHURCH ON OUR

SIDE, CAPABLE OF

COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL

TO THEM.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE

COMMUNNITY CHURCCOMMUNITY CHURCH IS

HELPING US SHARE THE

GOSPEL WITH TOURISTS

COMING FROM CHINA, AND

STUDENTS, WHO SPEAK ONLY

CHINESE.

Reporter: MUSIC IS

ONE WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP

WITH THE FOREIGN COLLEGE

STUDENTS.

Through Translator:

MANY STUDENTS HAVE TOLD ME

THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF

THIS TYPE OF MUSIC.

ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW

JESUS, THEY CAN SIT THERE

QUIETLY TO LISTEN AND FEEL

THE MUSIC.

THEY LOVE THOSE SONGS.

Reporter: OVER TIME

E CHRISTIANS ESTABLISHED

RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE

STUDENTS.

AS A RESULT, THEY BECAME

MORE WILLING TO DISCUSS

FAITH AND THE BIBLE.

E STUDENTS' LIVES

CHANGED BECAUSE CHURCH

MEMBERS MINISTERED TO

THEM, AND HELPED THEM

UNDERSTAND THE CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

Through Translator:

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT

THE WORD "SIN."

THE MORE I READ ABOUT IT,

THE MORE QUESTIONS I HAD.

I EVEN COMPARED

CHRISTIANITY WITH OTHER

RELIGIONS.

WHEN I GOT REALLY

CONFUSED, I TRIED TO PRAY

LIKE OTHER CHRISTIANS DO.

I FELT GOD WAS NEXT TO ME,

AND CHURCH LEADERS BEGAN

TO EXPLAIN MORE TO ME.

Through Translator:

THE PURPOSE OF THIS

MINISTRY IS TO ALLOW

CHINESE MILLENNIALS TO

KNOW JESUS.

THEY ARE LIVING IN THE

U.S., AND THEY WILL FACE

TRIALS A UNCERTAINTIES.

OUR CHURCH PROVIDES HELP

TO THEM.

AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL

THE SAME LOVE THAT JESUS

GAVE US ALL.

AND SHARE THAT LOVE WITH

OTHERS ONCE THEY RETURN

HOME.

Through Translator:

AS A CHURCH, WE WANT TO

USE OUR RESOURCES TO

CHANGE THE CHINESE YOUNG

PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN THE

U.S.

GOD GAVE US A MISSION TO

MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL

PEOPLE, ALL RACES, AND ALL

NATIONS.

MUNG FI LEE, C NEWS,

VIRGINIA.

George: AND FINALLY

ON THE BROADCAST THIS

WEEK, ISRAEL'S GROWING

CONSTRUCTION SITES HAVE

UNCOVERED SOME ANCIENT

TREASURES.

Wendy: JULIE STAAL

SHOWS US WHAT

ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE FINDING.

Reporter: HERE IN

ISRAEL'S CENTRAL PLAINS, A

BUILDING BOOM DOTS THE

SKYLINE WITH CRANES, IN

PLACES LIKE ROSHA INE.

THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES

AUTHORITY CONDUCTS WHAT IT

CALLS A SALVAGE

EXCAVATION.

WE STARTED DIGGING

HERE.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE

WERE GOING TO FIND.

AFR THREEONTHS, WE

EXPOSED LARGE THI

THE

MANY

IMPRESSIVE RURAL CHURCHES

AND MONASTERIES IN THE

AREA SHOWED THA

CHRISTIANITY SPREAD

RAPIDLY AROUND THE

CENTURY. ADMADMET SAYS THE BIZANTINE

CHURCH IS COLOD WITH

RF

AND THERE IS A GREAT

INSCRIPTION AT THE

ENTRANCE.

IT IS EXACTLY LE

TODAY.

PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW TO

GIVE THE MONEY.

YOU HAVE T KNOW IT IS

VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD

THIS.

Reporter: THE

INSCRIPTION SAYS THIS WAS

BUILT UNDER THEODOSIA, THE

PRIEST.

PEACE BE WITH YOU WHEN YOU

COME, AND PEACE BE B WITH

YOU WHEN YOU GO.

> THE COMPOUND INCLUDED

LIVING QUARTERS, STABLES,

AND AN OLIVE OIL PRESS.

HE SAYS THOSE WOULD NOT

HAVE BEENUILT WITHOU

THHELP OF THE CHURCH.

THE MAIN THEM OF THIS

MONASTERY IS TAKECARE

OF THE RURAL AREAS.

Reporter:

ARCHEOLOGISTS UNVERED A

2700-YEAR-OLD FARM HOUSE.

THIS AREA FROM THE

BEGINNING, WAS USED FOR

FARMING AND FOR

AGRICULTURE.

Reporter: SOMETIMES

ARCHEOLOGISTS MUST MOVE

THE ANTIQUITIES AND THEY

OFTEN REBURY THEM, BUT

THESE ARE SLATED TO BECOME

PART OF A PARK.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT

THIS SITE, WE'RE NOT GOING

TO DESTROY IT.

WE WILL PLAN TO KEEP IT

AND LEAVE IT LIKE A GREEN

AREA.

Reporter: JULIE STAL,

CBN NEW ROSHA INE,

ISRAEL.

Gord: THAN George: THANK YOU,

JULIE.

YOU ALWAYS FIND INCREDIBLE

TREASURES IN THAT AREA.

> THAT'S IT FOR THIS

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORL