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Christian World News - March 10, 2017

This week on Christian World News: A few years ago they couldn’t speak English, but now they're computer experts. The unique program that turned refugees into college students. Plus, in India, a Christian ministry is forced to close its doors, ... Read Transcript


George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS" --

WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT,

WHATEVER WAY WE CAN FIGHT,

TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE

KID WE KNOW GETS AN

OPPORTUNITY.

George: A FEW YEARS

AGO, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE

LANGUAGE, AND NOW THEY'RE

COMPUTER EXPERTS.

THE UNIQUE PROGRAM THAT

TURNED REFUGEES INTO

COLLEGE STUDENTS.

Wendy: PLUS...IN

INDIA, A CHRISTIAN

MINISTRY IS FORCED TO

CLOSE ITS DOORS, PUTTING

MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN

AT RISK.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP?

George:

AND...PROLIFERS UNDER

ATTACK IN FRANCE.

THE NEW MEASURE THAT

TARGETS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

WHY SPEAKING AGAINST

ABORTION COULD SOON BE

ILLEGAL.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

DURING THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION, MANY

CHRISTIANS SAW THEIR

FREEDOM TO PRACTICE THEIR

RELIGION TRAMPLED.

SOME SUFFERED FINES AND

EVEN PRISON FOR THEIR

STAND.

EXIT POLLS SHOW

EVANGELICALS WHO VOTED FOR

PRESIDENT TRUMP SEE

PROTECTING THOSE FREEDOMS

AS A HIGH PRIORITY.

JEJENNA BROWDER TAKES A

CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT SOME

WANT IT ADDRESSED.

WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION

OF A BAKERY THAT BECAME

THE COMPANY UNDER

CONTROVERSY.

Reporter: THERE ARE

SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE CASES

PLAYING OUT IN THE NEWS.

AND ONE THAT IS ESPECIALLY

SIGNIFICANT TO CHRISTIANS.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT

THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGN

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE

LAST EIGHT YEARS, THROUGH

THE POLICIES OF THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION, IS REALLY

THIS IDEA THAT RELIGIOUS

EXPRESSION IS BAD IN

PUBLIC, AND THE POLICIES

HAVE KIND OF QUARANTINED

FAITH.

Reporter: TONY

PERKINS, PRESIDENT OF THE

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL,

HAS ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON

THE TOPIC AND NOW WANTS

THE PRESIDENT TO ACT.

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER

WOULD SIMPLY STATE THAT

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE

YOUR FAITH AT HOME.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY LIVE YOUR

LIFE ACCORDING.

Reporter: IN OTHER

WORDS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION

WOULD APPLY FOR THOSE WHO

WORK IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE,

INCLUDING BUSINESS AND THE

GOVERNMENT.

A DRAFT VERSION OF THE

ORDER FLOATED SEVERAL

WEEKS AGO, AND DREW STRONG

CRITICISM FROM LGBT GROUPS

AND SOME LIBERALS.

IT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF

ISSUES, LIKE PROTECTION

FOR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE: RELIGIOUS

AND OTHER GROUPS WOULD NOT

HAVE TO PROVIDE HEALTH

INSURANCE THAT COVERS

BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION.

AND THE ORDER COULD

PROTECT THE TAX EXEMPT

STATUS OF FAITH GROUPS WHO

SPEAK OUT.

HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT

THIS WILL HAPPEN?

I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA

AS TO WHEN, BUT I DO THINK

IT WILL BE SOONER THAN

LATER.

I DO THINK THIS

ADMINISTRATION WILL

ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

I BELIEVE THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, AND THE

PRESIDENT HIMSELF,

UNDERSTANDS THE NEED.

I'M OPTMISTIC THEY'RE

GOING TO ADDRESS IT.

Reporter: AND WHAT

ABOUT THE OREGON COUPLE

THAT WERE FINED FOR

REFUSING TO MAKE A CAKE

FOR A GAY WEDDING.

IT WAS NOT THAT THEY

DID NOT WANT TO PROVIDE

SERVICES TO SOMEONE THAT

WAS GAY OR LESBIAN.

