- [George] This week onChristian World News,
we'll take you to one of themost unreached places on earth.
It's known as the land of the blue sky
and it's where a camp ischanging lives one young person
at a time.
- [Wendy] Plus, meet the manwho went from documenting
the Holocaust to telling the world
about the horrors of ISIS.
See how this priest is helping the victims
of a modern day genocide.
- And Chicago, it's one ofthe most dangerous cities
in America, meet theChristians who are ushering
in a big move of God andhealing hearts in Jesus' name.
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Hello everyone, welcome to
this edition of ChristianWorld News, I'm George Thomas.
- And I'm Wendy Griffith.
Well, today we're taking you to Mongolia.
It's one of the mostremote regions of the world
and very few people therehave heard about Jesus Christ.
- That is correct, not too long ago,
a Russian Christianteam went to the region
to spread the good news of the gospel.
I had the privilege of escorting the team
on it's missionary journey.
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Mongolia is known as theland of the blue sky.
That's because people here enjoy more
than 250 sunny days a year.
Landlocked between China and Russia,
it's one of the world's leastdensely populated countries,
with just over three million people.
More than half live inthe bustling capital city
of Ulaanbatar.
The rest of Mongolia, whichis roughly three times
the size of France looks like this,
vast, treeless grasslands where
most people live a nomadic lifestyle,
raising sheep, goats,cattle, camels and horses.
And as I discovered thereare hardly any paved roads.
First time driving here in Mongolia.
I grew up in Africa, Iloved driving a stick shift,
so I'm very, very comfortableon these kinds of roads.
So this is fantasticand there's no traffic.
I recently joined 46 Christiansfrom neighboring Russia
heading to remote Western Mongolia
where few have heard themessage of Christ's love.
Pavel Barsokov led the mission.
- [Interpreter] The heartof my Lord, Jesus Christ
is for the lost and hurting.
I want to have the same heart.
- [George] For nine yearsBarsokov has made dozens of trips
to Mongolia, bringing alongyoung Russian Christians
trained and equipped to serve
as possible missionaries and evangelists.
17 year old Alena told CBN News,
she got the call tomissions at a young age.
This is her third visit to Mongolia.
- [Interpreter] I read abook about a missionary
in a foreign country andsince then I have had
this burning desire to shareGod's love with people.
- [George] This is NatashaGorodnuk's first trip.
She wants to serve in Nepal.
- [Interpreter] Everytime I think about it,
my heart breaks because Iknow the calling on my life
and I know what I'm supposed to do.
- [George] For several weeks,Natasha, Alena and four dozen
other Russians partneredwith Mongolian Christians
to hold evangelisticcamps for young people.
- [Interpreter] Westarted working together
with our Russian brothersand sisters several years ago
to reach my people with God's love.
What we are doing is vitalfor changing hearts and minds.
- [George] In between playing games
and enjoying other outdoor activities,
camp organizers like NatashaGreshenko introduced Mongolians
to Christianity.
This is her 10th visit.
- [Interpreter] These kidsare the future of Mongolia.
They're future pastors,future church planters
and possibly futureleaders of this country.
(speaking in foreign language)
God willing they will carrythe gospel in their hearts
and part donation for Christ.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [George] To betterappreciate the significance
of these camps you haveto understand the history
of Christianity here in Mongolia.
Shortly after the fall of communism
there were only 10 believersin the entire country.
Today some 26 years later,some 60,000 believers
are spread across this vast nation.
- [Interpreter] We arein a remote western part
of Mongolia and it is still oneof the most unreached places
in the world.
- [George] Michael Cherenovwith Mission Eurasia
cosponsors the camps.
His group focuses onraising the next generation
of Christian leaders in countriesof the former Soviet Union
and surrounding nations.
- [Interpreter] Sometimes we think
that people around theworld know about Jesus
but there are places like this
that haven't been touched by the gospel.
- And so camps like thisone serve as an ideal ground
for sharing the gospel,
whoa, with young people.
Lives like that of 22 yearold Buyanaa Davaasambuu.
She accepted Christ while attending camp
here as a little girl.
She graduated from Bible college in May
and is now preparing togo on the mission field.
- [Interpreter] This camp was foundational
to knowing God's loveand preparing my heart
to be a missionary.
I try to come back everyyear to share my experiences
of how I encountered Christ.
- [George] For others like16 year old Mashbat Baasan
a Buddhist, this wasthe first time learning
about Christianity.
- [Interpreter] I learnedin the Bible study today
that God created theheavens and the earth,
the animals and creatures of the sea.
I never knew of these stories before.
- [George] This is alsoKhulium Myagmardorj
first camp experience.
[Interpreter] Many Mongoliansdon't believe in Jesus
and before I came to the camp
I also thought I didn't needto know anything about him.
But now my heart is changedand I've learned so much more
about Christianity.
- [George] In all some1,000 young Mongolians
heard the gospel, many ofthem for the first time.
- [Interpreter] I know thereis all this controversy
about Trump and alleged Russian collusion.
But I encourage Christiansin both of our countries
not to focus on this.
Millions of people around theworld are going through hell
because they don't know Jesus Christ.
I'm not interested in politics,
I'm interested abouttelling people about Jesus.
Lives are in the balanceand we are commanded to go
and tell others about Christ's love.
This is what we aredoing here in Mongolia.
- That is such a great story and George
how cool is it to see Russian
missionaries ministering- Missionaries, yeah.
to these Mongolians?
- Absolutely, the midst of (mumbles)
as the pastor said in the midst of all
this talk about collusion
and certain politics.- Politics.
- Here are Russians who are,they're just sold out for Jesus
and their focus is going tothese remote parts of Mongolia
to share the gospel, awesome.
- Alright, love it, thank you so much.
Well, up next, an in-depth look
at the terrorists factories run by ISIS,
where entire villages are murdered.
Here how one organizationis rescuing captives
and changing lives, after this.
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- Hello I'm Terry Meeuwsen.
Did you know there are morethan 148 million orphans
in the world today?
148 million but it was three little girls
that taught me aboutthe plight of orphans.
My husband and I spentnearly a month immersed
in the daily activitiesof the Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw first hand the utterloneliness, the pain of rejection
and the overwhelming desire to be loved.
That experience changed me forever.
And out of it grew aministry from my heart
called Orphan's Promise.
Today, we're helping orphansand vulnerable children
in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Thousands of childrenare now in safe homes.
They're being educated andthey're learning life skills.
I'm asking you to joinwith me and become family
to these children.
Will you call the numberon your screen right now?
Because every child deservesa chance to be happy.
- A Turkish court has rejected
an appeal for the release of
American evangelicalpastor Andrew Brunson.
The 50 year old Brunson is being tried
on charges related toespionage and terrorism
which both he and the U.S.government vehemently deny.
President Trump slap sanctionson two Turkish officials
over the dispute and doubledsteel and aluminum tariffs.
Turkey retaliated today withtariffs on some U.S. goods.
- For several years,actually for three years
to be specific, ISIS ruledlarge parts of Iraq and Syria.
In that time the radicalIslamic group targeted religious
and ethnic minorities for genocide.
Now a French Catholic priest is working
to hold them accountable for their crimes.
As CBN's Erik Rosales showsus, Father Patrick Desbois
is uniquely qualified for the job.
That's because he spent 10years documenting Nazi crimes
during the Holocaust.
(singing in foreign language)
- [Erik] This ISIS propagandavideo shows Yazidis men
being paraded around in a rocky village,
caged in the back of a truck.
(sings in foreign language)
Terrorists then linethem up in front of a pit
and shoot the men one by one.
- ISIS, we know they are enemies
but we know much less about them.
- Father Patrick Desboisis documenting crimes
ISIS had committed againstthe Yazidis people,
an ancient religious minority in Iraq.
