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>> THIS WEEK ON CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS, WAR OF
EXTINCTION, ISIS IS
KIDNAPPING AND KILLING
CHRISTIANS.
WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THE
CHURCH IS ENDURING THIS
TRIAL BY FIRE.
PLUS, RADICAL ISLAM IS
SPREADING BEYOND JUST THE
MIDDLE EAST.
HOW TERROR GROUPS LIKE BOKO
HARAM ARE TAKING OVER WEST
AFRICA.
IN A FILM-MAKER'S
DECADE-LONG JOURNEY TO FIND
THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF THE
BIBLE'S MOST FAMOUS
STORIES.
ISIS MILITANTS ARE TAKING
CHRISTIANS HOSTAGE IN
SYRIA.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S
EDITION OF CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS.
I'M GEORGE THOMAS.
MY COLLEAGUE, WENDY
GRIFFITH, IS ON ASSIGNMENT.
THE JIHADIST ARMY KNOWN AS
ISIS HAS RAIDED AT LEAST 33
ASSYRIAN VILLAGES, TAKING AS
MANY AS 300 HOSTAGE.
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
CONFIRM THAT ISIS HAS BEEN
TARGETING ASSYRIAN
CHRISTIANS.
IT BEGAN AS THE MILITANTS
SUFFERED TO MAJOR SETBACKS
ON THE BATTLE FIELD.
GARY LANE HAS DETAILS.
>> Reporter: ISIS FORCES
WERE ROUTED FROM
AL-BAGHDAD, A CITY WEST OF
BAGHDAD THAT THEY'VE HELD
SINCE LAST JUNE.
BUT al-BAGHDAD WAS NOT THE
ONLY TOWN OF DEFEAT.
PESHMERGA TROOPS IN
NORTHEASTERN SYRIA, KNOWN AS
THE Y.P.G., DROVE THEM FROM
THE CITY OF TAL TAMER.
BUT AS THEY RETREATED, THE
ISIS KIDNAPPED ASSYRIAN
CHRISTIANS.
THE MEN WERE TAKEN TO AN
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, AND
WOMEN TO A NEARBY MOUNTAIN.
ISIS MAY BEHEAD THE MEN AND
USE THE WOMEN AS SEX
SLAVES.
JULIANNA IS WITH THE
ASSYRIAN PROJECT.
>> THESE WOMEN ARE SOBBING,
SAYING WHY IS THE WEST
SILENT.
WHY IS THE CHURCH NOT
TALKING ABOUT OUR
PERSECUTION.
THEY'RE ASKING AND
QUESTIONING THE FOREIGN
POLICY OF AMERICA AND ALSO
OTHER WORLD POWERS IN
EUROPE, SAYING THAT WHY IS
IT THAT THERE IS NOTHING,
THERE IS NO AGENDA, THERE IS
REALLY NOTHING THAT IS BEING
DONE TO HELP THE PERSECUTED
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> U.S., WAKE UP!
>> A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN
AMERICAN COPTICS GATHERED
NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE ON
TUESDAY, DEMANDING THAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DO MORE
TO PROTECT THE CHRISTIAN
SYRIAN AND EGYPTIANS.
>> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
REFERRED TO THEM IN THEIR
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT AS ñ
EGYPTIAN CITIZENS, AND THAT
IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO THE
COPTIC COMMUNITY.
>> BROTHERHOOD, ISIS, BOKO
HARAM, I WANT THEM TO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST THEM.
>> Reporter: AND EGYPTIAN
PRESIDENT EL-SISI IS
CALLING FOR A UNITED ARAB
MILITARY FORCE TO COMBAT
ISIS.
AND HE SAYS ALREADY JORDAN
AND THE UNITED ARAB EMRIGHTS
HAVE OFFERED TO HELP THEM ON
THE BATTLE FIELD.
>> George: AND GARY STOKE
WITH TOM DOYLE, AUTHOR OF
THE NEW BOOK "KILLING
CHRISTIANS, LIVING THE FAITH
WHERE IT IS NOT SAFE TO
BELIEVE."
GARY ASKED TOM ABOUT THESE
AND THE MOST RECENT
ATROCITIES.
