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- [George] This week onChristian World News.
A new explosion ofterrorism and Christians,
are in the hotspot.
Where are Islamic attacksnow surging and why,
we'll answer.(transition music)
- [Wendy] Plus, what happenswhen the pink bag ladies,
invade a strip club?
See how these brave womenare rescuing dancers,
trapped in the sex trade.
(transition music)- [George] And,
a true story from Depression era, America.
See how a ragtag group oforphans inspired a nation
to hope again.
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- Hello everyone. Welcometo this week's edition
of Christian WorldNews, I'm George Thomas.
- And I'm Wendy Griffith.
Nigeria is the mostpopulous African country
and its problems are mounting.
On top of crippling poverty and hunger,
Christians risk their livesto practice their faith.
As Jennifer Wishon reports,
US officials are lookingfor recommendations
to help the nation'sfaithful, find relief.
- For Christians and othersin Nigeria worshiping publicly
is becoming quite dangerous.
Just recently in Ondo state,
unknown gunman stormed thechurch and kidnapped its pastor.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Jennifer] Some already labeledas anti-Christian violence
by terror groups, Boko Haramand others as genocide.
- Nigerian's no longer have peace.
- [Jennifer] FatherAnthony Bature testified
before the US Commission onInternational Religious Freedom
this month.
Daily, Nigerian Christiansrisk mutilation, abduction
and death while worshiping.
- [Fr. Anthony] There are reports
that more than 600students have been abducted
from schools in Northwest Nigeria.
Since December of 2020,the government's instill
to have done anything about it.
- [Jennifer] In action,
by president Muhammadu Buhari's regime,
is as common as the persecution.
On CBN's the Global Lane,Atty. Emmanuel Ogebe,
went into detail about the violence
and how over the past few weeks,
at least 200 Nigerians have been killed.
- [Emmanuel] We receivedreports from local leaders
that over 27 Christians werekilled on Sunday evening.
Some as they had evening fellowship,
uh with other Christians.
- [Jennifer] This as Twitterthis month deleted a tweet
by president Buhari thatthreatened more violence.
- [Emmanuel] Basically threatening
to commit another genocide,I guess the south east,
the people of Southeast Nigeriawho are majority Christian.
- [Jennifer] Now, someNigerians are pleading for help
to prevent Buhari from getting his hands
on American military technology.
- [Emmanuel] Things arenot going well in Nigeria
and we're asking the Bidenadministration not to give jets.
Not to give air force planes
to the Nigerian governmentnext month of July as planned,
because he has promise onTwitter to commit genocide.
And if we get in those planes,
he's gonna do exactly whathe already threatening to do.
- [Jennifer] US commissionersare seeking ways
to encourage Nigerian leadersto protect their people.
While the US is the largestfinancial contributor
to Nigeria, is, are there any strings
that could come along withthat money in terms of,
of holding the leadership accountable?
- Part of the recommendationsthat we've made
is better training for thelaw enforcement and military
that provide the protectionwithin the country.
And even training for themto protect houses of worship
and religious communities.
- [Jennifer] Perkinsencourages the American church
to not only pray but advocatefor people in Nigeria
and beyond, facing themost severe persecution.
Jennifer Wishon, CBN News.
- Thank you, Jennifer.American soldiers, blown up.
Dozens of innocent civilians, beheaded.
No, this is not themiddle east, it's Africa.
ISIS has taken refuge there,
so what can be done to stop the slaughter?
Here's a closer look at thenew ground zero for jihad.
(suspenseful music)On November 6th,
a CIA officer, formerly of theNavy's elite SEAL team SIX,
is killed in an explosion set off
by the Somali-based Islamicterror group, Al-Shabaab.
The CIA operative, alongwith four Somali officers,
reportedly died during a raid
on the group suspectedhideout, south of Mogadishu.
Four days later, on November 10th,
ISIS linked fighters behead 50 people
in a soccer stadium innortheast Mozambique.
