- Guys loved me.

- [Gordon] Introduced intothe sex industry at 19.

- Well, I'm good atsomething, I feel in control

and I'm making a lot of money.

- [Gordon] But dreaded being alone.

- [Corrine] I was afraid of death.

Thinking I'm gonna die everyday.

- [Gordon] So why did thisdancer leave the stage

in the middle of a routine.

- [Corrine] Oh my goodness.

I think I'm hearing things.

- Plus, it's a streetwhere you might get shot.

So why are 200 childrenhere for Sunday school?

Find out the answers ontoday's 700 Club Interactive.

Well, welcome to the show.

Alex Trebek, the host of"Jeopardy" announced back in March

that he had been diagnosed

with stage four pancreatic cancer.

He's been open about his cancer journey

and recently shared that hewas resuming chemo therapy

because his doctors told himhis numbers are too high.

- [Terry] On a recent showone contestant Dhruv Garr

of Gainesvill, Georgia,wanted to let Alex know

he was supported and loved,wagering almost all his money

in order to do so.

Take a look.

(dramatic music)

- Dhruv, you're smiling.

I like that.

Let's take a look at your response.

Did you come up with the right one?

No?

What is, we love you,Alex, that's very kind.

Thank you.

Cost ya, 1995.

You're left with five bucks, okay.

- Wow.

- Alex's reaction to the momentwent viral on social media,

prompting the hashtag, we love you, Alex.

Dhruv says, "I'm verygrateful, I got the opportunity

"to say what I know everyone was thinking.

"Sending all the love,hashtag, we love you, Alex",

and what a touchingthing to do, to say yes.

- Yeah, wonderful, wonderful.

I mean we all have watchedthat show for so many years

and he's a legend

in his own time.- He's one of

my mother's favorites, ifyou're gonna be with mom

at that time, you'rewatching "Jeopardy" with her.

- I might come and watch with her,

'cause that's what we'redoing in our house too.

Well, in other news, Christiancomedian and YouthTube star,

John Crist, who's knowfor his viral videos

about the Christian faith, millennials

and his check your heart catchphrase,

has canceled the remainderof his latest tour

and postponed future commitments

in light of sexual misconduct allegations.

- [Gordon] At least fivewomen have accused john

of inappropriate sexual behavior and say

that he has used his position to harass,

manipulate and exploit young women

over the last seven years.

John had a Netflix special entitled,

"I Ain't Praying For That,"which was originally scheduled

to air on Thanksgiving day,but the movie streaming service

recently pulled the standup special

from its release calendar.

- [Terry] John has beensilent on social media

but did release this statement.

"While I am not guilty ofeverything I've been accused of,

"I confess to being guilty of this.

"I have treated relationshipswith women far too casually,

"in some cases even recklessly.

"My behavior has beendestructive and sinful.

"I've sinned against God, against women

"and the people who I love the most.

"I have violated my ownChristian beliefs, convictions

"and values and have hurtmany people in the process.

"I am sorry for the hurt andpain I've caused these women

"and will continue toseek their forgiveness.

"I have also hurt the name of Jesus

"and have sought his forgiveness.

"Over several recent yearsI have privately sought

"and received regularprofessional treatment

"for my sexual sin andaddiction struggles.

"I'm committed to gettinghealing and freedom

"from my sin and have decided to cancel

"my remaining tour datesthis year and to postpone

"all future commitments in order to devote

"all my time and energy ongetting healthy spiritually,

"mentally and physically."

- Well I'll just comment,this underscores the problem

we are having in our culturetoday with a hookup culture

and a casual sex culture.

The church hasn't escapedthat and John Crist is yet

another victim, well that'sa hard word to use here,

but it's, what allowed him todevelop this sexual addiction.

That's not an excuse atall for the behavior,

but where does John go now?

If we say we have a culture problem,

we have a hookup culture problem

and that problem is absolutelyinfected into the church,

what do we do now?

- Well, I think that for one thing,

this problem is such an easy one

for someone to strugglewith, because it's personal,

I mean you can do somuch of this privately

in this scenario, therewere other women involved

in the hashtag Me Toomovement that we live in today

that has kind of becomethe unpardonable sin.

However, just as youstruggle with it privately,

I think privately you can deal with it.

It sounds like that's his intention,

like that's what hewants to do and hats off

to you, John, if that'syour plan and your purpose.