>> Reporter: THIS IS
DISTURBING, WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED ABOUT THE ABDUCTION
THIS WEEK OF THOSE
CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA?
>> SOME OF OUR LEADERS IN
SYRIA HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT WERE TAKEN, AND THE
NEWS WE RECEIVED THIS
MORNING IS THAT ISIS HAS
ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING TO
BURN 30 CHURCHES TO THE
GROUND.
WE ALREADY KNOW OF SOME
KILLINGS HAPPENING.
BUT WE'RE PRAYING THAT THE
CHURCH AND THE WORLD CRIES
OUT FOR THESE LIVES.
IT IS 100 TO 200 THAT ARE
TAKEN.
IT IS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
>> Reporter: AND WHEN YOU
SAY "WE KNOW OF SOME
KILLINGS," ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS THAT
HAVE BEEN KILLED THAT WE CAN
CONFIRM, OR OTHERS IN THE
AREA?
>> THAT'S ONE WHAT ONE OF
OUR LEADERS IN SYRIA SAID.
THEY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING
THE NEWS SOMETIMES.
HE MENTIONED THEY KNEW OF
SEVEN THAT WERE KILLED.
IT HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED
INTERNATIONALLY YET.
AND HE IS RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THOSE VILLAGES AND
HEARING THINGS JUST ON THE
GROUND.
>> Reporter: WHY DID YOU
WRITE YOUR LATEST BOOK
"KILLING CHRISTIANS?"
?
IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE
SITUATION, GARY, THAT
THEY'RE KILLING CHRISTIANS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IT IS A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.
IT IS A PANDEMIC, ALL AROUND
US.
BUT I WANTED TO TELL THE
STORIES ABOUT THOSE FOLKS
WHO ARE LIVING IN THE MIDST
OF THIS DANGER.
I REALLY DO THINK, GARY,
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS
BOOK -- IF HEBREWS 11 WAS
WRITTEN TODAY, THEY MIGHT BE
CONTAINED IN IT, STANDING,
SERVING CHRIST, SHARING THE
GOSPEL IN THE MIDST OF
ISIS.
I WAS JUST PRAYING FOR ONE
OF OUR LEADERS THE OTHER DAY
IN SYRIA, WHO WAS SHARING
THE GOSPEL WITH AN ISIS MAN,
WHO IS PRIVATELY FRUSTRATED
WITH WHAT HE IS DOING.
IT IS JUST A JOB FOR HIM.
AND HE IS OPEN TO THE
GOSPEL.
WE KNOW NONE ARE
UNREACHABLE.
AND THEIR LIVES WILL INSPIRE
YOU.
>> Reporter: TOM, I'M SURE
YOU MET A NUMBER OF THE
YAZIDIS, AS I HAVE, AND
THEY'RE REALLY OPEN TO THE
GOSPEL THERE, AS IS MANY OF
THE KURDS.
AND HOW SHOULD WE BE PRAYING
FOR THEM, AND NOT ONLY FOR
THEM, BUT FOR ISIS AND THE
SAVED AND UNSAVED.
>> I THINK SATAN IS NOT
STUPID.
HE KNOWS IN THE LAST 10
YEARS MORE MUSLIMS HAVE COME
TO FAITH THAN IN THE LAST 14
CENTURIES OF ISLAM.
SO IF HE CAN KEEP CHRISTIANS
IN FEAR OF MUSLIMS OR ANGRY
AT THEM, OR HATEFUL,
THINKING THAT EVERY ONE OF
THEM SERVES FOR ISIS, OR
WORKS WITH ISIS, THIS
HORRIBLE TERRORIST GROUP,
THEN WE'LL STAY AWAY.
SO HE IS NOT ONLY TRYING TO
CAUSE GLOBAL CHAOS, BUT HE
IS TRYING TO KEEP THE
CHURCH, THE BELIEVERS, FROM
BRINGING THE LIGHT INTO THIS
DARKNESS.
SO WE ASK FIRST THAT
BELIEVERS WOULD START
PRAYING.
ONCE WE START PRAYING, WE
HAVE HEART SURGERY.
WE HAVE A CHANGE AND GOD
STARTS TO DO THINGS IN OUR
MIND AND HEARTS FOR THE
BELIEVERS OUT THERE, AND FOR
THOSE WHO ARE EVEN UNSAVED.
