I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED
IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I WANT
TO SAY I DON'T AFRAID
ANYMORE.
I'M FREE.
I'M CHRISTIAN.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
THIS WEEK ON "CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS," AN IRANIAN
CHRISTIAN FACES DEATH IF
SHE IS SENT BACK TO HER
COUNTRY.
SO WHY IS THE SWEDISH
GOVERNMENT TRYING TO
DEPORT HER WHILE
PROTECTING FORMER ISIS
MILITANTS?
PLUS, AS NORTH KOREA
AND THE U.S. PREPARE FOR A
SUMMIT, CHRISTIANS ARE
STILL SUFFERING IN KOREA.
WE'LL MEET SOME WHO
ESCAPED TO TELL THEIR
TALE.
AND THE ISIS ATROCITY
THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD IN
2015.
21 CHRISTIANS MARCHED ON
TO A BEACH AND WERE
EXECUTED ON CAMERA.
TODAY THIS EGYPTIAN
COMMUNITY IS HONORING
THEIR BELOVED MARTYRS.
*
HELLO, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S
EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS."
I'M GEORGE THOMAS.
AND I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.
LAST WEEK WE BROUGHT YOU
THE STORY OF AIDEEN
STRANSON.
THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT HAS
DECIDED TO DEPORT HER BACK
TO HER HOME COUNTRY.
MANY OF YOU HAVEED
ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON HER
SITUATION.
OUR DALE HURD VISITED HER
IN STOCKHOLM AS SHE WAITS
FOR EITHER DEPORTATION OR
DELIVERANCE.
Reporter: SHE IS A
WOMAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
AIDEEN STRANSON IS
OFFICIALLY A STATELESS
PERSON.
NO PASSPORT, NO
CITIZENSHIP, UNABLE TO GET
A JOB, AND LIVING EVERY
DAY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE SHE
COULD BE DEPORTED TO HER
NATIVE IRAN, WHEREAS A
CHRISTIAN SHE COULD FACE
GRAVE DANGER.
A WORLDWIDE OUTCRY OVER
HER SITUATION HAS
APPARENTLY NOT CHANGED
ANYTHING.
THE WORLD WAS OUTRAGED
WHEN THE SWEDISH
GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO SEND
A CHRISTIAN AND EX-MUSLIM
BACK TO IRAN WHERE SHE
COULD BE IMPRISONED,
RAPED, AND EVEN KILLED.
BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO
BOTHER THE SWEDISH AT ALL.
AFTER CBN NEWS FIRST
BROUGHT THE FORMER IRANIAN
ACTRESS' STORY TO THE
WORLD STAGE, THE
GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY
OFFERED HER ASYLUM, AND
MANY PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE WORLD WROTE THE
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT, ASKING
IT TO RECONSIDER.
IT WAS REALLY LIKE A
MIRACLE FOR ME.
SO MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA,
THEY CALLED THE EMBASSY.
MANY PEOPLE, THEY SENT A
COMMENT TO ME AND THEY
SAID, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
OUR COUNTRY.
Reporter: BUT
SWEDEN'S MIGRATION BOARD
TOLD CBN NEWS NONE OF THAT
MATTERS.
HER CASE HAS BEEN TURNED
OVER TO THE SWEDISH BORDER
FOR DEPORTATION.
HER SITUATION IS NOT AT
ALL UNUSUAL AT ALL IN
SWEDEN.
THERE ARE A FAIR AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE WHO GET STUCK IN
BETWEEN.
Reporter: THIS
SWEDISH ATTORNEY KNOWS
SWEDEN'S ASYLUM PROCESS AS
WELL AS ANYONE.
HE REPRESENTED 15 150
CHRISTIAN AS AS ASYLUM-SEEKERS
ALONE.
AIDEEN STRANSON CAME TO
SWEDEN FROM IRAN ON A WORK
VISA.
SHE LEFT ISLAM AND BECAME
A CHRISTIAN IN IRAN AFTER
SEEING A VIDEO OF MUSLIMS
STONING A WOMAN TO DEATH.