IT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T

WANT TO BE FORCED INTO

PROVIDING THEIR CREATIVE

SERVICES FOR A WEDDING.

THEY'VE SOLD TO COSTUMERS,

JUST AS FLORISTS LIKE BAR

BARON L.STUTZMAN SERVED

EVERYBODY WHO CAME THROUGH

THE DOOR, BUT DID NOT WANT

TO USE HER GIFTS FOR

SOMETHING THAT FOR A

CHRISTIAN IS SACRED.

Reporter: THEY HOPE

CONGRESS PASSES A BILL

THAT ENSURES MORE

PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR

ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH.

IN WASHINGTON, JENNA

BROWDER, CBN NEWS.

George: HUMAN RIGHTS

LAWYER AND ACTIVIST AMAL

CLOONEY, WHO IS MARRIED TO

GEORGE CLOONEY, IS CALLING

ON THE THE UNITED NATIONS

TO PROTECT GENOCIDE

VICTIMS IN IRAQ.

SPEAKING AT THE U.N. ON

THURSDAY, SHE WARNED THAT

THE SITUATION RISKED

BECOMING ANOTHER RWANDA

UNLESS MEMBER STATES TAKE

ACTION AGAINST ISIS.

MASSGRAPHIE MASS GRAVES IN IRAQ LIE

UNPROTECTED AND UNEXHUMED.

WITNESSES ARE FREEING, AND

NOT ONE ISIS MILITANT HAS

FACED TRIAL FOR

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

SO I AM SPEAKING TO YOU,

THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, AND

TO YOU, U.N. MEMBER

STATES, WHEN I ASK WHY?

WHY IS IT THAT NOTHING HAS

BEEN DONE?

George: AND THAT IS

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

THE U.S. AND THE EUROPEAN

UNION HAS RECOGNIZED THAT

ISIS IS COMMITTING

GENOCIDE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN

IRAQ.

THE UNITED NATIONS STILL

HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING.

Wendy: HERE IN THE

HUGU.S., THERE IS A HUGE

CRITICISM OVER THE NEW

SPECIAL ORDER.

IT DOES NOT GIVE SPECIAL

PREFERENCE TO CHRISTIANS

AND OTHER RELIGIOUS

MINORITIES.

HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT

CAN GRANT WAIVERS IF BEING

DENIED STATUS WOULD CAUSE

SOME UNDO HARDSHIP, FOR

EXAMPLE, CHRISTIANS AND

OTHERS FACING GENOCIDE AT

THE HANDS OF ISIS.

George: NOW A NEW

GENERATION IS THRIVING

HERE.

MY COLLEAGUE, ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON, SHOWS US HOW

ONE GROUP OF REFUGEES HAS

CREATED A PATHWAY OUT OF

POVERTY.

Reporter: STARTING

SCHOOL IN A NEW CITY CAN

BE DAUNTING, ESPECIALLY

WHEN IT IS HALF WAY AROUND

THE WORLD FROM HOME.

WHEN I CAME HERE, IT

WAS DIFFERENT.

THEY TREATED ME DIFFERENT.

I FEEL LIKE AN OUTCAST.

Reporter: AT SEVEN

YEARS OLD, THIS GIRL AND

HER FAMILY FLED WAR-TORN

AFRICA AND RESETTLED IN

IDAHO.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW

WHERE AMERICA WAS.

ALL I HEARD WAS THAT IT

WAS WONDERFUL, AND THAT

MONEY GREW OUT OF THE

TREES.

Reporter: LOUISA

COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND

STRUGGLED TO FIT IN.

IT WAS VERY TOUGH.

AND THEY WERE BULLYING ME

ANBECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE

HAIR.

Reporter: NANCY

MWIROTSI NOTICED HOW THE

REFUGEES STRUGGLED,

PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG

GIRLS.

I REALIZED WE REALLY

NEEDED TO START A UNIQUE

PROGRAM TO REACH OUT TO

THE GIRLS SO THEY KNOW

WE'RE HERE FOR THEM.

Reporter: STARTING A

DANCE CLASS, SHE QUICKLY

NOTICED AN IMPROVEMENT IN

ATTITUDE.