>> Reporter: TOM, BILL
O'REILLY HAS "KILLING
KENNEDY," AND YOU HAVE
"KILLING CHRISTIANS."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WRITING THAT BOOK AND THANKS
FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU, GARY.
>> George: TOM DOYLE HAD
MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE
STATE OF CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA
AND IRAQ.
YOU CAN SEE THE FULL
INTERVIEW AT OUR WEBSITE,
CBNNEWS.COM.
BY THE WAY, ISIS IS ALSO
TRYING TO ERASE BIBLICAL
HISTORY IN IRAQ.
A NEW VIDEO SHOWS ISLAMIC
STATE MILITANTS DESTROYING
ANCIENT ARTIFACTS IN THE
CITY OF MOSUL.
IT SHOWS MILITANTS USING
DRILLS AND SLEDGEHAMMERS TO
SMASH SEVERAL STATUES AND
TABLETS.
MOSUL IS SET ON ANCIENT
NINEVEH, THE BURIAL PLACE OF
THE PROPHET JONAH.
THE ARMED MEN ARE DEMANDING
A RANSOM OF NEARLY
$300,000.
PHYLLIS SORTER WAS
ABDUCTED.
THE METHOD CHURCH SAYS THE
STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE
F.B.I. ARE WORKING WITH
NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES TO FIND
HER.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY
SORTER UNDERSTOOD THE RISKS
OF WORKING IN A COUNTRY
KNOWN FOR ISLAMIC
TERRORISM.
>>> THE RADICAL ISLAMIC
GROUP BOKO HARAM IS WAGING A
HOLY WAR IN AFRICA, IN
PLACES LIKE NIGERIA, AND
LIKE ISIS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, THEY'RE TRYING TO
ESTABLISH THEIR OWN
CALIPHATE, A MODERN ISLAMIC
STATE.
>> IN THE DUSTY CITIES OF
COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA,
THERE IS GROWING ANXIETY
OVER THE SPIRITUAL AND
TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS OF THE
RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP BOKO
HARAM.
>> FOR YEARS BOKO HARAM
FOCUSED ON NIGERIA.
BUT NOW THEY ARE CREATING
CHAOS ACROSS THE REGION.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET
RID OF THEM BEFORE IT GETS
WORSE.
>> George: BOKO HARAM IS
TRYING TO CREATE WHAT IS
CALLED A CALIPHATE ACROSS
WEST AFRICA, SIMILAR TO WHAT
THE ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA
IS TRYING TO DO.
TODAY THE VIOLENCE IN
NIGERIA IS SPILLING ACROSS
THE BORDERS INTO CAMEROON,
CHAD, AND NIGER.
THOSE FOUR COUNTRIES, PLUS
BENET, HAVE FORMED A
MILITARY FORCE.
IN RECENT DAYS THEY HAVE
KILLED HUNDREDS OF ISLAMIC
FIGHTERS AND RECAPTURED
SEVERAL TOWNS.
STILL, IN PLACES LIKE THIS
TOWN, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
PLANTED SEVERAL CHURCHES,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING CHRISTIANS, AND
STILL FLEEING THE MILITANTS'
REIGN OF TERROR.
>> MANY HAVE HAD TO LEAVE.
IT IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.
RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK,
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE
ROAD, TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM BOKO HARAM.
>> George: BOKO HARAM
STARTED IN 2002.
THEIR GOAL: TURN NIGERIA,
AFRICA'S TOP OIL PRODUCER
AND BIGGEST ECONOMY, INTO AN
ISLAMIC STATE RULED BY
SHAR'IA LAW.
>> BOKO HARAM IS A JIHADIST
MOVEMENT, THAT HAS THE SAME
IDEOLOGY AS ALL OF THE
OTHERS, AS al-QAEDA, THE
TALIBAN, AS AL-SHABAAB.
THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH AN
EMIRATE, AN ISLAMIC RADICAL
STATE, FIRST IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF NIGERIA, AND THEN
PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND
DECLARE AN EMIRATE ACROSS
NIGERIA.