AND THEN SHE HAD A DREAM
ABOUT JESUS.
WHEN HE ARRIVED IN SWEDEN,
SHE REQUESTED A PUBLIC
BAPTISM.
I WANT TO HAVE -- TO BE
BAPTIZED IN PUBLIC.
I WANT TO SAY I DON'T
AFRAID ANYMORE.
I'M FREE.
I'M CHRISTIAN.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
Reporter: WHICH MEANS
THE ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT OF
IRAN KNOWS.
AND BECAUSE SHE STARRED IN
FILMS AND A TV SERIES IN
IRAN, IT MAKES HER AN EVEN
BIGGER TARGET IF SHE IS
SENT BACK.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF OR WHEN
THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE BORDER POLICE, IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WHO'S TABLE IT
LANDS ON.
SWEDEN'S BACKLOG IS
GROWING AND GROWING AND
GROWING.
RIGHT NOW IT IS AROUND TWO
YEARS AND GROWING.
THIS IS CONTRARY TO
EUROPEAN UNION LAW, BUT
NOBODY CARES.
Reporter: HE SAYS SHE
WILL FIRST BE SENT TO
PRISON WHILE AUTHORITIES
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO FLY
HER TO IRON.
>IRAN.
THIS IS REAL PRISON
CONDITIONS.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE
ON THE COMPUTER.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE.
Reporter: THEY WILL
TELL THEM AIDEEN IS COMING
AND WHEN TO EXPECT THEM.
THEY SAY EXPORTING PEOPLE
TO WHERE THEY FACE DANGER
IS A VIOLATION OF THE
JEEFEGENEVA CONVENTION.
AIDEEN SPENDS HER DAYS
HELPING A CHURCH OR
TRAINING IN TAEKWONDO.
SHE HAS EARNED A BLACK
BELT, BUT THE IMMIGRATION
BOARD TOOK HER CERTIFICATE
BECAUSE SHE IS NOT A
CITIZEN.
SHE THOUGHT SHE EARNED A
JOB WITH ERICSSON AS A
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, BUT
SWEDEN'S GOVERNMENT WOULD
NOT ALLOW HER TO TAKE THAT
JOB.
YOU CAN'T GET ANY
SUPPORT OF ANY SORT.
NO HOUSING, NO PLACE TO
WORK, EVEN IF YOU HAD A
JOB BEFORE.
THE IDEA IS TO STARVE YOU
TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
COME TO THEM AND SAY,
PLEASE SEND ME OUT.
Reporter: BUT SHE IS
STAYING IN SWEDEN BECAUSE
HER FAMILY IS HERE AND
BECAUSE SHE SAYS JESUS
TOLD HER NOT TO BE AFRAID.
STRANSON AND OTHER
CHRISTIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS
IN SWEDEN FACE DEPORTATION
AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT HAS
GIVEN 150 PROTECTED
IDENTITIES TO FORMER ISIS
FIGHTERS WHO HAVE RETURNED
TO SWEDEN SO THAT THEY CAN
FIND JOBS.
THERE BE WILL BE NO SUCH
HELP FOR AIDEEN.
THERE HAVE BEEN FORCED
LANES FOR SYRIANS, AND
FORCED LANES FOR
SOMALIANS, BUT NOT FOR
IRANIANS, AND DEFINITELY
NOT FOR CHRISTIANS.
WE HAVE ONE JUDGE HERE IN
STOCKHOLM WHO HAS NEVER
SAID YES TO ANY CHRISTIAN.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO ACT
ON HER CASE TO DEPORT HER,
SHE'LL GET A LETTER?
SHE DOESN'T NECESSARILY
GET ANYTHING.
THEY JUST SHOW UP AND CAN
TURN UP ANY TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO ME IN THE
FUTURE.
BUT I SHOULD SAY TO THEM
THANK YOU, TO PEOPLE, TO
CBN, AND TO YOU, TO ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO
HELP ME.
I JUST CAN SAY JESUS,
BLESS THEM ALL.
Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS, STOCKHOLM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DALE.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LET
THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
KNOW YOUR OPINION ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
AIDEEN STRANSON.
JUST GOING TO CBN
NEWS.COM FOR A LIN LINK TO
THE SWEDISH EMBASSY IN
WASHINGTON AND TO SWEDEN'S
MIGRATION BOARD.
COMING UP, SHE IS THE
SOLE SURVIVOR OF HER
FAMILY.
MEET THE NORTH KOREAN
CHRISTIAN WHO ESCAPED TO
TELL THEIR STORY.
JOY BEHAR, CO-HOST OF
THE TV SHOW "THE VIEW,"
PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED THIS
WEEK FOR HER COMMENTS,
MOCKING VICE-PRESIDENT
PENCE FOR HER FAITH.
SHE COMPARED
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE
LISTENING TO JESUS' VOICE
TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
ON MONDAY PENCE TOLD FOX
NEWS THAT BEHAR CALLED HIM
TO APOLOGIZE, BUT HE ASKED
HER TO MAKE A PUBLIC
APOLOGY AS WELL.
I SAID TO JOY, OF
COURSE I FORGIVE YOU.
THAT'S PART OF MY FAITH
EXPERIENCE.
BUT I DID ENCOURAGE HER --
AND I'M STILL ENCOURAGING
HER -- TO USE THE FORUM OF
THAT PROGRAM, OR SOME
OTHER PUBLIC FORUM, TO
APOLOGIZE TO TENS OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO
WERE EQUALLY OFFENDED.
SO, YEAH, I THINK
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE IS
RIGHT.
I WAS RAISED TO RESPECT
EVERYONE'S RELIGIOUS
FAITH, AND I FELL SHORT OF
THAT.
I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR
WHAT I SAID.
ED GOOD FO GOOD FOR HER.
HER APOLOGY CAME A MONTH
AFTER HER CRITICISM OF
PENCE'S FAITH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOOK
UP HIS CABINET THIS WEEK,
FIRING SECRETARY OF STATE
REX TILLERSON AND
REPLACING HIM WITH C.I.A.
DIRECTOR MIKE POMPEO.
GARY LANE IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
SO, WHY IS POMPEO BETTER
FOR THIS CHOICE THAN
TILLERSON?
I THINK HE IS BETTER
BECAUSE HE SEES EYE TO EYE
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE IS MORE SUPPORTIVE OF
THE POSITIONS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUPPORTS
AND THE VIEWS THAT HE HAS.
AND THIS WOULD BE ON
THINGS LIKE CHINA, NORTH
KOREA, IRAN, RUSSIA.
AND SPEAKING OF THAT,
ON THE ISSUE OF IRAN, AND
NORTH KOREA, HE IS ALMOST
LIKE A HAWK, ISN'T HE?
HE IS.
HE IS A HAWK.
HE BELIEVES IN BEING
TOUGH.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON IRAN, WHEN
HE WAS IN CONGRESS, HE
DISCLOSED SOME SECRET SIDE
DEALS THAT WERE MADE IN
THAT AGREEMENT THAT OBAMA
AND KERRY NEGOTIATED, AND
HE HAS OPPOSED THE IRAN
AGREEMENT, JUST LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ON NORTH KOREA, HE ALSO
BELIEVES IN TAKING A HARD
LINE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT POMPEO IS A BELIEVER,
RIGHT?
YES, HE IS.
HE IS A CHRISTIAN.
MIKE POMPEO IS A MAN WHO
IS VERY DEVOUT IN HIS
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
AND HE HAS EVEN ATTENDED
MEETINGS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE REGULARLY, THE BIBLE
STUDIES WE HAVE REPORTED
ABOUT.
I HAVE SPOKEN THIS WEEK
WITH SOME FOLKS WHO
ADVOCATE ON RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD,
FOR CHRISTIANS AND OTHER
MINORITY FAITHS.
THEY SEEM TO BE OPTMISTIC
ABOUT POMPEO'S NOMINATION.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT?
ESPECIALLY WITH SAM
BROWN BASKETBALBACK, OUR AMBASSADOR
ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
I THINK THE THAT OF THEM
ARE FRIENDS.