I STARTED WATCHING THE

STUDENTS, AND I REALIZED

WE HAVE A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT

LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.

Reporter: AND

FOLLOWING THAT SUCCESS,

SHE LOOKED FOR BIGGER WAYS

TO IMPACT KIDS.

AND THAT'S WHEN GOD PUT

CODING ON HER HEART.

WE WANTED TO TEACH

CHILDREN ABOUT COMPUTERS,

BUT WE HAD NO PLACE.

AND GOD HAS BEEN GOOD.

WHEN HE GIVES YOU A TASK,

HE GIVES US THE THINGS TO

COMPLETE THEM.

Reporter: SHE FOUND

VOLUNTEERS TO TEACH THE

PROGRAM SHE NAMED PIE

5-15, TO TEACH COMPUTER

SKILLS.

CHANCES ARE IF YOU

DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY,

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO

RECYCLE THAT BACK, AND

WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE

KIDS?

Reporter: OPEN TO

BOTH GIRLS AND GUYS, EACH

STUDENT COMES FROM A

WAR-TORN AFRICAN COUNTRY.

10 YEARS AGO, SOME OF

THESE KIDS COULDN'T EVEN

SPEAK ENGLISH.

BUT NOW THANKS TO THE

PROGRAM, THESE 15, 16, AND

17-YEAR-OLDS ARE LEARNING

TO BUILD ROBOTS AND DESIGN

THEIR OWN WEBSITES.

HOSTING A YEAR-ROUND FREE

TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM LIKE

THIS DOESN'T COME EASY.

THEY RELY ON DONATIONS FOR

EVERYTHING, FROM COMPUTERS

TO TEACHERS TO THE

UNEXPECTED.

AND THROUGH IT ALL,

NANCY'S FAITH STANDS

STRONG.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD,

WHEN HE SHOWS YOU A NEED,

HE WANTS YOU TO DO

SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, GO TAKE

CARE OF THAT FOR ME.

AS LONG AS YOU TAKE CARE

OF IT FOR ME, I'LL BE

RIGHT THERE STANDING WITH

YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT,

WHATEVER WAY WE CAN FIGHT,

TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY

SINGLE KID WE KNOW GETS AN

OPPORTUNITY.

Reporter: THE FIGHT

IS PAYING OFF WITH MANY

STUDENTS, WHO NEVER

THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO PAST

HIGH SCHOOL.

GETTING COLLEGE

SCHOLARSHIPS.

IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, I

ENVISION MYSELF GETTING A

DEGREE IN COMPUTER

SCIENCE.

AND I AM FASCINATED.

I WANT TO LEARN HOW

COMPUTERS WORK, AND ALSO I

WOULD LIKE TO COME UP WITH

THINGS THAT CAN HELP OTHER

PEOPLE.

Reporter: IOWA STATE

OFFERED HIM A FULL RIDE,

BECOMING THE FIRST IN THIS

FAMILY TO ATTEND A

FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE.

I NEVER IMAGINED THAT.

BUT HERE I AM TODAY.

Reporter: AND HE IS

HARDLY THE ONLY SUCCESS

STORY.

I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO

CODE.

I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO USE

C.S.S. AND I HAVE BUILT A

WEBSITE SO FAR.

I KNOW GOD WILL ALWAYS BE

HERE WITH ME, BY MY SIDE,

AND HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE

CARE OF EVERYTHING, ALL OF

MY NEEDS.

Reporter: LOUISA IS

ONLY 15, BUT HER CURRENT

SKILL SET COULD EARN HER A

SALARY OF $50,000 OR

HIGHER.

THANKS TO THE PROGRAM,

MANY CHILDREN WHO ONCE

FELT LIKE OUTCASTS, WHO

COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH

THEIR PEERS, NOW HAVE

PROMISING FUTURES AHEAD OF

THEM.

REPORTING FROM IOWA,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN

NEWS.

Wendy: THANKS,

ABIGAIL.

> COMING UP, WE GO TO

INDIA, WHERE A MINISTRY

THAT SERVES MORE THAN

100,000 CHILDREN IS BEING

FORCED TO CLOSE.