>> George: SINCE THEN
THEIR FIGHTERS HAVE KILLED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
IN 2014, BOKO HARAM
REPORTEDLY MURDERED MORE
THAN 2400 CHRISTIANS.
>> THESE ARE RUTHLESS PEOPLE
WHO DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT
FOR RELIGION, CHRISTIAN OR
MUSLIM.
THEY ARE EVIL.
>> George: SOME
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WORRY
THE GROUP COULD NOT ONLY
EXPAND THEIR ATTACKS BEYOND
THIS REGION, THEY COULD
BECOME THE ISIS OF AFRICA.
BOKO HARAM HAS REPEATEDLY
PRAISED ISIS AS AN
APOCALYPTIC IDEOLOGY, BUT
U.S. OFFICIALS FEAR A
POSSIBLE TACTICAL AND
OPERATIONAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN
THE TWO GROUPS AS WELL.
IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD
GIVE RADICAL ISLAM AN EVEN
BIGGER AND GROWING FOOTHOLD
IN BOTH THE MIDDLE EAST AND
AFRICA.
>> George: AND THAT IS ONE
THING MOST FOLKS ARE VERY,
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY, NOT
JUST FOR THE CHRISTIANS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ALSO
FOR CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
AND IN NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.
>>> OKAY, SO, COMING UP, THE
DANGERS OF STANDING UP FOR
THE JEWISH STATE.
WHY THESE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
THEIR LOVE FOR ISRAEL WILL
BRING PERSECUTION.
>> George: AND WELCOME
BACK TO CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS.
MORE THAN HALF OF JEWISH
STUDENTS IN U.S. COLLEGES
REPORT THEY HAVE SEEN
INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
THAT'S THE FINDING OF A
SURVEY JUST RELEASED BY
TRINITY COLLEGE AND THE
BRANDIS CENTER.
THE SURVEY SHOWS THE TREND
IS NATIONWIDE WITH
ANTI-SEMITISM ON CAMPUS
REPORTED IN EVERY REGION OF
THE COUNTRY.
JEWISH MEN HAVE
TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE CHIEF
TARGETS OF HATE, BUT IT IS
WOMEN WHO FEEL MORE
VULNERABLE NOW, WITH NEARLY
60% SAYING THEY'VE WITNESSED
OR EXPERIENCED
ANTI-SEMITISM.
>>> AT A WASHINGTON
CONFERENCE ON EXTREMISM LAST
WEEK, PRESIDENT OBAMA
CLAIMED THE WORLD'S TERROR
THREATS WERE NOT ROOTED IN
ISLAM.
BUT AT ANOTHER CONFERENCE IN
COLORADO, CHRISTIANS AND
JEWS HEARD A VERY DIFFERENT
MESSAGE, TO STAND FIRM IN
THE FACE OF GROWING
PERSECUTION.
JOHN WAGGI HAS MORE.
>> John: THE PRESIDENT
SEES THE TERRORIST THREAT AS
A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM, A
BATTLE WITH DIFFICULT ROGUES
OF ALL FAITHS, NOT A
CIVILIZATION OF WAR.
>> President Obama: THE
NOTION THAT THE WEST IS AT
WAR WITH ISLAM IS AN UGLY
LIE.
AND ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF
OUR FAITH, HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO REJECT
IT.
>> Reporter: BUT HIS
REMARKS COME AS MUCH OF THE
GLOBE IS ENGULFED IN A
GROWING FLOOD OF HATRED FOR
JEWS AND PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS, MUCH OF IT
COMING FROM THE MUSLIM
WORLD.
THAT INCLUDES TERROR GROUPS
LIKE ISIS, WHO HAVE FOUNDED
AN ISLAMIC EMPIRE, AND IRAN,
WHO'S LEADERS HAVE PREACHED
THE EXTERMINATION OF ISRAEL
FOR DECADES.
ONE JERUSALEM PASTOR, WAYNE
HILTON, SAYS CHRISTIANS AND
JEWS MUST PEEK UP AN SPEAK
UP AND BRACE FOR
OPPOSITION.
>> THOSE WHO STAND WITH THE
JEWISH IN THEIR TIME OF
TROUBLE WILL ALSO BE HATED.
WE WILL ALSO BEEN
SLANDERED.