BROWNBACK IS THE FOR FORMER
SENATOR.
GEORGE, IT ISN'T
NECESSARILY THEY WILL BE
ADVOCATING RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM PUBLICLY.
BUT I THINK WHEN POMPEO
GOES INTO MEETINGS WITH
OFFICIALS AROUND THE
WORLD, AND DIPLOMATS, HE
WILL RAISE CHRISTIAN
RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,
NOT JUST FOR CHRISTIANS,
BUT FOR OTHERS, IN THOSE
MEETINGS.
TERRIFIC.
IT IS A BIG SHAKEUP HERE
IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE
FREEDOM ADVOCATES ARE
WELCOMING THIS SHAKEUP.
GARY LANE, AS ALWAYS, SIR,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INSIGHTS.
THAT WAS GARY LANE, OUR
CHIEF INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT.
> SPEAKING OF NORTH
KOREA AND RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM, AS OUR AUDIENCE
KNOWS, NORTH KOREA IS ONE
OF THE MOST REPRESSIVE
REGIMES IN THE WORLD
AGAINST CHRISTIANS.
LUCILLE TALUSAN RECENTLY
MET TWO NORTH KOREANS WHO
FLED THE COUNTRY TO ESCAPE
DEATH.
Reporter: FOR
SECURITY REASONS, WE SHALL
CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITIES
AND CALL THEM JAY UNG AND
SOON MIN, BOTH NORTH
KOREAN DEFECTORS.
JAY UNG IS A LONE SURVIVOR
IN A FAMILY OF FIVE
SIBLINGS.
HER FATHER WAS TAKEN TO A
LABOR CAMP WHEN SHE WAS
TWO YEARS OLD.
HE WAS NEVER HEARD OF
AGAIN.
DURING THE GREAT FAMINE,
HER ONLY BROTHER DIED OF
MALNUTRITION, AND HER
MOTHER DIED ON THE ROAD,
WHILE TRYING TO FIND FOOD
TO BRING BACK TO HER
STARVING FAMILY.
Through Translator:
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED, WE
DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH
TO BURY HERE.
MY OLDER SISTER WENT TO
CHINA TO EARN A LIVING FOR
THE FAMILY.
SHE SENT MONEY ONCE TO BUY
RICE, BUT I NEVER HEARD
FROM HER AFTER THAT.
I LEARNED SHE WAS SOLD AS
A SLAVE.
MY OLDER SISTER ENGAGED IN
SMUGGLING, AND GOT CAUGHT
AND WAS SENT TO A
CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE
HE LATER DIED.
Reporter: THE OUT OF
DESPERATION, SHE DECIDED
TO SCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA.
I CROSSED THE RIVER AND
WENT FOR THE CHINESE
BORDER.
THE WATER WAS FREEZING,
AND THE CURRENT WAS SO
STRONG, BUT I WAS
DETERMINED TO SURVIVE.
AFTER ARRIVING IN CHINA, I
CHOSE TO BE SOLD TO A MAN
SO I COULD LIVE IN THE BIG
CITY.
BUT I RAN AWAY FROM HIM
BECAUSE HE DID NOT TREAT
ME WELL.
Reporter: IT WAS THEN
THAT JAY UNG JOINED A
BIBLE STUDY GROUP IN
CHINA.
SHE REMEMBERED THE WOMAN
SHE MET PRIOR TO HER
ESCAPE, WHO SPOKE TO HER
ABOUT GOD.
SHE TOLD ME THAT GOD IS
ALIVE AND IS WITH ME,
SINCE HE IS A FATHER TO
THE FATHERLESS AND
DEFENDER OF THE WIDOWS.
I HAD HEARD OF GOD IN
NORTH KOREA, BUT I WAS
ALSO AWARE THAT BELIEVERS
ARE TAKEN TO PRISON.
I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A PHONE
CALL TO MY ONLY SURVIVING
SISTER IN NORTH KOREA, AND
I TOLD HER ABOUT JESUS
CHRIST, AND THAT GOD WILL
HELP HER THROUGH THE HARSH
TIMES.
SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS
SAVIOR, HOWEVER, OFFICIALS
DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE
COMMUNICATING, AND SO THEY
TOOK MY SISTER TO A LABOR
CAMP, AND SINCE THEN, I'VE
NEVER HEARD OF HER AGAIN.
Reporter: JAY UNG
MARRIED A NORTH KOREAN MAN
SHE MET IN CHURCH, AND
THEY EVENTUALLY MOVED TO
SOUTH KOREA.
UNLIKE JAY UNG, WHO LIVED
IN POVERTY, SOON MIN WAS
WELL OFF AND A COLLEGE
GRADUATE IN NORTH KOREA.
BUT HE SAYS HE WAS
DISENCHANTED WITH HIS
COUNTRY AND DECIDED TO
LEAVE.
I KNEW THAT THE KIM
REGIME WAS ENJOYING A
LUXURIOUS LIFE WHILE SO
MANY PEOPLE WERE STARVING
TO DEATH.
IN JANUARY 2007, I CROSSED
THE RIVER INTO CHINA.
HOWEVER, THE SOUTH KOREAN
FAMILY I MET THERE DIDN'T
WELCOME ME BECAUSE I WAS
NOT PART OF THEIR FAMILY.
THE BORDER GUARDS TOLD ME
TO GO TO A CHURCH, WHERE I
CAN GET HELP.
BUT I REFUSED BECAUSE I
WAS AN ATHEIST.
I HID IN AN APARTMENT IN
CHINA AND STARTED TO FIND
WAYS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
IN JUNE 2007, THE CHINESE
MAN I GOT TO KNOW DURING
THE RIVER CROSSING BROUGHT
A PREACHER TO ME.
HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD MY
HARDSHIPS, AND JESUS
CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS
FOR ME.
WHEN I HEARD IT, I FELT
SOMETHING HEAVY IN MY
HEART.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN
MY LIFE THAT I HAD SUCH
FEELINGS.
I THOUGHT I WAS NOTHING,
BUT JESUS DIED ON THE
CROSS TO GIVE ME ETERNAL
LIFE.
I CRIED, KNELT DOWN, AND
PRAYED WITH HIM.
Reporter: BEHIND ME
IS THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT
TAKES TOURISTS TO THE
BOUNDARY OF NORTH KOREA.
NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS
CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT ONE
DAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER
SIDE TO BE REUNITED WITH
THEIR LOVED ONES.
SOON MIN BELIEVES 60,000
NORTH KOREANS HAVE
DEFECTED, BUT HALF OF THEM
HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO
NORTH KOREA.
THEY HAVE GONE BACK TO
MINISTER TO THEIR
FAMILIES.
THERE ARE ABOUT 30,000 OF
THEM WHO BELONG TO THE
UNDERGROUND CHURCHES IN
NORTH KOREA.
Reporter: TODAY JAY
UNG AND SOON MIN RUN A
CHRISTIAN RADIO PROGRAM IN
SOUTH KOREA THAT FEATURES
NORTH KOREANS TRANSFORMED
BY CHRIST.
THE PROGRAM ALSO PROMOTES
UNITY AMONG NORTH AND
SOUTH KOREANS, IN
PREPARATION FOR
REUNIFICATION.
I BELIEVE GOD HAS A
PLAN FOR US, AND WILL
REUNITE KOREA IN HIS TIME
AND IN HIS WAY.
THE PROGRAM AIMS TO
EMBRACE THE DIFFERENCES
AND RESTORE COMMON DENT
THIDENTITY OF THE TWO
KOREAS.
GOD HAS BROUGHT ME
HERE, SO I WILL PRAISE HIS
NAME AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST UNTIL THE
VERY END OF MY LIFE.
Reporter: LUCILLE
TALUSAN, CBN NEWS, SEOUL.
STILL AHEAD, HONORING
THE 21 CHRISTIANS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THE FAITH.
A COMMUNITY CELEBRATES
THEIR MARTYRS.