Then, on November 29th,Boko Haram Islamic fighters
slaughter 110 Nigerian farmers,
men and women attackedin their rice fields.
Steve Killelea tracksterror around the globe
for the Australia-basedInstitute for Economics & Peace.
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He tells CBN News, thecenter of gravity for ISIS
and other Islamic terrororganizations is clearly moving.
- Sub-Saharan Africa now has higher number
of people killed throughterrorism in the Middle east
and North Africa.
- Killelea's group publishes
the annual Global Terrorism Index.
He says while the death toll
from terrorism aroundthe world has dropped,
Islamic terror attacksin Africa are surging.
- We look at the tank countries
with the largest increasesin deaths from terrorism
civilized countries arein Sub-Saharan Africa.
- [George] Burkina Faso, Mozambique,
Democratic Republic ofCongo, Mali, Niger, Cameroon
and Ethiopia, among thosewitnessing a spike and attacks.
The State department's formerHead for Counter-terrorism,
Ambassador Nathan Sales told reporters
during a digital pressconference what drives this wave
of terror, whether inNigeria or Mozambique.
- [Amb. Nathan] What we're seeing today
is a, a committed ISIS affiliates
that embraces the ISIS ideology.
That embraces the ISIStactics and procedures.
And that embraces the ISISvision of a caliphates.
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- [George] And the jihadistgroups are recruiting followers.
10% of those recentlysurveyed across 14 countries
said they'd been approachedby radical Islamic groups.
Michael O'Hanlon is withBrookings Institute.
- There're a couple of hundredmillion Islamic Africans,
Muslim Africans and it only0.01% are tempted by extremism.
But still several hundredthousand people who may have
to worry about.
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- George, why is Africaa draw for jihadist?
- Well, the reality Wendyis that there are so many...
Among the 52 countries across,
that makeup this beautiful continent,
there is so much white spacethat is literally ungoverned.
There is no military, no police,
no nothing.- Yeah.
- And so it's a thriving,
these thriving hotspotsaround the continent,
make it so much easier for these group,
Islamic terror groups to operate.
- Yeah and Christians are often a target,
especially in places like Nigeria.
And now I understandthat kidnapping is part
of their weapon of choice.
- Yeah a, and partly,
it's because when youkidnap all these girls,
it's really dramatic.
It makes real, you know, greatvideo so to speak, right?
You have hundred, 200girls who they these,
these Boko Haram or theIslamic terror groups
going to these schools.
In these remote places, again,like there's no security.
They go kidnap them inthe middle of the night
and then they take these videos.
And they're obviouslybecomes a huge PR stunt.
And families, plus governments,end up paying ransom, right?
So in some cases it can be hard cash.
In other cases, it canbe like a whole fleet
of new Toyota Corollas. (chuckles)
- [Wendy] Yeah.- You know?
And that they get in exchange for,
for releasing these girls.- [Wendy] Yeah.
- So it's, it's horrible. And it,
you know, by the way they only,
it doesn't only just affect Christians,
also the majority of them
that are being kidnapped are Muslim.
- Yeah and we see that inhappening in the Philippines too,
with the Abu Sayaff.- Exactly.
- Um, how can we pray forChristians in Nigeria?
- You know every time I saythis over and over again
because this is the messagethat I get all the time
from these countries wherethey suffer for their faith.
They say, "Please praythat the persecution
doesn't necessarily end."
- Mmm.- Right?
But pray that we wouldhave the, the strength,
the stamina, the spiritualfortitude to keep enduring
and to keep telling thegood news of Jesus Christ.
- Amen. All right.
Thank you so much George.- You are most welcome.
- Well, coming up.(transition music)
They're going into the strip clubs,
(theme music)bringing love and prayer
to help young women findfreedom from the sex industry.
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They boldly enter strip clubsarmed with little pink bags.
A group of determined ladies,
they are on a very special mission.
- Indeed. They're thereto save women trapped
in the sex industry, one life at a time.