WHO WILL HELP THESE NEEDY

KIDS?

Wendy: "COMPASSION

INTERNATIONAL "WILL CLOSE

ITS DOORS IN INDIA AFTER

DECADES OF SERVICE.

THE U.S.-BASED CHARITY,

WHICH FOCUSED ON CARING

FOR INDIA'S POOREST

CHILDREN, IS LEAVING

BEHIND 48 YEARS OF

MINISTRY THERE.

"COMPASSION" EXHAUSTED

EVERY EFFORT TO STAY AFTER

THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

DENIED THE GROUP THE

ABILITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS

INTO THAT COUNTRY.

THE MOVE WILL LEAVE MORE

THAN 145,000 INDIAN

CHILDREN WITHOUT AID.

BUT THE MINISTRY SAYS IT

WILL POUR ITS RESOURCES

INTO LOCAL CHURCHES TO

BRING SOME HELP TO THOSE

CHILDREN.

George: SO WHAT IS

GOING ON HERE?

HEATHER SELLS SPOKE WITH

BECCA BISHOP OF

"COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL"

ABOUT THIS DEVASTATING

DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW THE

MINISTRY WILL CONTINUE TO

TRY AND HELP INDIA'S MOST

VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

Heather: YOU HAVE

MORE THAN 100 STAFF

WORKERS IN INDIA, SERVING

147,000 CHILDREN LIVING IN

POVERTY THERE.

AND NOW THE INDIAN

GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT YOU

MUST LEAVE.

WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT

TELLING YOU TO GET OUT?

WELL, IT IS A

COMPLICATED ISSUE.

BUT TO PUT IT SIMPLY, IN

2011, THE INDIAN

GOVERNMENT MADE CHANGES TO

ITS FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION

REGULATION ACT, WHICH IS A

LAW THAT REGULATES THE

RECEIPT OF FOREIGN FUNDS

INTO THE COUNTRY.

AND PARTICULARLY THOSE OF

N.G.O.s.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE INDIAN

GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LIMIT

THE EXPANSION OF

CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.

AND WE FURTHER BELIEVE

THAT IT MISUNDERSTANDS

"COMPASSION'S" PROGRAM

MODEL.

THEY BELIEVE OR ASSUME

THAT OUR SOLE INTENT IS TO

CONVERT CHILDREN TO

CHRISTIANITY, WHEN OUR

PRIMARY GOAL IS TO RESCUE

CHILDREN FROM EXTREME

POVERTY.

Heather: THAT'S A

REALLY INTERESTING

DIFFERENT.

HAS THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

SAID THAT TO YOU, THAT

THEY BELIEVE YOUR MAIN

PURPOSE IS CONVERSION?

NO.

WE HAVE READ THAT IN THE

INDIAN MEDIA, JUST LIKE

YOU HAVE.

BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN US NO

FORMAL REASON FOR

RESTRICTING OUR FUNDING.

Heather: YOU HAVE, OF

COURSE, BEEN PROVIDING FOR

THESE CHILDREN AT YOUR

CENTER.

TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN

PROVIDING FOR THEM UP

UNTIL NOW?

YEAH.

THE CHILDREN IN OUR CARE

RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION,

MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION,

BOOKS FOR SCHOOL,

CLOTHING, FOOD, VOCATIONAL

TRAINING, AMONG MANY OTHER

THINGS.

Heather: AND WHAT DO

YOU ANTICIPATE WILL HAPPEN

TO THESE CHILDREN NOW?

THERE ARE CHURCHES IN

PLACE TO WORK WITH THEM,

BUT THESE CHURCHES WILL

NOT HAVE THE FUNDING THAT

YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO

PROVIDE?

YEAH.

I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK INTO

THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE

CHILDREN.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE TO

WATCH EVERY CHILD THAT

WE'VE CARED FOR GROW UP TO

BECOME FULFILLED,

RESPONSIBLE, AND

SUCCESSFUL ADULTS.

AND SO WE DO KNOW THAT THE

REMAINING 1.8 MILLION

CHILDREN IN OUR CARE

THROUGHOUT THE 25

COUNTRIES WHERE WE

CONTINUE WORK WILL -- OUR

SUPPORT FOR THEM WILL NOT

CHANGE.

AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO

PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN IN

INDIA, AND CONTINUE TO

PRAY FOR THOSE GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS, AND FOR THE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, THAT

THEY WILL SEE THE CARE

THAT WE HAVE LAVISHED UPON

THEIR CHILDREN, AND THAT

WE WILL ONE DAY BE ABLE TO

RETURN AND CONTINUE CARING

FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

Wendy: UP

NEXT...SPEAKING THE TRUTH

MAY SOON GET YOU ARRESTED

IF YOUR PRO-LIFE AND

LIVING IN FRANCE.

EXPOSING THE POTENTIAL

FALLOUT FROM A NEW LAW,

WHEN WE COME BACK.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO THE BROADCAST.

THE FRENCH PRO-LIFE

MOVEMENT IS ON THE VIRGE

OF BEING SILENCED BY A NEW

LAW.

Wendy: IT WOULD MAKE

MOST CRITICISM OF ABORTION

ILLEGAL.

DALE HURD BRINGS US THE

STORY FROM PARIS.

Reporter: THE FRENCH

PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT FACES

BEING CRIPPLED BY A

PROPOSED LAW THAT WOULD

CRIMINALIZE ANY WEBSITE

THAT TRIES TO PERSUADE A

WOMAN NOT TO HAVE AN

ABORTION.

ANYONE CONVICTED UNDER THE

SO-CALLED "CRIME OF

INTERFERENCE LAW" COULD

GET TWO YEARS IN PRISON

AND A $31,000 FINE.

IT IS NOT LAW YET.

IT IS BEING REVIEWED BY

FRANCE'S HIGHEST LEGAL

BODY, THE CONSTITUTIONAL

COUNCIL.

THIS ISN'T THE UNITED

STATES, WHERE THE PRO-LIFE

MOVEMENT IS A MAJOR

POLITICAL FORCE.

IF PASSED, AS MANY EXPECT,

THE LAW WILL MAKE AN

ALREADY WEAK ANTI-ABORTION

MOVEMENT IN FRANCE EVEN

WEAKER.

THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT IS

TRYING TO STOP FAKE NEWS

ABOUT ABORTION.

THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT

FEELS LIKE THEIR MOVEMENT

IS BEING STRANGLED.

THIS LAW HAS THE RISK

OF SUFFOCATING THE

PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT.

Reporter: THIS MAN IS

PRESIDENT OF THE

FOUNDATION, ONE OF

FRANCE'S LEADING PRO-LIFE

ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS NEW LAW IS

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

BECAUSE IT LIMITS THE

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.

FIRST IT MEANS THAT THE

GOVERNMENT IS DECIDING

WHAT IS RIDER AND WHAT IS

WRONG.

WHAT WE CAN TELL ABOUT

ABORTION AND WHAT WE

CANNOT.

Reporter: THE LAW

TARGETS WORDS AND MESSAGES

THAT MY DETER, DISSUADE,

OR HINDER WOMEN FROM

HAVING AN ABORTION.

THIS LAW GOES PRETTY

FAR.

SINCE THE MERE FACT OF

SAYING THE TRUTH COULD

DISCOURAGE A WOMAN FROM

HAVING AN ABORTION,

SHOWING WHAT ABORTION IS

TECHNICALLY A DETERRENT.

Reporter: AMERICAN

PRO-LIFE WEBSITES LIKE

THESE WOULD BE ILLEGAL

UNDER THE NEW FRENCH LAW.

AS WOULD THESE PAGES SHOWN

TO US.

OPPONENTS OF THE PROPOSED

LAW APPEAL TO FRANCE'S

CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL

BECAUSE THE LAW WOULD

RESTRICT FREEDOM OF

SPEECH.

WHILE THAT ARGUMENT WOULD

PROBABLY WORK IN THE

UNITED STATES, IT MAY NOT

WORK IN FRANCE, WHERE

PRO-LIFE FORCES LOST THE

ABORTION DEBATE LONG AGO.

