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- [George] This week onChristian World News,
Colorado baker, JackPhillips is under fire again.
We show you how he's fighting back
and why he keeps being targeted
- [Wendy] Plus, catastrophic flooding
kills hundreds and displaces more than
one million people Kerala, India.
Hear how Christiansthere are demonstrating
Christ's love to the victims.
- And a Michigan pastorinvades a Muslim community
with the gospel
to transform one of thelargest Muslim populations
in the United States.
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Hello, everyone.
Welcome to this week's editionof Christian World News,
I'm George Thomas.
- And I'm Wendy Griffith.
When the Supreme Court ruled this summer
in favor of Colorado
baker, Jack Phillips for refusing to bake
a gay wedding cake,
many people believedhis troubles were over.
But, as it turned out,.
That's not the case.
Heather Sells has the story.
- [Heather] Six years ago,
authorities went after Jack Phillips
for refusing to bake acake for a gay wedding.
Now he's in trouble again
this time, for refusing to make a cake
celebrating a gender transition.
- The Bible teaches that God made
male and female
and I believe
we don't get to choose that
and we don't get to change that.
- [Heather] That's apolitically incorrect belief
these days.
Regent University lawprofessor, Brad Jacob
says it makes sense thatPhillips is once again
in hot water.
- Phillips has become a target now.
The,
Lesbian, Gay, you know, Bisexual,
Transgender community in Colorado
has focused on him.
He's become kind of
the poster boy of
Christians who don't accept
all the practices of
the gay community
and so it's not particularly surprising
that they're going after him again.
- [Heather] The Supreme Court's ruling
helps put the target on Phillips's back
by failing to address hisclaim that he has the right
to obey his conscience.
Instead, the Justices blame
the Colorado Civil Rights Commission
for showing hostility to his beliefs
and now that the Commissionis after him again,
Phillips says that thathostility is back too.
But this time, he'sgoing on the offensive.
- The state is essentially empowering
people who wanna harass him
to file these complaints and to
essentially bring him down
by continuing to
harass him through thesediscrimination charges.
And so,
we need the federalcourt to step in and say
the state can't allow that.
- [Heather] Jacob says it's not clear
that the Commission isindeed targeting Phillips,
although he believes it could have ignored
the latest complaint.
- The Commission certainly could say,
"We've already gone after this guy once,
let's drop it, let's leave him alone."
- [Heather] What's needed ultimately is
for the high court to decidejust how people of faith
can draw the line when itcomes to same sex marriage,
gender transition, andother social issues.
Until then, believersface a host of questions
and uncertain consequences.
Heather Sells, CBN News.
- Thank you, Heather.
More than 10,000 peopleput their faith in Christ
during Pastor Greg Laurie'sSouthern California Harvest
this past weekend.
Nearly 100,000 people were there
as you can see there
and were encouraged to bring their Bibles
to show support for the word of God.
As CBN News reported earlier,
billboards advertising the event
showing Laurie with a Bible were removed
due to complaints and threats.
Laurie told the crowd,
"Hold up your Bibles.
"We are not ashamed of the word of God."
- Amen to that.
- Yes, indeed.
- Well have you everexperienced a miracle?
The lady you're about to meet believes
they should be common to Christians.
- At 94, this evangelisthas seen her share
of supernatural events,as you can imagine.
Now, she's written
a book about them.
- [Tracy] At 94 years young,
Mickie Winborn still runs a ministry
out of her home in Houston, Texas.
She recently published her third book
Stepping in to the Supernatural,
which documents hertravels around the world.
From war zones like Panama
during the U.S. invasion,
to China where she smuggledBibles in her suitcase.
- I wrote the book
Stepping into the Supernatural
to help people.
There is truly a supernatural, of course.
Unfortunately, there is one of darkness
and one of light.
- [Tracy] Winborn, an ordained minister
has served the Lord passionately
for nearly 75 years.
She says it's normal
for Christians to receivegifts of the Holy Spirit
that line up with the Scriptures.
Like miracles, healings,
and prophecies.
- I have seen Him do
incredible miracles.
And, you know,
some of them are kinda
breathtaking, really.
People get out of wheelchairs
and walk.
We had a lot of
limbs
lengthened, arms, legs
lengthened.
- A 2016 study by Christian Research
points to a large number of people
who say they've experiencedthe supernatural.
Most of those experiencesinvolve answered prayers
and healings.
She knows firsthand
the pain and the fear
that comes with sickness.