It takes some concerted,intentional effort to do that,

it's not something youjust go see a shrink for

a couple of times and voila, you're back

to where you were at, at,where does this lead for him?

I don't really know, Idon't think he knows.

- Yeah, I don't think any of us know,

but it certainly needsto lead to a recognition

that I'm in recovery.

And so, when you are inrecovery, then certain things,

you can't ever go back to.

- Well, and one thingyou don't want to come

out of something like thisis to give the impression

that there is theunpardonable sin out there,

when we acknowledgethat we've fallen short,

that we've made a mess of our lives,

hurt other people, needsome concerted help,

let's get it.

Let's do all the thingsthat need to be done,

he listed all those things,certainly, in the quote

that he gave, so, I think grace and mercy

and prayer for healing for the people

that were a part of that,that were wounded by that.

- Where do the victims go here?

- Well, you know it,

I don't know all of the detailsof how this came to light,

but I think there's probablycounseling needed there

for sure, and when somebodyfeels violated in any sense,

sometimes people are angry,because of rejection,

because things happenedand it didn't become

what you hoped it would become.

Again, you need to get helpto work through these things,

whether they happen to youwhen you're three or 30.

I mean, that's the onlyway we can walk in freedom.

Jesus said, I came toset the captive free,

we're captive to our own poor choices,

our own sin, our own givingin to the temptations

that happen around us and soto me, it diminishes the Gospel

if we say it can't beforgiven, we have to say,

the cross paid it all.

- Well, if the thief onthe cross can be forgiven,

then yeah, anyone be forgiven.- Absolutely, I agree.

- And we need to stand for that.

Jesus Christ came to savesinners of whom I am chief.

So, let's keep that in mind.

My heart goes out to the victims.

- Absolutely, always.- And at the same time,

just like King Solomon,

I looked at the perpetrators and I saw

that there was no one to comfort them.

You can look at the victims and say

there's no one to comfort,but Solomon reminds us,

look at the perpetrators,

there's no one to comfort them either.

And the real solution,

and it is a solution you have to unhook

from the hookup culture,you cannot engage in that,

you can't be as of, like the world at all

and expect to have God smile on that

or excuse it.

Don't excuse yourself.

Realize He's a holy God,He desires holiness.

Not just in our actions,but in our thought life

and in everything that we do.

Let the words of ourmouths and the meditation

of our heart be acceptable in His sight.

And these things alwaysbegin in the meditation

of your heart.

The problem we're living with today is,

we're a porn-saturated culture.

You can't help but see thesethings on cable television

these days, it's just, itseems to be a continual cycle

where the culture's saying, this is okay,

casual, sexual relationships are okay,

realizing the Word of God,sexual immorality is never okay.

And hold to that standard.

Well, a pizza shop is making a difference

in Denver, Colorado.

Pizzability is place wherecustomers get delicious slices

of pizza, but also receive life lessons

on awareness and inclusion.

Almost everyone on staff hassome type of intellectual,

developmental or mental disability.

- [Terry] Tiffany Fixter,

a former special educationteacher, opened Pizzability

to break down stereotypes and show

that individuals withdisabilities can work

and perform well.

Pizzability provides jobtraining and skill development

that can translate intofuture job opportunities,

all while providing customerswith delicious pizza.

The restaurant also aims toserve those with disabilities.

They have a sensory wall, anoise canceling headphone,

sets, plate guards, weighted silverware

as well as braille and picture menus,

they've got it all.

They'll also cut up thepizza into small bites

or even blend it on request,so if you wanna learn more,

go to Pizzability.org, what a great idea.

- Great idea and a great thingto do for the community yeah.

- Absolutely, hats off, Tiffany.

Well, we hear aboutgangs, drugs and violence

almost everyday and thatmakes America's inner cities

dangerous with childrensuffering as collateral damage.

So, how do we reclaim these broken lives?

Take a look.

- Each week, rain or shine,

this open field turns into something

called sidewalk Sunday school.

Complete with music,drama and Bible stories.

And each week, some 200 kidsfrom the housing projects

behind me show up to learn about God.

It's all part of an outreach,called Dallas Metro.

Clay Wallace started theministry 26 years ago.

- The easiest way to reachpeople is to reach them

in their neighborhood, on their turf.

We have a one-hour program,one-hour fast paced,

action program thatcommunicates the Gospel

in a way they can understand.