Charlene Aaron shares thestory of The Pink Bag ladies.
- The faith-based groupCherished, operates on the belief
that every woman is special and loved.
Given that mission, the womenof this nonprofit ministry
are dedicated to helping thoseinvolved in the sex industry,
offering value, hope and a way out.
- Once you are in the sex industry,
you don't receive a lot ofrespect from other people.
Whether that be yourclients or your managers,
or even your coworkers.
- [Charlene] Nearly 10 years ago,
Carlie Gabbert felt the call
to help women dancing in strip clubs.
- [Carlie] One day I wasdriving down the interstate
on an overnight trip.
We drove past the strip cluband you know my first thought
was to look away and Godreally just kinda said,
"Why don't you minister to those ladies,
"instead of looking away from them?"
- [Charlene] After a time ofprayer, she became involved
with a ministry calledEstablished Footsteps
of Hampton Virginia, joiningit's Cherished branch.
It focuses on makingfriendships with these women.
She found many performjust to make ends meet.
- [Charlene] Lot oftimes they're in school
to become a police officeror a nurse or a doctor.
A lot of them have a secondjob as an insurance rep or,
you know, as a nurses aideor a dental assistant.
Or, you know, they work in a restaurant
and you can make some pretty quick money.
- I was like desperate, I had no...
My savings were run outand had nobody help me.
I didn't know anybody here.
- [Charlene] Once a month,
Gabbert and her team visitdancing and strip clubs,
armed with love and gifts.
- So what we do, we go into the clubs
and we have these little pink bags.
And sometimes the ladies will say, "Oh,
"the pink bag ladies are here."
And so we go in and they justhave small gifts in them,
like a lipstick or a nailPolish, uh something like that.
They do have our contact card.
And so it just says, it says,"Loved, valued, cherished."
And then on the back, itsays, "Do you need a friend?"
And, and so they cancontact us on a phone number
or on a website.
- [Charlene] Also included,notes of encouragement,
countering what many inthis industry receive.
- [Carlie] Beforehand, we just write notes
and the lower promptssays to put a scripture
or a specific prayer.
And, and that, that noteis, is really has been,
really wonderful in our outreaches.
Oftentimes the ladieswill, will pull it out
and they'll say, "How did youknow I needed this right now?"
- [Charlene] Prayer, also a big part.
- [Carlie] We can actuallycircle up inside of the club,
like right there in the middle of the club
and pray in a circleand everyone will pray.
And then we hug and it's just amazing.
It's kinda like kicking Satan in the face,
which is wonderful to me.
- [Charlene] Transforminglives in the process.
- [Carlie] We have had ladies leave,
we have had ladies cometo church regularly.
We have had ladies kind ofrecommit their lives to Christ.
- [Charlene] Alynna, a rape survivor,
grew up attending a Christian school.
She encountered the ministrywhile trying to get work
at a strip club instead of a dancing job,
Alynna receive an unexpected blessing
from a volunteer from Cherished.
- Just quoting the scripture,
we're quoting scripture, back and forth.
She's like, "You know theword, you know the word."
I said, "You know what, it was in me."
- Alynna now working as an interpreter
at a vaccine location,
credits Cherished, otherministries and her church
with helping her find peaceand wholeness through God.
- [Alynna] My spiritual levelhas grown and grown and grown
and grown and grace,thanks to God's grace.
And then it's keeping me, even at times
that I'd never even acknowledged Him.
- [Charlene] Now offeringthis hope to others.
- I'm gonna tell you, there's a way out
and God will do it for you.
Cause He did it for me, look at me.
I'm here, I'm alive.
And I'm, we're here to help,everybody else to survive.
- [Charlene] While thepandemic's impact has led
to more women seekingwork inside strip clubs,
Gabbert sees it as a mixed blessing
and an opportunity to helpmore women like Alynna.
- [Carlie] So, more peopleare in need of extra money.
And so, on the one hand we'veseen new ladies dancing.