His group Yahad In-Unum, which translates
to together in one hasinterviewed nearly 300 Yazidis
recounting stories of rapes, executions
and other vicious crimes.
- [Erik] Father Desbois says ISIS is
an effective killing machine operating
almost scientificallymuch like Hitler did,
methodically killing Jewsduring the Holocaust.
He writes about hisfindings in his new book
The Terrorist Factory,ISIS, The Yazidi Genocide
And Exporting Terror.
- (mumbles) was a Germanwhen they arrived there.
- [Erik] For 15 years,Father Desbois studied
the mass murder of 1.5 million Jews
by Hitler's mobile death squad.
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He and his team interviewednearly six thousand witnesses,
reconstructed thousands of massacres
and identified nearly 2500previous unknown execution sites.
That work has resulted in two books,
documenting what Father Desbois has dubbed
the Holocaust By Bullets.
He says the Nazis and ISIS share tactics
such as public executionsand enlisting local help
in their murders.
- [Erik] Father Desboissays in both instances,
the victims often end up thatsame night in mass graves,
many times buried alive.
It's the same system, the same methodology
and the same evil.
(singing in foreign language)
But what makes ISIS more dangerous
is boys from ages sevento 11 are sent to camps
to be turned into terrorists.
He said their days arefilled with Islamic prayers,
terrorist training and learning the Koran.
Each night they're exposedto videos of beheadings
and crucifixions.
- Father Desbois' organization
is now helping the kids find their souls
with the Yuhad Center in Kurdistan Iraq.
Volunteers teach the kidsabout Jesus, his love
and forgiveness whilethe women learn skills
such as sewing to support themselves.
Father Desbois says it'simportant to not just prove
that murderous acts took place
but to prove such killingsare not an unstoppable,
global force and withGod change is possible.
Erik Rosales, CBN News.
- A series of powerful earthquakes
have left hundreds of Indonesians dead
and thousands injuredon the Island of Lombok.
Within hours, CBN's OperationBlessing Indonesia team
was in the earthquake zonebringing help to the victims.
Gary Lane has the story.
- [Gary] The initial quake measured 6.9
on the Richter scaleand within several days
the people of Lombok were struck
with two more devastating tremors.
In addition to the dead and injured,
at least 20,000 people are homeless.
The island of Lombok is nearBali, a popular vacation spot.
It's in the eastern part of the country
along the rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
CBN's Regional Director forSoutheast Asia, Mark McClendon
is leading the OperationBlessing relief effort.
He says people are frightenedthe earth may shake again.
- The collective trauma ofthree earthquakes in a row
has cost tens of thousands of people
to choose the sleep outdoors,nobody wants to sleep inside.
Even the largest hospital on the island
now is on the brink of collapse
and all of the patients are inthe parking lot under tents.
And it's into this situation
that Operation Blessing doctors and nurses
have come to bringmedical help and relief.
- [Gary] This man named Bohri came
to an Operation Blessingbase camp looking for help.
An OB medical team responded immediately
and were shocked to findhundreds of people in the village
of Karang Anyer in desperateneed of medical attention.
A third earthquakedestroyed almost every house
in the village, leaving manypeople traumatized and wounded.
The entire village isnow sleeping outside.
But the Operation Blessing team
didn't just bring doctorsto bandage the wounds
and medicines to takeaway pain and sickness,
they also brought hope and trauma relief.
- [Interpreter] I felt so sorry because
no medical help had come for my village.
So I finally went to find help.
I am so happy and deeplythankful for the team
that came to our village today.
- [Gary] McClendon saysmore help is on the way.
- More medical teams,blankets, food, water, tarps,
everything that we can do and share
to help ease the suffering of these people
on the island of Lombok.
- [Gary] Gary Lane, CBN News.
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- [George] Coming up,the battle to take back
the streets of Chicago.
We'll head into the heart of the city
to see how Christians aremaking the city safer.
That story when we return.
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- [Woman] We have avehicle that is upside down
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- [Woman] My feet were on fire,
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- [Man] There was fire comingin through my left door.
