- [Narrator] TorbenSondergaard is the founder

of The Last Reformation,

a worldwide movement which seeks

to return Christianityto the Book of Acts.

He also began The Jesus Center in Denmark

which train disciples from 30 nations

to spread this message around the world.

But Torben and his familyfled Denmark this year

like refugees fleeing a war zone.

Leaving with only what they could carry

in eight suitcases.

The attacks against theministry began in 2016

when The Jesus Center was investigated

by six different Danishgovernment agencies,

for everything from foodsafety to unpaid taxes.

Officials found nothing wrong.

Then last year, the government

began to investigatethe Sondergaard family

when they began homeschooling.

When they put their daughterback into public school

the investigations didn't stop.

But the worst was yet to come.

Torben Sondergaard's life and ministry

would take a dramatic turnwhen Danish TV approached him

and said it wanted to doa profile of his ministry.

It sounded like it could be very positive.

It wasn't.

Danish TV sent, not only a film crew,

it also sent two undercover reporters

into Torben's ministry,

one who said he wanted to follow Jesus

and was even baptized.

And another who pretendedto be mentally ill.

The result was a news documentarycalled Gods Best Children.

It lumped Torben in with other so-called

radical Christian ministries

that had had seriousmoral or ethical failures

or even criminal activity.

- When I saw that, I was like

I'm finished now, noone will trust me again.

- [Narrator] Torben watchedin horror as he saw himself

depicted on national TV as aliar, as an abuser of children

and the mentally unstable through healings

and so called exorcisms.

And as a quack who takesmedicine away from the sick,

something he says he's never done.

- I've been doing ministry for 18 years,

I never had problems,I never had complaints

not like, of course therehave been misunderstandings,

people have maybe got hurt and so on,

like every other churchand every other ministry

but when this programstarted it just changed

the whole atmosphere in Denmark.

We were like, we need to leave Denmark,

this is not going to stop.

- [Narrator] It didn't.

Torben became a punching bag on Danish TV,

as guests on news showspushed for a new law against

Christians who allegedlyinflicted mental violence

on children throughhealings and deliverance.

- And then there's inter-Eurostate church priests,

talking about how we werethe evil people coming

as a predator to find theweak animals who were sick

and eat them and how we wantedto take people into the cult.

- [Narrator] Then thedemands grew in the media

for Torben to be investigatedfor the crime of quackery.

- And I just saw therethat I was already guilty

in the minds of the politicians,

I was already guilty inthe minds of the people

for something I had nothing to do with.

- [Narrator] Torben was now a marked man,

viewed as a dangerous personby many of his countrymen,

worried that he would loose his children.

- We had people start to call us

saying that you have to leave Denmark now.

Because they're not going to stop.

They want to continue getting you down,

so we bought a ticket to America,

and two days later we packed our suitcases

and we left with our kids to America.

And it was very stressful.

And now our center is closed,

we had 80,000 square feetcenter, it's closed down,

our work is closed down,everything is closed down.

- [Narrator] TheSondergaards have appealed

to the US government for political asylum.

Torben has testified in a sworn affidavit

that if he is returned to Denmark,

he risked being imprisoned,and having his minor daughter

removed from their family.

The Danish press agency hasruled that Torben was misled

by the journalist whomade the documentary,

but there's no governmentagency in Denmark

that can give Torben his reputation back,

or guarantee his freedom if he returns.

Torben now waits to seeif his asylum request

will be approved, and hesaid he dreams of starting

a Jesus center like he hadin Denmark here in America.

- And I believe through allof this, I also have a message

to people in America, thatwe need to be prepared,

we need to be alert, to saythat this would never happen

in America, that is a lie,

I have said the same in Denmark,

this is going to come to America.

- Dale Hurd CBN News.