- [Charlene] Childrenfrom broken families,

danger zones and some of thecity's poorest communities,

attend the weekly gatherings.

- These kids all live inhigh risk crime areas.

Many of our kids have been abused,

physically, emotionally, sexually.

- The crime rate overhere is incredibly high.

Windows broken out,

their doors kicked in.

(kids singing)

- [Charlene] Live musicand practical skits are

just a few ways the ministryhelps to bring peace.

Wallace says, while methods may change,

the message remains the same.

- So, our goal every weekis we teach one verse

to every child.

- They teach it to our kidsand adults can understand

about Jesus Christ.

- [Charlene] CBN News visitedone of the 14 neighborhoods

that host the Biblebased program each week.

- It's one of our original locations

when we started doingSidewalk Sunday School.

The truck that's behind,the side actually opens up

and becomes a stage,there's a stage with legs,

I'd say it's about fourfeet off the ground

and the kids sit on the ground on tarps,

two blue tarps and a green tarp.

- [Charlene] Operationsdirector, James Musyoki says,

"While kids are the main focus,there's a fringe benefit."

- We have parents that comeout and the cool thing is

that not only do the parents come out,

there's people that don'teven have kids that come

and just watch and they'repart of the program,

because they are sodrawn to the atmosphere

that's here on this lot.

- [Charlene] Due to growingneeds, a team program,

weekly food distribution, summer camp

and holiday giveaways have been added.

You never dream thatyou'll have the opportunity

to have impact on tens ofthousands of kids' lives

and that's what's happened over the years.

- [Charlene] TimothyThomas is just one life

transformed by the ministry.

Growing up, his parentsbelonged to a gang.

A path he says, he was sure to follow.

- I was a little hot headed little,

if you could describe aworse teenager, that was me.

The one thing that I heardfrom them that really stuck

was Jesus is your friend.

You should be a friend of God.

- [Charlene] Carina Thomas and her family

often struggle to make ends meet.

She says Dallas Metro was always there

providing love and support.

- They were out there every single week,

knocking on our door and to some families,

I can be kinda like, they're back,

why are they always coming back?

And they never gave up.

- [Charlene] Now collegegraduates and married,

Timothy and Carina serve together as youth

and children pastors at the ministry.

- I remember as a kid,looking up at the teachers

on the stage, thinking, man,they have it all together.

They're so cool, they know Jesus,

I wish I could be like them,

and I'm able to pour back outwhat Jesus poured into me.

- If it wasn't for Dallas Metroand if it wasn't for James

and Pastor Clay justconstantly being there,

there's no telling wheremy life would end up.

I would've followed what Icalled, the neighborhood norm,

here's the neighborhood norm.

You get outta high school, that's it.

If they weren't there,

I probably would've done the same thing.

- [Charlene] That constantconnection led to a better life

than he ever dreamed.

Something Thomas can nowshare with a new generation.

- God has a purpose anda destiny for your life.

And there's a way to get there

and you have to have arelationship with Him.

- [Charlene] Meanwhile, Wallace believes

the last two decades of hisministry are just the foundation

for the greater to come.

- We have a new generation of leaders

that God is raising up in our city.

And I really believe thisnext generation is gonna do

far better, far exceedinganything that we had done

the last 32 years.

- [Charlene] CharleneAaron, CBN News, Dallas.

- What a great program, wow.

I mean that man, I wasthinking, as I watched this,

has invested himself insomething that is going

to have a rich legacy.

- Yeah and a generational legacy.

It'll keep reproducingthrough the generations, yeah.

- Yeah, awesome, awesome to see.

Well, coming up, astripper leaves the stage

in the middle of a routine.

- [Corrine] And I'm like, oh my goodness,

I think I'm hearing things.

- [Terry] See why she walkedoff and never looked back

when we come back.

(inspirational music)

- Easy money and a way to control men.

That's what drew CorrineMartinez into the world

of stripping at 19 years old.

Then one night, Corrine didsomething that shocked herself.

She fled the stage because of a song.

- [Narrator] As a childgrowing up in Mexico,

Corrine Martinez didn'tunderstand why her parents were

always fighting or the alcoholismtearing them both apart.

What she did understandwas her father's love.

- That was the one lovethat I always held onto.

Even though I wouldsometimes be in the middle

of him and my mom having a fight.

I felt that he truly loved me.

- [Narrator] But thatlove would be denied.