The steering wheel was stuckin my chest, I couldn't move.
- [Woman] The seatbelt, Ikept trying to release it
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And I just screamed God,send your angels now.
I saw a set of just white hands,
it was just a burst of white light.
- And welcome back toChristian World News.
There's a hidden war in America
and it seems Chicago is ground zero.
In the first weekend of August alone,
this year 75 people were shotdown in the city streets.
- Pretty amazing stuff,that more than 300 people
have been killed this year.
City leaders have no solutionsfor this senseless violence
so now it's up to the Church
to win back these dangerous neighborhoods.
Charlene Aaron has the story.
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- [Reporter] Just after midnight Sunday
on Chicago's west side,two men shot at a crowd
during a block party.
- [Charlene] Rising temperaturescontribute to hot tempers.
- [Reporter] Police sayfrom 10 Saturday morning
to 10 Sunday morning,at least 34 were shot
including five killed.
- [Charlene] And the windy city
has become anything but relaxing.
- These shootings are not random,
they are fueled by gang conflicts.
- The Mayor and otherscalling for healing.
I am here in the heart of Chicago
on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive,
also known as murder drive.
Believers here are joining together
to win people to JesusChrist one block at a time.
40 days of outreach called Jesus Summer
began on a rainy day, veryappropriate given the tears shed
in this city due to deadly gun violence.
- Let the spirit of violencebe bound in this city
and let the spirit of peaceby loosed in this city.
We declare peace on Austin Street,
we declare peace in this city,in the name of Jesus Christ,
the son of the living God.
- [Charlene] Prayers turned into action
as believers across denominational lines
hit the streets in ministry opportunities,
such as feeding thehomeless, street evangelism,
a tent revival and events for kids.
- This is one of theroughest neighborhoods
there are in Chicago.
- [Charlene] Pastor DimasSalaberrios is from New York
but helped to spearhead thecity's Jesus Summer Project.
- We're empowering thechurches with millions
of dollars worth of merchandise
to make sure that we can try to hit
every home in Chicago with the gospel.
So that's the mission and there'smultiple events happening.
- [Charlene] A former drugdealer, Salaberrios is fasting
until there are no shootings in Chicago
for at least a week.
His prayers center onthose behind the violence.
- Life over him and it's inJesus' name I pray, amen.
- Amen.
- I used to be kingpin drug dealer man,
I sold drugs almost all my life.
- [Charlene] He recently shared the gospel
with local gang members.
- When you reach the shootersand the shootings stops,
that brings peace.
- [Charlene] While ministry here is hard,
Salaberrios has seen breakthroughs
such as the result of prayingwith angry protestors,
following the death of a blackman at the hands of police.
- We just started to pray for people.
We started to target people that we saw
that were really upset or were angry.
We said, could we pray for you.
We watched God's peaceliterally come over them.
- [Charlene] Chicago native, Donovan Price
connected with PastorSalaberrios when he arrived
in the city.
As a victim's advocate,he sees the violence
and it's impact up close.
- About 20 minutes aftershots fired I arrive.
When the family arrivesI support the family,
help them through this three
or four hour process at the scene.
Sometimes you cant' always say a prayer
or spout a scripture.
Sometimes it's about loving and comforting
and having them feel thatpresence around somebody
that they know that the HolySpirit is taking care of them.
They know that God is there.
- [Charlene] Our camerasfollowed Salaberrios
and several ministry partnersas they shared the gospel.
- A lot of people watch the show
and I know it was strange to see me here
and I was a little out of place, you know,
and wonder what I'm doing walking around.
But yeah, we just told themwe're here 'cause we love them
and just wanted to hug on them
and I try to show Jesus through our lives.
- [Charlene] Many responded.
- A young lady waswalking across the street
in front of the apartmentsbehind us known as the projects,
you know that's what we refer to them as
and we stopped her and sheadmitted that she needed prayer
and as we continued totalk she admitted I asked,
do you know Jesus as yoursavior and she says no.