WE WILL BE LIED AGAINST AND
FALSELY ACCUSED.
IT JUST GOES WITH THE
PACKAGE.
>> Reporter: AT A SUMMIT
THIS MONTH IN COLORADO,
HILTON LAUNCHED A GROUP
CALLED "FIRM" THE FELLOWSHIP
OF ISRAEL-RELATED MINISTRY.
THE GOAL IS FOR BELIEVERS TO
LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF
DANIEL, TO BE AWARE OF THE
TIMES WE'RE IN AND TO TAKE A
STAND, NO MATTER WHAT IT
COSTS, AND TO DO IT IN
LOVE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
INTIMIDATING TIMES IN
HISTORY.
WHEN ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY
CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.
AROUND THE WORLD.
AND NEVER BE ERADICATED.
AND WHEN WE ARE ATTACKED, WE
WILL BE ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK
OUR ACCUSERS IN RETURN.
BUT WHEN WE STAND FIRM, LET
US BE LIKE DANIEL AND NOT
RETURN EVIL FOR EVIL.
LET'S LOVE OUR ENEMIES.
>> Reporter: MESSIANIC
JEWISH LEADER JONATHAN BURNA
SAYS FUNDAMENTAL ISLAM IS
THE CARRIER OF THE NEW
ANTI-SEMITISM, AND
CHRISTIANS WON'T BE SPARED
IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE THAT
IS UPON US.
>> I THINK THAT THE ANSWER
FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD IS THE
SAME AS THE ANSWER FOR THE
JEWISH WORLD, AND HIS NAME
IS USHUAIA, JESUS.
>> Reporter: THE LEADERS
SAY THERE IS A SPECIAL
CALLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
WHO RESPOND BETTER TO THE
SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE
JEWS WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND
THE CHARACTER OF GOD'S NAME
IS AT STAKE.
>> BECAUSE GOD'S COVENANT
ENDURES FOREVER.
BECAUSE HE IS A FAITHFUL
GOD.
BECAUSE THE CALLING AND THE
GIFTS OF GOD ARE
IRREVOCABLE.
THAT'S WHY WE STAND WITH
ISRAEL.
>> Reporter: JOHN WAGGI,
CBN NEWS.
>> George: UP NEXT, THE
DOCUMENTARY THAT IS BEING
CALLED A GAME-CHANGER.
CHECK OUT THE EVIDENCE FOR
EXODUS RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> George: MORE THAN A
DECADE AGO, A MOVIE-MAKER
STARTED INVESTIGATING ONE OF
THE BIBLE'S MOST FAMOUS
STORIES, THE EXODUS FROM
EGYPT.
WELL, HIS JOURNEY LED TO
BOTH A CRISIS OF FAITH AND
AN AWARD-WINNING
DOCUMENTARY.
CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US
THAT STORY FROM JERICHO.
>> Reporter: THIS IS FROM
THE FILM "PATTERNS OF
EVIDENCE, THE EXODUS."
ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF
EXODUS, MOSES LED THE
CHILDREN OUT OF EGYPT IN
INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR
YEARS.
HE LED THEM OVER HERE, NEAR
JERICHO, INTO THE PROMISED
LAND.
SOME SAY IT IS JUST A FABLE,
BUT OTHERS SAY THIS NEW
DOCUMENTARY PROVIDES
EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A
VERDICT.
>> I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
LOCATION WHERE THE EVENTS
WERE SUPPOSED TO HAD BEEN IN
GOSHAN, IN THE EASTERN
DELTA, AND I WENT TO THE
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES.
AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOR
THE EXODUS.
>> Reporter: THE
FILM-MAKER'S RESEARCH INTO
THE EXODUS AND THE ODYSSEY
THAT FOLLOWED PRODUCED
STARTLING RESULTSMENT.
> RESULTS.
>> SIX STEPS AND WE MATCHED
ALL OF THE STEPS.
>> Reporter: THE FILM
PROPOSES WHEN YOU GET THE
TIMING RIGHT, ARCHEOLOGY
MATCHES HISTORY.
>> THE WHOLE THING, FROM THE
BEGINNING, THE SLAVERY, THE
PROMISED LAND, IT'S ALL
THERE IN ONE NICE, NEAT
LINE.