FRANCE LEGALIZED ABORTION

IN 1975, AND TODAY IS ONE

OF THE MOST PROABORTION

NATIONS IN EUROPE.

WITH MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS

SAYING THAT A WOMAN SHOULD

BE ABLE TO HAVE AN

ABORTION WHENEVER SHE

WANTS.

THIS JOURNALIST AND

ANALYST SAYS THE PRO-LIFE

MOVEMENT IS SEEN BY THE

GOVERNMENT AS DENYING

WOMEN THE HUMAN RIGHT TO

ABORTION.

THE VIEW OF THE FRENCH

IS AS LONG AS WOMEN ARE

ENTITLED TO HAVE

ABORTIONS, YOU CANNOT

ACTIVELY HAVE PROPAGANDA

THAT WILL PREVENT THEM

FROM MAKING AN INFORMED

CHOICE ABOUT EXERCISING

THAT RIGHT.

THAT'S THE WAY THE FRENCH

LAW GOES.

Reporter: IN FRANCE,

96% OF DOWN SYNDROME

BABIES ARE ABORTED.

LAST YEAR THE FRENCH

GOVERNMENT BANNEDED THIS

AD SHOWING SMILING, HAPPY

DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN.

Reporter: SHE SAYS

THE GOVERNMENT SEES

ABORTION AS SOCIAL

PROGRESS, ALONG WITH

EUTHANASIA, GAY RIGHTS,

AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

THE FRENCH HAVEN'T GONE

ALONG WITH ALL OF IT.

FOUR MILLION MARCHED

AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE AND

GAY ADOPTION BEFORE LOSING

THE BATTLE.

FRANCE IS STILL A MAJORITY

CATHOLIC COUNTRY, EVEN IF

MOST PEOPLE DON'T ATTEND

CHURCH REGULARLY.

BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN THE

SAME OUTRAGE OVER THIS

LAW, AND PASSAGE COULD

COME SOON, MAKING IT EVEN

HARDER TO PROTECT THE

UNBORN IN FRANCE.

A FEW CONSTRAINTS THAT

WERE SHAPING THE LAW ON

ABORTION ARE NOW VOID.

THIS MEANS THAT

ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS

PLANNED PARENTHOOD, WHICH

IS PUBLICLY FUNDED, AND

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A

MONOPOLY ON TELLING THE

TRUTH, BUT ARE IN FACT

TELLING LIES ABOUT

ABORTION.

Reporter: DALE HURD,

CBN NEWS, PARIS.

George: THANKS, DALE.

WE BRING YOU THESE STORIES

TO MOBILIZE PRAYER.

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS

AND FAMILY WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN FRANCE.

YOU CAN GO TO

cbnnews.com AND SHARE

THIS STORY ON Facebook

AND TWITTER.

WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Wendy: FINALLY TODAY,

ASIAN CUISINE IS ONE OF

THE FASTEST GROWING FOODS

IN THE WORLD TODAY.

IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS,

ASIAN RESTAURANTS HAVE

MULTIPLIED NEARLY

SIX-FOLD.

George: BUT IT TAKES

MORE THAN JUST FANCY

COOKING.

CBN NEWS REPORTER MUNG FE

LI INTRODUCES US TO THE

OWNER OF ONE POPULAR

CHINESE RESTAURANT CHAIN

WHO GIVES JESUS CREDIT FOR

HIS BUSINESS SUCCESS.

Reporter: IT'S 6:00

AND THE MORNING, AND THE

DAY HAS ALREADY STARTED AT

PETER CHANG'S.

THE KITCHEN IS FULL OF

VEGETABLES AND ENERGY.

FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO

MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA,

CHUNG LEUNG, ALSO KNOWN AS

PETER CHANG, HAS MADE A

NAME FOR HIMSELF.

HOWEVER, HE SAYS WHEN HE

FIRST MOVED TO THE UNITED

STATES, HE WAS JUST A

SMALL FISH IN A BIG POND.

Through Translator:

WHEN I CAME TO THE U.S. IN

2001, I WAS SO YOUNG.

I HAD MANY DREAMS, SUCH AS

OPENING UP MY OWN

RESTAURANT.

I WAS SO JEALOUS OF

OTHERS.