In her 30s, she was diagnosed with
terminal ovarian cancer.
After months of fervent prayer
along with medical treatment,
she says God revealedto her un-confessed sin
including stubbornness, which the Bible
compares to idolatry.
- I was totally unaware, unconscious
of being in that sin.
I was a Christian.
In fact, I was becoming a Christian later.
But,
the Lord is faithful.
And the Holy Spirit told me
also how to pray
and that was to pray for mercy.
- [Tracy] Winborn has been cancer free
for nearly 60 years
and doctors verify that.
She even shared her testimony
on CBN's The 700 Club
back in the 1970s.
Now, she prays that otherswill experience the same mercy
God showed her.
She even talks about why some people pray
but never see the healingthey so desperately desire.
- My experience
has been three reasons.
Fear, unbelief,
and unforgiveness.
The main one is unforgiveness.
And God says
he's forgiven us so much
we must forgive others.
If we want our prayersanswered, we must forgive.
- [Tracy] She even goes on to say
obedience to the word of God is vital
to expecting your own miracles.
- We can
put our life into His hands
as we obey His words.
If we'll stay
scripturally based,
we won't fall into pits.
If we'll obey God,
we'll have a good life.
- [Tracy] On top of selling her books,
Winborn speaks in churches
specifically to college studentsand the younger generation
like her grandchildrenand great-grandchildren.
And,
she has no plans to retire anytime soon.
- I been to the Lord threetimes about retiring.
(laughter)
So anyway,
He didn't want me to rest.
And I haven't not goneback to Him since then.
So,
you'll understand why.
And so consequently,
I am going to take a vacation.
That's about it.
- [Tracy] Tracy Winborn, CBN News,
Washington.
- [Wendy] Wow, what a story.
Thanks, Tracy.
Coming up, how the local church in India
braves flood waters to help victims.
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Did you know there aremore than 148 million
orphans in the world today?
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But it was three little girls
that taught me aboutthe plight of orphans.
My husband and I spent nearly a month
immersed in the daily activities
of the Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw firsthand the utter loneliness,
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.
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Because every child deservesthe chance to be happy.
- And welcome back toChristian World News.
The worst flooding in India
in a century has killed hundreds of people
and displaced nearly a million.
In some villages, floodwaters up to 10 feet high
entered homes.
Officials say thousands of rescuers
are still trying to reach people
and deliver relief supplies
to isolated areas using hundreds of boats
and nearly two dozen helicopters.
- I recently spoke with Gospel for Asia's
Doctor Daniel
who experienced theflood and went out in it
to help those stranded and in danger.
- I remember
it was actually the flood situation
was so much that there were houses,
ground floors of housescompletely flooded.
Then I tell what happened was that,
you know, I
was stranded in one of these places
trying to rescue some people
in a boat.
Now imagine that this is a freeway,
it's a highway.
It's a big four way
kind of traffic
place.
But the only way you could go through
was with a big truck
and then,
once the truck wouldn'tgo into the bi-ways,
you had to use a boat, a fishing boat.
I mean, there was so much water and
when we got actually stuck, we got out
of the boat.
You had to swim.
And you had to swim to houses,you had to swim to places.
And people came
to us
swimming to get waterand grab whatever it is.
However, the good news is that
actually, since that one week
the rains have stopped
by God's grace.
The past two days
we've not had that heavy rain.
So the water has come down
and if you go to the same places now,
you'd be surprised.
You'd be like,
"Did you have that much water here?"
And the only thing which
reminds us
are the marks on the walls
of the houses
where the water was there.
You can actually see it.
So it's drastically come down.
So the situation is
far better
but, it was
quite horrific on the ground.
- Well this is home for you, Dr. Daniel,
and you know the people very well there.
How are they holding up?
- I think this has beenone of those times when
I was,
there was two kind ofemotions going through.
One, it's my own people, I'm here,
and the place where westay was actually safe.
It's like there was light in the city,
top of the hill.
We were safe.
But right around us, you had so many
struggling and suffering
all through
the two to three days.
But,
the good side which I saw was
everywhere, people justcoming together to help.
I mean, young people
on all the social media
just forming groups and thenhey, there's a person here
and there's a person here.
Some creating apps and
somehow...
So you saw on one side
complete devastation, hopelessness.
But on the other side, you actually saw
help pouring in
from all quarters.
And I would say that
there's quite a bit of resilience
which these,
our people showed.