On the other hand, thereare less customers.
Because the customers aretrying to save their money
and also with the restrictionson, on capacity in the,
in the clubs that makesa difference as well.
- [Charlene] It all leads tothe goal of helping more women.
Find healing that only God can provide.
- [Carlie] Really, it'sjust the Holy Spirit.
We are just willing.
And the Lord uses us and He is the one
that actually does thatwork in their hearts.
Charlene Aaron, CBN News.
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- [George] Up next, a story offaith, hope and inspiration.
Actor Martin Sheen sitsdown with our Efrem Graham
to tell us about it, when we return.
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- All right, George, letme set the stage for you
- Okay.- about this movie, okay?
And it's, it's in adepression era America.
- Got it.- All right.
A man gives up a position ofprivilege to coach football
at a Texas orphanage.
And then his ragtag teamfinds itself in the spotlight.
Deli-delivering hope to thecity, the state and the country.
- Mm, interesting.
Actor Martin Sheen, spokewith our CBN's Efrem Graham,
about bringing this truestory and best-selling book
to the big screen.
Take a look.(inspiring music)
- [Harvey] Name's Harvey Nual Russell.
I'm the new math, science teacher.
- Football coach? (laughs)- That's right.
- [Efrem] Would you callthis a miracle story?
- They'll never make it on the outside.
- [Martin] For me everyday is a miracle story,
if you live through it
and you're lookingforward to the next one.
- [Harvey] The way I see it,you can either work the field,
or play the field.
- Hell sounds good to me, I'm in.
- The question's just a miracle story.
It's, it's about uh,service to each other.
It's about the old adage,
"When we serve others first,we serve ourselves best."
- Ready, set, hoit.
(ball thuds)(man laughs)
- [Woman] This is gonna be evenmore work than you imagined.
- It, it's, it's about themiracle of creating community
and looking out for each other
and not worried about yourself.
- [Harvey] Today, we're goingup against a team that's won
two state championships.(crowd cheering)
- Stay down in the dirt whereyou belong loser orphan.
- That's a funny formation.
For new offense, line up,courtyard directly behind AP,
for the snap.
- What position does that make me coach?
- [Harvey] We'll call you the quarterback.
This is how we're goingto beat the bigger teams.
- Hoit!- [Harvey] We don't have
the size, so we gottautilize what we do have,
speed.(crowd cheering)
- You finally got a team.
- [Efrem] What was it aboutthis story and your character,
that made you say, "Yes, I'vegot to be a part of this."
- [Martin] Oh, well, you know...
The moment I finished reading the script
I, I, I, I said "Yes," without hesitation.
I didn't know that it was a true story.
- [Frank] Every secondthat they're on the field,
we're losing money.
- [Martin] I was intriguedby the, the period of,
of the great depression.
The depression has alwaysintrigued me for some reason.
But the character of Doc himself,
really penetrated at the best part of me.
He had, you know he, he'dlost his wife and in,
in childbirth and never remarried.
So he, he, he was justthis endearing character.
(intense music)- [Harvey] When you stand up
for these children and do what's right?
Wanting, do we have a chanceto make a real difference here?
- [Man] They don't want you to win,
everybody's going to bebehind the team with nothing,
just like then.
- [Efrem] Am I correct that you guys
had real life orphans involved in this?
- Oh yeah, (laughs) pretty much.
They invited us to use the facilities,
both interior and exterior.
So, they let us film on the grounds,
where all the practice ofthe football that took place.
And inside, we filmed inside,and there were children
who were, you know,members of this community.
And they were, I think we were a,
a nuisance to them.(Efrem laughs)
They were very uh, very welcoming.
And, they were very curiousabout what we were up to.
They'd never seen a movie set before
and now they're part of it.
The last scene where we,
we're all gathered on the front steps,
that is the, the orphanage.
The facade of the orphanageand all those children this,
you know, together withthe cast and crew are,
are members of that community
and the staff of that orphanage, yeah.