BUT IT IS TUA TOO EARLY.
>> WHEN YOU PUT THOSE THINGS
SIDE BY SIDE, THE BIBLICAL
ACCOUNT AND THE ARCHEOLOGY
MATCH EXTREMELY WELL.
>> THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT
RAMSES IS THE EXODUS.
THAT HAPPENS IN A PARTICULAR
TIME IN HISTORY.
WHEN EVERYONE LOOKS AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME, THEY ARE
CORRECT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
FOR THE EXODUS.
BUT OTHER ARCHEOLOGISTS WERE
SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE
ARE EVIDENCES THAT ARE
EARLIER THAN RAMSES THAT
MATCH THIS STORY.
>> Reporter: MAHONEY
PRESENTS BOTH SIDES OF THE
ARCHEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, DID
THE EXODUS REALLY HAPPEN?
>> I HATE TO DISAPPOINT
PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE NO
EVIDENCE OF A SINGLE MASS
MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM ONE
COUNTRY COMING INTO ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS
A SINGLE EVENT WE CAN CALL
THE EXODUS.
>> THEY CAN'T HAVE SEEN ALL
OF THIS.
>> I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST
CHRONOLOGICAL REVISION.
>>
>> THE EXODUS DID NOT HAPPEN
IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED.
>> THE FILM IS VERY, VERY
CONVINCING BECAUSE WE GET
BOTH SIDES OF IT.
WE LET YOU HEAR FROM
ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO SAY THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE AND WHY, AND
THEN WE LET YOU HEAR FROM
ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO SAY THERE
IS.
>> Reporter: USING STATE
OF THE ART ANIMATION, AND
GROUNDBREAKING ARCHEOLOGY,
IT HAS ALREADY MADE A
PROFOUND IMPACT.
>> WE WOULD SHOW THESE FILMS
TO PEOPLE WHO HAD NO
UNDERSTANDING OR INTEREST IN
THE STORY.
EVEN ATHEISTS SAW IT.
AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WOW,
I LOVE THIS FILM.
ONE ATHEIST WROTE, I GUESS
YOU DO PROVE THIS EVENT
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT
DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE ANY
MIRACLES.
>> ISRAEL.
>> Reporter: MAHONEY SAYS
IT IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO
REACH THE EXCEPT TIC.
> SKEPTIC.
>> IF YOU HAVE FAMILY
MEMBERS THAT DON'T BELIEVE
IN GOD OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SUSPICIOUS OR WANT A
SCIENTIFIC APPROACH, THIS
FILM GIVES US THAT KIND OF
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE
KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
NEUTRAL AND MOST INTRIGUING
TYPES OF FILMS THAT ALLOW
YOU TO HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE FILM
CHALLENGES A POWERFUL NOTION
THAT THE BIBLE ISN'T TRUE.
>> FOR THE LAST 50, 60, 70
YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY
CRITICAL OF THE BIBLE.
IF THE STORY OF THE EXODUS
ISN'T TRUE, THEN WHAT JESUS
CHRIST SAID AND THE APOSTLES
ABOUT NOSES AND TH MOSES
AND THE EXODUS, THEN THOSE
STATEMENTS ARE FALSE.
THE WHOLE BIBLE HAS A
FOUNDATION IN THE STORY OF
EXODUS.
WHAT THIS FILM DOES IS SHOWS
WHERE THE PATTERN OF
EVIDENCE IS, AND THAT, I
THINK, HAS NEVER BEEN DONE
BEFORE.
>> Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERICHO.
>> George: AND WELCOME
BACK TO THE BROADCAST.
AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY WHO
CONTRACTED EBOLA IN LIBERIA
HAS RECOVERED.
NOW SHE IS HEADING BACK TO
THE WEST AFRICAN NATION.
NANCY WHITEY AND HER HUSBAND
SAID THEY FELL LED TO RETURN
AND DO ALL THEY CAN TO BE
THE HANDS AND FEET OF
JESUS.
THE WRITBOLS WORK WITH
S.I.M., INTERNATIONAL
MISSION ORGANIZATION.