And in fact, I was quite surprised
that when we went to
some of these interior places under water,
under water, what it means is
ground floor is flooded andpeople staying on rooftops
with things to help,
they would actually tell us,
"Now, we've got some help, go beyond us.
"There are people beyond us,
"we know there are there.
"Please go find themout, give them the help,
"which you were gonna give to us."
So there was so much of,
you know, thinking about others,
how can we help?
And so it's brought the whole
state together which hasbeen an amazing thing to see,
although it is
complete disaster and tragedy
at this time.
- So amazing how disasters can sometimes
bring the best out in us.
Well, you can see the full interview
with Dr. Johnson, Daniel Johnson
on our website
CBNnews.com.
- Thousands of Evangelical churches
in Rwanda are being temporarily shut down
because of new government requirements.
Special correspondent Miranda Leah
Is in Rwanda and spoke with a few pastors
about what's happening there.
- This is the sanction that was posted
on religious buildingsthroughout the nation
requiring that the buildings be closed
until updates can be made.
It's a setback that manyEvangelical churches
just weren't prepared for.
- So many people
just, you know, like
discouraged.
- [Miranda] Rwanda's government is closing
thousands of churchesand dozens of mosques
because the buildings do not comply
with the country's safety standards.
- [Miranda] Some ofthese safety requirements
include having at least onepoint five acres of land,
a parking lot,
a soundproofed building,
and at least four bathroom stalls.
More long standing churches
have been able to makethe upgrades quickly.
Others, however, havebeen closed for months.
Church communities say they understand
the necessity of the upgrades,
however, some worry they'llnever be able to afford them.
- The Rwandan government says
they're not trying to targeta particular religion,
but just asking that thosesafety standards be met.
So far, over 6,000 churcheshave been shut down.
In Kabooga, Miranda Leah,
CBN News.
- [Wendy] Thanks, Miranda.
Coming up, watch the transformation
in Dearborn, Michigan,
home to one of the largestMuslim populations in the U.S.
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- [Woman] The seatbelt,
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The city of Dearborn, Michigan
recently made headlines
after one of its residentswas captured in Syria
and accused of working for ISIS.
- Yeah, Dearborn has alarge Muslim population,
but that recent news doesn't
reflect the good thingsthat are happening there.
CBN's Mark Martin
shows us what's going on.
- Dearborn is known for being home
of the Ford Motor Company.
It's also home to one of the largest
Muslim populations in the country.
Drive around town and it's like
you were transported to the Middle East.
Nearly half of Dearborn'spopulation is Muslim.
Out of the 90,000 residents,
approximately 40,000 practice Islam.
80% are Shia Muslims, mainly from Lebanon
and Iraq.
20% are Sunnis,
mainly from Yemen.
- That makes
this area the largest concentration
of Arab Shia Muslims in the United States.
And that mosque behind us
is actually a Shia mosque.
It's definitely the largest
Shia mosque in the United States.
- [Mark] It's known as theIslamic Center of America.
John Koski views himselfas a Christian missionary
to Muslims here.
He's also the Associate Pastor
at Springwells Church,
an Assembly of God congregation
led by Pastor Trey Hancock
and his wife, Becky.
The church sits less than 10 minutes away
from the Islamic Center of America
in the heart of a neighborhood
that's 97% Muslim.
- Jesus said,
"I want you here,"
so we're here.
And,
I mean, what better placein the whole wide world,
you know, to find peoplethat don't know Jesus
that need him
and need what
Jesus has to offer
right here.
We're not making it hard forthem to come to the Lord.
- [Mark] The church began meeting
in the Hancock's home in 2000.
More than a decade afterthe pastor and his family
first arrived in Dearbornto minister to Muslims.
Hancock says he heard the call of God
while in Dearborn receivingcultural training.
- And just walking in, just praying,
got down about right here.
Right here at this very spot.
And the Lord spoke to me and said,
"If you're gonna learn about these people,
"you got to live with 'em."
I thought, "Whoa,
"that didn't come from me."
I knew who that was.
It was really clear,it was really distinct,
and it was a,
it was a prompting from the Holy Spirit.
And I said, "Okay, Lord."
- [Mark] That step of faith
has led to a thriving ministry.
In addition to Sunday services,
church outreach includesdrama presentations,
a wrestling club,
and English as a Second Language classes
which include learningBible verses in Arabic
and English.
- I think it's very effective
because we're reallybuilding relationships.
We're ministering to their felt needs
and one of the biggest needs
is to learn English as a Second Language.
- [Mark] Koski and others,like Paul Shindelbeck
also take their ministry door to door.