Late one night, her mothertook six-year-old Corrine

and her two sisters andhopped a Greyhound bus,

bound for her hometown inIndiana to start a new life.

- I remember feeling alone,

but then I had a deeper feeling of fear.

- [Narrator] And it only got worse.

(suspenseful music)

Her mom dated and lived with abusive men

and was often absent for daysor even months at a time.

(suspenseful music)(swing creaking)

At age 12, Corrine startedhaving panic attacks daily.

(suspenseful music)

- I was afraid of death,thinking I'm gonna die everyday.

I literally would feel likeI was having a heart attack.

It was a thought in my mind all the time.

Am I gonna die today,am I gonna die today?

The only way I can go aboutmy day is if I wasn't alone.

(bus whooshing)

- [Narrator] As a teen, shefound the company of boys

and sex eased her anxiety.

By 19, she was a high school dropout

and making money as a stripper.

- And something clicked.

Guys loved me.

And I thought, wow, I'm good at something,

I feel in control, andI'm making a lot of money.

- [Narrator] For the next five years,

stripping and boyfriendswould keep her loneliness

and anxiety attacks at bay.

Then at 24, she moved back in with her mom

after breaking up with herboyfriend of three years.

- The next day I had a severe panic attack

and I said I haven't had it this bad

in the past couple of years,I don't know what to do.

Well, eventually, within that week I said,

you know what?

If God is wonderful and all these things,

then maybe He can be my medicine.

- [Narrator] Corrine'sonly experience with God

or church was when she wentto Sunday school as a kid.

Now, somehow, she knew that'swhere she needed to go.

- People are praising theLord with their hands up.

These people seem so free.

I want that.

And I sat there Sunday afterSunday for a couple of weeks.

The pastor preached aboutif you never give your heart

to Jesus Christ, youreternity won't be with Him,

it would be in hell.

I suddenly became afraidto be forever separated

from true love.

I just remember praying,remove this panic,

this anxiety from me.

If You are who You say You are,

all loving and if You're a healer

and I get to feel that forever,

I really want that.

- [Narrator] The next day,she realized something else.

- Oh my God.

I went all day and Ididn't have a panic attack.

I hoped so bad that this was real.

But to be honest, I still wasn't sure.

I've always carried an attitudeof expecting the worst.

I'm gonna find something wrong.

Where I can say, oh,I hoped You were real,

but it turns out You're not.

- [Narrator] Corrine was afraidshe couldn't fully trust God

with her heart and her life.

So, she kept dancing on occasion for money

and going to church on Sundays.

One night at the clubher dance was disrupted

by a worship song she'd heard at church.

- And I'm like, oh my goodness,I think I'm hearing things,

God is speaking to me.

It was like, I was alonefor a moment, me and God.

Then, the Scripture that saysI purchased you for a price

therefore honor me withyour body fell on my heart.

It wasn't just knowledge anymore.

I had godly insight.

That void in me allalong was a lack of love.

I was spiritually dead.

He raised me from the dead that day

and love will do that,love will chase you down

and it took for Him tocome inside the strip club

to do that.

- [Narrator] Corrine immediatelywalked out of the club

and never looked back.

She went on to finishschool and earn her degree

as a physical therapist.

She now has a strongrelationship with her mom.

And after years ofsearching for each other,

she and her dad reunited.

Today, Corrine is married to Mike

and runs a ministry toshare Jesus with women

in the adult entertainment industry.

- I went back to theclubs with such excitement

that I wanted to share withthem the love of Christ.

Because in my mind, Jesuscame to visit me in the club,

so if Jesus is with me everywhere I go,

then He's gonna go visitthem in the club too.

- He comes after all ofus, that's His promise.

He says, he leaves the 99 togo after the one who is lost.

Are you one who is lost today?

Corrine was.

She knew it in her heart, shejust didn't know where to go,

she didn't know how to find the way,

but her heart was open toGod revealing Himself to her.

God wants to be known by you and by me.

Of all the religions of the world,

Christianity is the only one

where the God we love and serve

and commit ourselves to comes after us,

calls us His own, gives us His name,

sacrificed Himself so that wemight have eternity with Him.

Today, I don't know whatit is that's drawn you

in your life into places you shouldn't be

with people you shouldn't be with,

doing things you shouldn't be doing,

but I know what God's heart for you is.

All the things that Corrine said is true.