NANCY CONTRACTED EBOLA LAST
SUMMER HELPING DOCTORS
DISINFECT MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT.
>>> FINALLY ON THE BROADCAST
THIS WEEK, THE WATOTO
CHILDREN'S CHOIR OUT OF
UGANDA HAS A MISSION TO HELP
AND SUPPORT THE ESTIMATED
50 MILLION ORPHANS ACROSS
AFRICA.
THEY SAY SINGING IS ONLY
PART OF THEIR PURPOSE.
CHARLENE AARON RECENTLY
CAUGHT UP WITH THE AMAZING
CHOIR IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
>> Reporter: THE SONGS OF
AFRICA RANG OUT ACROSS
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
BRIGHTLY CLAD MEMBERS OF THE
CHOIR, ALL ORPHANS, SANG
SONGS OF PRAISE AND DANCED
WHILE SHARING PERSONAL
STORIES OF THEIR LIFE IN
UGANDA.
POVERTY, AIDS, AND WAR HAVE
TAKEN A TOLL ON THESE LITTLE
LIVES.
THE CHOIR GOT ITS START IN
1994, AND SINCE THEN IT HAS
TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE
WORLD, TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF AFRICA'S
ORPHANS.
EACH CHILD IN THE CHOIR HAS
LOST ONE OR BOTH PARENTS OR
HAS BEEN ABANDONED.
>> ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE
SUFFERED THE PAIN OF LOSS,
THE PAIN OF BEING REJECTED
AND ABANDONED, OR THE PAIN
OF LOSING THE ONLY PEOPLE
THAT MEANT EVERYTHING, MOM
AND DAD.
>> Reporter: TEAM LEADER
EDWIN SMITH SAYS WATOTO'S
IMPACT ON ITS MEMBERS IS
LIFE-CHANGING, SOMETHING HE
HAS EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND
BECAUSE HE, FEW, GREW UP
SINGING WITH THE CHOIR.
>> IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN THE
CHOIR THAT I REALIZED I
COULD BECOME ANYBODY IN THE
WORLD.
THAT WAS WHEN MY DREAM
LOOKED VERY BRIGHT, LIKE I
COULD DREAM AND I COULD TELL
YOU THAT TODAY I'M ACTUALLY
LIVING THE DREAM THAT I HAD
BACK THEN, WHEN I WAS IN THE
CHOIR.
SO IT'S A VERY MIND-OPENING
PLATFORM FOR THE CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: WATOTO MEANS
CHILD IN SWAHILI, AND IT
TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO
HELPING AFRICA'S MOST
VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
THEY LIVE IN A VILLAGE WITH
A HOME, A NEW FAMILY, AND
FREE EDUCATION.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,
THEY LEARN ABOUT THE LOVE OF
JESUS CHRIST.
9-YEAR-OLD ALAN TOLD US WHAT
LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE WATOTO
TOOK HIM IN.
>> IT WAS MUD AND I WAS
SAD.
>> WHY WAS IT SAD?
>> BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYWHERE TO SLEEP.
>> Reporter: THE CHILDREN
HAVE ALL LEARNED THAT GOD
HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR THEIR
LIVES, SOMETHING THEY WANT
TO SHARE WITH OTHERS AROUND
THE GLOBE AND BACK HOME.
>> THEY LOVE IT WHEN WE SING
AND DANCE, AND PEOPLE'S
LIVES GET CHANGED.
>> I WANT TO LIVE IN UGANDA
SO I CAN ALSO CHANGE THAT
COUNTRY AND IT BECOMES A
GOOD COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THEIR SONGS
HIGHLIGHT THE HOPE OF A
FUTURE, FILLED WITH JOY AND
NEW PURPOSE.
>> WHEN YOU SEE THESE
CHILDREN, THEY'RE NO LONGER
SAD.
THEY COME FROM A SAD PAST,
BUT THEY ARE NOT SAD ANYMORE
BECAUSE WHEN GOD IS IN IT,
IT IS NOT OVER.
>> Reporter: CHARLENE
AARON, CBN NEWS.
>> George: A GREAT WAY TO
END THE BROADCAST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS WEEK.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOOD-BYE
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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-"NEWSWATCH" AND PROMOS,
FEBRUARY 27, 2015.