- You said this speaks of
the truth of Jesus?
- Yeah, it speaks about who Jesus was.
- Who Jesus was?
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Mark] Diane Berry serves
through a Christian Taekwondo ministry.
The former Muslim says
Springwells is making a difference.
- It's God.
It's all God, it has to be.
And the supernatural protection as well.
You know, you think about it.
And,
we're welcome here by most because
it's a serving church.
- [Mark] Hancock is overjoyed
when Muslims accept Jesus.
- Lights my fire, man.
When they say yes to Jesus.
(laughs)
It's an amazing thing.
It's amazing thing.
Especially after they get baptized
because that's when they'resaying to the world,
"I belong to Jesus."
- Although rewarding,
ministering in Dearborntakes a lot of work.
Koski says it takes 30gospel presentations
for the average Muslim to accept Christ.
And that's not the only tough part.
In ministering in this area,
spiritual warfare is definitely involved.
For example, Hancock says
in the last decade,
more than a dozen churchesin the Dearborn area
have been sold to Muslimsand turned to mosques.
Churches like this one.
You can see it's now theAmerican Muslim Center
and the cross has beenremoved from the steeple.
On this other former church,
an Islamic House of Wisdom sign
has actually been placed overthe cross on the steeple.
Still, Hancock knows the Muslimswho purchase the churches
are not the enemy.
- I'm not fighting quote, them.
'Cause I want them to come to Jesus.
- [Mark] The pastorlooks forward to the day
he learns many Muslims have responded
to the gospel messagethrough his ministry.
- I hope when I stand in front of the Lord
that there's thousands standing behind me
that I had no idea
that were listening.
- [Mark] He believes thereare more former Muslims
in Dearborn who believein Jesus than can say so
because they're afraid of each other.
And to the secretbeliever, he has a message.
- Find somebody who knows Jesus.
Let them know what you're,
what you're dealing with.
That you've said yes to the Lord.
Even if you have
questions,
ask them to pray for you
and allow Jesus to minister to you.
- [Mark] Mark Martin, CBN News,
Dearborn, Michigan.
- [Wendy] And you can findmore stories like these
at our Christian World News webpage.
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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 spent nearly a month
immersed in the daily activities
of the Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw firsthand the utter loneliness,
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,
and they'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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King David has been part of Jerusalem
for three thousand years.
- And counting.
Now as Chris Mitchell reports
from the Old City of Jerusalem,
a new light and sound show
celebrates his life and legacy.
- [Chris] Four nights aweek, the ancient walls
of the Tower of David Museum
become a canvas
for telling this story of the shepherd boy
who would lead Israel.
- But we don't have objects,
material.
There are not pictures of King David.
So, I decided to make it
through art,
to pieces of art.
And they are masterpieces.
The big masters,
like Segal,
like Raymond, like Matisse,
everyone.
Michelangelo.
So, it was the perfect thing.
Let's travel through art
to meet the King.
- [Chris] And in that journey,
the audience learns how David
became a universal figure.
- David, in the Muslim religion
is a prophet.
For the Christian,
it's in the roots
of Christ.
And for the Jews,
he reunify all the tribes in one site
in Jerusalem.
The capital of the Jewish people.
- To see the story of King David
was a dream because
as you know, this
citadel called after his name.
And he's the king whoestablished the city,
he is
the king of the Bible,
he's the musician, and we feel
it's a gift, actually for him.
King David left
his legacy,
which is the music andthe songs of the Theleme.
(song of David)
- [Chris] Behind the scenes,
the show requires a huge technical effort.
It takes 35 million pixels,
18 laser projectors, 20 speakers,
and more than six miles of cables.
- Each computer'sconnected to a projector.
What's powerful is the software behind the
system that synchronizes maps
controls,
and does almost everythingbehind the scenes of the show.
- [Chris] Yet, thetechnology and King David
are designed to bring people
to the city of Jerusalem.
- We want to open this place
for people from all over the world.
We feel
this space can connect peoplefrom all over the world
who love Jerusalem.
- [Chris] Chris Mitchell, CBN News,
the Tower of David, Jerusalem.
- Wow.- Amazing technology.
- Something else toput on your list to see
when you're in Jerusalem.
- That's right, exactly.
- The next time you're in Jerusalem.
- You too.
- Next year in Jerusalem.
- Next year in Jerusalem.
Folks, that is it for this week's edition
of Christian World News.
- Until next week, from all of us here,
goodbye, and as always,
God bless you.