And I was like, can today be your day?
You don't have to be perfect.
And she was just so brokenand she just said yes.
And so we ministered toher and prayed for her
and then her son also accepted Christ.
- [Charlene] Although theshootings keep happening
and Jesus Summer ends August 26th,
Salaberrios will keeppushing for a lasting change.
- We're committed to goas long as we possibly can
to draw attention to this,
to get more Christians tocome out, walk these streets.
'Cause it's only about 1500 shooters
and if we can concentrate on that group,
we can change the city of Chicago.
- [Charlene] CharleneAaron, CBN News, Chicago.
- Thanks Charlene, God bless them,
great to see thathappening there in Chicago
and to see more storiesof the Church in action.
You can log onto our websiteChristian World News,
or find it at cbnnews.com.
We'll be right back.
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- Hello, I'm Terry Meeuwsen.
Did you know there are morethan 148 million orphans
in the world today, 148 million.
But it was three littlegirls that taught me
about the plight of orphans.
My husband and I spentnearly a month immersed
in the daily activitiesof the Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw first hand the utter loneliness,
the pain of rejection andthe overwhelming desire
to be loved.
That experience changed me forever.
And out of it grew a ministry
from my heart called Orphan's Promise.
Today, we're helping orphansand vulnerable children
in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Thousands of childrenare now in safe homes.
They're being educated andthey're learning life skills.
I'm asking you to join with me
and become family to these children.
Will you call the numberon your screen right now
because every child deservesa chance to be happy.
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- [Narrator] When yougive, smiles grow bigger.
When you care, homes are happier.
When you comfort, the hurt goes away.
When we all come togetherto love, miracles happen.
- And finally on the broadcast this week,
a new exhibit honoringthe Reverend Billy Graham
provides a rare lookinto his personal life.
- Indeed, John Jessup takesus inside Washington's Museum
of the Bible for a closerlook at the relationship
between America's pastor andthe gospel he proclaimed.
- [John] Through giantpictures and quotes,
the presence of BillyGraham looms large here,
much like in his life.
Now months after his death,
this exhibit brings a moreintimate image into focus.
Books, Bibles and other belongings display
the pilgrim preacher'sjourney from a young boy
to a man who reached millions,
including this exhibit'sdesigner Anthony Schmidt.
- This one is from his revivalcampaign in New York City.
- [John] He rememberswatching Graham on TV
with his parents and evenattended Graham's last crusade.
- Very early on, he embracedtechnology and media
and that's what set him apart.
- [John] For more than 60years, Graham used radio,
television, film and mass crusades
to teach from the Holy Scriptures.
- We really wanted to explore
how Graham understoodand interpreted the Bible
and then how that shaped his ministry.
- [John] From now throughJanuary, the exhibit contains
never before seen items fromthe Billy Graham library.
You can see everythingfrom class notes taken
in Bible school topersonal message written
to his mom and dad
and even a pair of warissue military boots
he wore in Korea in 1952.
The exhibit also highlights his impact
on culture and politics.
- He was the prayer warrior in the family.
- [John] Earlier this year, Graham's son
and ministry successor told CBN News,
despite his father's prominence,
he always understood his calling.
- My father never wanted to be celebrity
and maybe that's why God used him.
- This is Billy Graham'spersonal New Testament Bible.
Now throughout his ministryBilly Graham just wanted
to be known as a preacher ofthe gospel of Jesus Christ
which is on his tombstonein North Carolina.
Throughout this exhibityou'll see artifacts
and images that reinforce justhow important the Bible was
from the beginning ofhis ministry to the end,
to the sermon that waspreached at his funeral.
John Jessup, CBN News, Washington.
- And that last shot wasthe Billy Graham Museum
down in Charlotte.
- And you've been there.
- I have, fantastic.
- What a life.- Indeed.
- Well, folks that is itfor this week's edition
of Christian World News.
- Until next week from all of us here,
goodbye and as always God bless you.
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