AND WELCOME BACK TO
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."
IT IS TIME TO BRING YOU
THE BEST OF THE WEB.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
MOST-VIEWED STORIES ON OUR
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS" WEB
PAGE, BEGINNING WITH A
CONVERT FROM ISLAM TO
CHRISTIANITY.
HE WAS A FORMER RADICAL
MUSLIM WHO USED TO DREAM
ABOUT KILLING CHRISTIANS
AND JEWS UNTIL HE MET
JESUS CHRIST.
WHILE HE NEVER ACTUALLY
COMMITTED AN ACT OF
TERROR, HE SAYS HIS
JOURNEY FROM JIHAD TO
JESUS IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MIRACLE.
I WAS READING THE
SERMON ON THE MOUNT, AND
THERE WERE TEARS COMING
OUT OF MY EYES.
I WAS, LIKE, ASKING
MYSELF, WHAT IS THIS?
I KNEW IT WAS PART OF THE
BIBLE.
IT WAS A BOOK OF THE
BIBLE.
LATER I FOUND OUT THAT IT
WAS THE SERMON ON THE
MOUNT.
INTERESTING, WHERE THE
LORD SAYS, IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, LOVE YOUR
ENEMIES AND BLESS THOSE
WHO CURSE YOU, AND THEN IN
THE QURAN IT SAYS, GO AND
KILL ALL OF THE JEWS AND
CHRISTIANS WHEREVER YOU
FIND THEM -- THAT WAS THE
VERY TURNING POINT IN MY
LIFE.
WOW!
THAT'S AMAZING.
HE FACES DAILY PERSECUTION
FOR HIS DECISION TO FOLLOW
CHRIST AND ASKS BELIEVERS
EVERYWHERE TO PRAY FOR HIM
AND HIS SAFETY.
THE MINISTRY, PAKISTAN
BRITISH CHRISTIANS, HELPED
HIM FIND A SAFE PLACE TO
LIVE AND START A NEW LIFE.
THREE YEARS AGO, 21
COPTIC CHRISTIANS WERE
BRUTALLY BEHEADED BY ISIS
TERRORISTS ON THE SHORES
OF A LIBYAN BEACH.
EGYPT'S COPTIC COMMUNITY
RECENTLY HONORED THE
MARTYRS BY DEDICATING A
BRAND NEW CHURCH IN THEIR
NAME WITH THE EGYPTIAN
GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL.
WE SPOKE TO REX ROGERS WHO
HELPED COVER THE EVENT.
PART OF THE AMAZING
TESTIMONY IS THE FACT THAT
OTHERS HAVE WITNESSED HOW
CHRISTIANS HAVE RESPONDED
TO CHURCH BURNINGS OR
CHURCH DESTRUCTIONS,
BOMBINGS, OR, OF COURSE,
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BEACH
IN LIBYA, NOT IN ANGER,
NOT IN ROCK-THROWING AND
KILLING, BUT IN
FORGIVENESS.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
STATEMENT OF WHAT
CHRISTIAN LOVE IS REALLY
ALL ABOUT.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE AREA REPORTEDLY
CAME TO DEDICATE THE
CHURCH IN THE MARTYRS'
HONOR.
A WESTERN WOMAN WHO HAS
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO
SERVING THE POOREST OF THE
POOR WAS YOU HONORED THIS
WEEK.
MAGGIE GABRON, KNOWN
ASTHMA MASMAMA MAGGIE, RECEIVED THE
CHARLES CULSON AWARD FOR
HER, QUOTE, "CONVICTION
AND COURAGE IN CARING FOR
THE CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES."
THEY OPERATE MEDICAL
CENTERS, SCHOOLS, AND
TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS
THERE.
IT ALSO BRINGS POOR
FAMILIES FOOD AND HOLDS
BIBLE STUDIES AND PRAYER
MEETINGS.
AUTHOR MARTY McCARI SAYS
SHE LEFT A CAREER AS A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMAN
AND TEACHER IN AMERICA TO
SERVE THE POOR.