BUT I KNEW ALL I COULD DO

WAS TO BE PATIENT AND

LEARN FROM OTHERS.

Reporter:

HARD-WORKING, HE

CONSTANTLY PRACTICED HIS

SKILLS AND LEARNED FROM

LEADING CHEFS IN THE

FIELD.

HE LOVED COOKING.

Through Translator: I

ALWAYS LOOKED FOR CHANCES

TO BECOME BETTER IN

COOKING.

THIS IS ALL I KNOW.

IN ORDER TO MAKE A LIVING

AND IMPROVE MY LIFE AND

THE UNITED STATES, I

NEEDED TO PUSH MYSELF

HARDER.

THAT'S THE CHINESE SPIRIT.

Reporter: FOR CHANG,

COOKING IS AN ARTFORM.

IN 2011, HE SUCCESSFULLY

OPENED UP HIS FIRST

RESTAURANT.

HE NAMED IT PETER CHANG.

AND THE QUALITY OF FOOD

AND SERVICE ARE THE CORE

OF HIS BUSINESS.

MEANWHILE, HE CONSTANTLY

CREATES NEW AUTHENTIC

CHINESE DISHES TO ATTRACT

MORE COSTUMERS.

PETER CHANG'S BUSINESS WAS

SO POPULAR, EVEN A FORMER

CHINESE PRESIDENT PAID A

VISIT TO HIS RESTAURANT.

IN 2016, HE WAS NOMINATED

FOR THE JAMES SPEAR

FOUNDATION, AND THAT'S A

CHEF AWARD.

TODAY CHANG HAS MORE THAN

10 RESTAURANTS, WHERE

COSTUMERS ARE OFFERED MORE

THAN JUST FOOD.

I HAVE BEEN A CHEF FOR

30 YEARS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE

CHINESE CULTURE, TOO.

FOOD IS THE BEST WAY TO DO

SO.

WHEN PEOPLE COME TO MY

RESTAURANT, I WANT THEM TO

FEEL WELCOME.

THEY'RE LIKE MY FAMILY

MEMBERS, AND I HOPE THEY

APPRECIATE OUR EFFORTS.

Reporter: PETER CHANG

TODAY IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL

BUSINESS OWNER.

ALSO, HE IS A MAN OF

FAITH.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS FAITH

JOURNEY, HE IS VERY

GRATEFUL ABOUT WHAT THE

BIBLE AND THE CHURCH HAVE

TAUGHT HIM.

I AM ALWAYS TOUCHED BY

WHAT THE CHURCH TAUGHT ME,

ESPECIALLY ON

GRATEFULNESS.

I'M STILL LEARNING AND

SEARCHING BY READING THE

BIBLE.

THE WORDS OF JESUS GUIDE

MY LIFE.

AS A SINNER, I NEED TO

OBEY AND BE HUMBLE.

Reporter: CHANG TRIES

TO TEACH HIS EMPLOYEES THE

SAME PRINCIPLES.

THE SCRIPTURES ARE VERY

IMPORTANT TO HIM.

Through Translator:

CHANG IS SUCH A GOOD MAN.

HE IS VERY HONEST AND

PATIENT IN TEACHING US

MANY USEFUL THINGS.

HE NEVER ALLOWS US TO

FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF

BEING GRATEFUL.

I LOVE TO WORK WITH HIM.

Reporter: PETER CHANG

IS IN THE PROCESS OF

OPENING UP MORE

RESTAURANTS IN OTHER

STATES.

FIRST IS NEW YORK.

HE WANTS MORE AND MORE

AMERICANS TO FULL IN LOVE

WITH CHINESE FOOD AND

CHINESE CULTURE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE

BELIEVES THE LORD WILL

CONTINUE TO GUIDE HIM TO

GREATER SUCCESS.

MUNG FE LI, CBN NEWS.

George: WELL, ON THAT

YUMMY NOTE --

Wendy: ARE YOU

STARVING NOW?

George: YES.

YOU CAN HEAR THE RUMBLINGS

OF MY STOMACH.

Wendy: THERE IS

NOTHING BETTER THAN

CHINESE.

George: IT IS.

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