He loves you with an everlasting love.

Jesus came so that youand I could be set free.

You don't have to be addicted to anything,

you don't have to be searching for love

in all the wrong places,

you don't have to wondering who you are

and what your life is all about.

All of that is available to you,

but go to the one who gave you life

to get those answers.

He's always available.

His ear is bent toward you,He hears you when you pray,

He sees you in your moments of need,

He never leaves or forsakes you.

But He gives us a choice.

And so, today, let yourchoice be for the Savior,

let your choice be theone who redeemed you.

Let your choice be forthe one who resurrects you

from the dead.

When you have falleninto ill-gotten places.

Listen, you get a start-over with Jesus.

You just need to be upfront with Him,

just do what Corrine did,

say I'm here, I wanna knowYou, I wanna know the reality

of You, I know I need to be forgiven,

I want to be loved.

You see, we're created for that,

we're created to loveour Creator and to walk

in that kind of a relationship with Him.

I don't know what'sseparating you from God today,

maybe it's your owndoubt or your own fear,

let us pray with you.

We have people on our phone lines,

who've prayed that prayer,who've been set free

in their own lives andthey're here expressly

to hear from you right now.

Our number's toll free,it's 1800 700 7000, so call.

You don't even have to give us your name,

just call and pray, Gord.

- Still to come, a twisterrips through a town,

terrorizing a mother and daughter.

- It almost sounded like gunshot,

just pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.

- [Shiloh] It was really scary.

- [Gordon] The help they never saw coming,

that's next, stay with us.

(dramatic music)

- Hail pounding, the windowspopping, sounds like gunfire,

and absolute, utter darkness.

That's what left Nicole Ellisand her daughter paralyzed

with fear as they huddledtogether in their basement.

- [Announcer] Nicole Ellis is a single mom

who shares a special bondwith her daughter, Shiloh.

- She's the best friend I've ever had.

It's like watching myself grow up.

- [Announcer] Nicole and Shiloh live

just outside Dayton, Ohio.

They've seen many storms, but one night

as Nicole tucked her daughter into bed,

something felt different.

- I heard the hail hitting the window.

Right when I went to look,I heard just a crack.

- And the power went out.

- I told her, it's timeto get in the basement

and we all ran straightdown to the basement.

- And then it hit.

(exploding)

- [Announcer] Moments later,one of the many tornadoes

that broke around Dayton, tore

through Nicole's neighborhood.

- And you could hear thetransformers popping.

It almost sounded like gunshot,

just pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.

- It was really scary,it's kinda like a movie.

It's, well, it's a lot to take in.

- [Nicole voiceover] Butyou really didn't know

how bad it was

until we walked outside after it was over.

- [Announcer] Destruction was everywhere.

Nicole tries to staystrong for her daughter,

but it isn't easy.

- Yesterday I was having a meltdown.

I was talking to her about it.

I was trying to explainit, and the she said,

but no, (crying),

no matter what, everyday,you have me and I love you

to the moon and back.

I'm so proud of her.

- [Announcer] The loveNicole and her daughter share

will get them through this.

But they still had a yard with down trees.

- [Nicole] I've never, in my 45 years,

been through anything like this.

- [Announcer] That's when volunteers

from Operation Blessing showedup in their neighborhood.

- They're just here to help

and it's been an absolute blessing.

- I'm so thankful for you guys.

You guys are picking uptrees, you're picking up

all the debris and I'm so happy.

- It made me tingle inside,because you're just a group

of people here to help.

And I've just feltnothing but joy all day.

I think everybody who has ever donated

to Operation Blessing,

anything that you can domakes the biggest impact

in so many people's lives.

It's ginormous and I'm so thankful.

- You can be a part of it, how?

By giving to OperationBlessing Disaster Relief.

We have a special fund set up

where 100% of the gifts gointo our Disaster Relief team.

And given the number ofdisasters we've dealt with

this year, we need yourhelp, we need your support.

So, if you'd like to bea part of it, call us.

1800 700 7000 or you can write to us,

CBN Center, VirginiaBeach, Virginia, 23463

or you can go to our websiteand you can give there

on the giving page as a wayyou can designate your funds

to Disaster Relief.

Do it now, 1800 700 7000.

Here's a word from Galatians.

"Share each other's burdens,

"and in this way obey the law of Christ."

God bless you, we'll see you again.

(inspirational music)