UNLIKE MOTHER THERESA
WHO ESSENTIALLY CAME FROM
POVERTY AND TOOK A VOW OF
POVERTY, MAMA MAGGIE CAME
FROM WEALTH.
AND DURING AN ENCOUNTER
WHEN SHE WAS A SUCCESSFUL
MARKETING EXECUTIVE,
CONNECTED WITH A CHILD IN
THE SLUMS, IN A FAMOUS
DISTRICT OF CAIRO THAT HAS
BEEN MOSTLY NEGLECTED.
YOU CAN FIND MORE ON
ALL OF THESE AWESOME
STORIES ON OUR "CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS" WEB PAGE,
INCLUDING MORE ABOU FROM JAY
ABOUT HIS CONVERSION TO
CHRIST.
JUST GO TO OUR WEB
ADDRESS, ON YOUR SCREEN
RIGHT THERE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACWE'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTE
R
THIS.
IN A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS
SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, THERE
IS NOW A NEW PLACE TO STAY
FOR TRAVELLERS THAT SEEKS
TO BE A SHINING LIGHT.
MIRANDA LEE TAKES US TO
THAILAND FOR THE STORY.
Reporter: GOING TO
THE NATION SO THAT THE
NATIONS WILL COME TO YOU.
THAT'S A MISSION BEHIND
ZION HOSTILE, LOCATED HERE
IN THE HEART OF SHANGMI.
THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL
HUB FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
YOU WILL BE IN ROOM
ONE.
AND YOU HAVE A WI-FI
TRANSFER FOR YOU YOU HERE.
HERE.
Reporter: WELCOME TO
SHANGMI THAT SEEKS TO BE A
BRIGHT LIGHT IN A DARK
PLACE.
WE WANT TO BE A PLACE
WHERE THEY WALK IN AND
THEY FEEL SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
THEY FEEL LOVED.
THEY FEEL INSPIRED.
THEY FEEL CARED FOR.
Reporter: THE
BUILDING WAS PURCHASED A
FEW WEEKS AGO.
NOW WORLD RACE TEAMS ARE
WORKING TO GET THE HOSTILE
READY FOR TRAVELLERS.
THEY'RE SCRAPING OLD
PAINT OFF THE WALLS,
GETTING IT LOOKING REALLY
NICE.
Reporter: IT WAS
PURCHASED BY THE
ORGANIZATION "ADVENTURES
IN MISSIONS," PIONEERING
THEIR CONCEPT OF BUSINESS
IN MISSIONS.
IT IS THE IDEA THAT BEING
A MISSIONARY CAN LOOK LIKE
MOYEMORE THAN JUST CHURCH
PLANNING.
THE ONCE THAT HAVE THE
FINANCE BACKGROUNDS, THE
MARKETING BACKGROUNDS, IS
THE ONLY OPTION TO CHANGE
WHO WE ARE, AND TO
INTEGRATE THE GIFTS THE
LORD HAS GIVEN US.
Reporter: THIS CAFE
IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW ZION
IS USING BUSINESS AND
MINISTRY HERE IN THAILAND.
I LOVE TO TALK TO
PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS AND
SHOW THEM JESUS' LOVE.
Reporter: THROUGH
WORKING AT ZION, HOPE
HEARD THE MESSAGE OF THE
GOSPEL FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE LIKE
BEFORE YOU STARTED WORKING
HERE?
OH, MY GOSH.
MY LIFE...BEFORE I WAS
LIKE I'M SO SICK.
I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
BUT WHEN I KNOW JESUS, I
HAVE SO MUCH JOY.
Reporter: ZION WANTS
TO BEGIN WELCOMING
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS
IN A FEW WEEKS.
CBN NEWS.
OKAY.
TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU, MIRANDA.
> FOLKS, THAT IS IT FOR
THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."
WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE
WORLD AND BACK.
SO FAST.
THAT'S HOW WE ROLL, GUYS.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, FROM ALL
OF US HERE, GOOD-BYE
AND...
AND AS ALWAYS, UNTIL WE
MEET AGAIN, GOD BLESS YOU.