(suspenseful inspiring music)(crowd cheering)
- [Harvey] It's hard to believe,
when all we've known is hurt and loss.
I look at you boys and I can honestly say,
"I'm proud to be and orphan."
And you'll feel the same way,
if you can believe in yourselvesand believe in each other.
- [Efrem] How timely isthis film and its message
for what we're seeing in our world
right now?(man grunting in background)
- Well, I think that we have,
(inspiring music)we're always looking for a way
to unite the will of the spiritwith the work of the flesh.
- Mm.- [Martin] And whenever
we're able to do that, we become whole.
And I think that that wastried during the pandemic,
in a very, very specific way on all of us.
No one was gonna get out of this.
And the only way we couldget through it was together.
And so that image of trying tounite the will of the spirit,
with the work of the fleshwas a great sense of,
of community to me.
- It's interesting thestories about this guy,
this former high school,
very well known high school football coach
who decided, "I don't want the privilege."
"I wanna go help these 12 orphans."
- Yeah, based on a true story.- Based on a true story.
- I love it.
- When I see it.- Nice.
We'll be back, stay with us.
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- Heavenly father, we do thank you
for the work of your spirit, Lord God.
With this movement of getting the Bible.
- Yes.- Lord, into public schools.
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- A rare archeological finduncovered in the city of David
and sit what Roman lifein Jerusalem was like
after the destruction of thesecond Jewish temple in 70 A.D.
CBN Middle East correspondent,Julie Stahl takes us there.
- [Julie] Israeli archeologists,
excavating in the city of David,
uncovered a rare bronzeoil lamp buried in the wall
of a building along the route.
- [Ari] We have to rememberthat after the destruction
of 70 A.D., the entireCity of David's hill
that we stand on top of it now.
It was no longer part of the city,
but the importance of the area, again,
is the water in the Siloam pool.
- This is the Pilgrim's path that led
from the Pool of Siloamto the Temple Mount,
during the time of Jesus.
After the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.,
the Romans still guarded this path,
so they could accessthe water in the pool.
It's in one of their buildings
that archeologists found a treasure.
- [Ari] The Romans themselvesbuilt the structure
to guard the, the water.
So, we started excavating the structure
and within one of thewalls of the structure,
we found half of a bronzeoil lamp in the form
of a theater mask.
- [Julie] Israel antiquitiesauthority archeologist,
Ari Levy, who leads excavationalong the Pilgrim's path
said the half lamp isshaped like a grotesque face
and is cut in half.
- [Ari] The lamp itselfwas inserted to the wall
of the structure as a foundation deposit,
in order to give luck and toprotect the structure itself
and the people that livedwithin the structure.
- [Julie] Levy said the lambcould be filled with oil
and lit but it's rare becauseit's made as a half lamp
and they didn't find the other half.
- [Ari] You can, theoreticallytake the other half,
connect it and it willappear as a full face
or you can put it on a wall.
Just this half and to light it.
- [Julie] Levy said itshows the significance
of the structure.
- [Ari] It's verysymbolic, the shape itself
and also the location where it was found.
The people that livedthere needed the water
but they needed to protectthe way to the water.
It's very exciting.
You do not find, a, findlike this every day.
Not every year, not every decade.
It's a, it's like a one-time occasion.
- [Julie] He said they haveuncovered about 120 feet
of the Roman buildingand they'll keep digging,
hoping maybe to find theother half of the lamp.
Julie Stahl, CBN News,along the Pilgrim's path
in the City of David, Jerusalem.
- So now it's a mystery,
where is the other half?- I know, it's like a,
Indiana Jones movie.(Wendy laughs)
A thriller, it's an adventure.
Let's go on a treasure hunt.
(upbeat theme music)- I know, I love it.
Always exciting.
- Guys, that is it
for this week's editionof Christian World News.
- Indeed, it is. Until nextweek from all of us here,
goodbye and God bless you.
