TODAY ON "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS" POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BUT
UPROAR OVER THE PLATFORM.
ARE CHRISTIANS OR GOD WELCOME IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
PLUS AN AFRICAN CHRISTIAN
PASTOR BURNED WITH ACID BECAUSE
OF HIS FAITH IN CHRIST.
NOW HE IS GETTING LIFE SAVING
TREATMENT AT AN ISRAELI
HOSPITAL.
MEET A MISSIONER, HE SAYS HIS
REAL GOAL IS TO CREATE MORE
SMILES.
GOD AND THE DEMOCRATS, RELIGIOUS
CONTROVERSY SHAKES PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S POLITICAL PARTY.
HELLO EVERYONE I AM GEORGE
THOMAS.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
DAVID BRODY BROKE THE NEWS THIS
THE DEMOCRATS DROPS REFERENCES
TO GOD IN THEIR PARTY PLATFORM.
IN 2008, WE NEED TO GIVE
EVERYONE THE MOST OF THEIR
GOT-GIVEN PLATFORM.
THIS YEAR WE GATHER TO RECLAIM
EACH ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AS
FAR AND TALENT TAKES US.
ALSO DROPPING A PARAGRAPH
AFFIRMING JERUSALEM AS THE
CAPITOL OF ISRAEL.
IT LED TO AN OUTCRY OF TAKING
THE UNUSUAL STEP OF AMENDING THE
PLATFORM FROM THE FLOOR.
IT SET OFF A WHOLE NEW
CONTROVERSY.
HERE IS GENERAL.
REPORTER: IT CAME AS A
SURPRISE, DELEGATES SETTLING IN
FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF SPEECHES.
MANY YET TO ARRIVE WHEN A
CONVENTION CHAIRMAN TOOK THE
STAGE.
THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
HAD AN AMENDMENT.
AS AN ORDAINED METHODIST
MINISTER, I AM HERE TO AFFIRM
OUR FAITH AND BELIEF IN GOD
INFORMS THE VALUES WE EXPRESSED
IN OUR PARTY'S PLATFORM.
IN ADDITION, PRESIDENT OBAMA
RECOGNIZES JERUSALEM AS THE
CAPITOL OF ISRAEL AND OUR
PARTY'S PLATFORM SHOULD AS WELL.
A VOICE VOTE CALLED.
CONVENTION CHAIRMAN COULDN'T
DECIDE IF IT PASSED OR NOT.
HE CALLED FOR A SECOND VOTE.
ALL OF THOSE DELEGATES IN FAVOR
SAY AYE.
AYE.
ALL THOSE DELEGATES OPPOSED
SAY NO.
NO!
I UM -- I GUESS -- YOU HAVE TO
RULE AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY
ARE GOING TO DO. I'LL DO
THAT ONE MORE TIME. THEN
THEY DECLARED THE AMENDMENT OF A
SUCCESS.
MORE CHAOS ERUPTED.
MOTION ADOPTED.
AMENDMENT RETURNS THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM TO THE 2008 WE NEED A
GOVERNMENT THAT STANDS UP FOR
THE HOPES, VALUES AND INTEREST
AND EVERYONE WILLING TO WORK
HARD THE MOST OF THEIR GOD-GIVEN
POTENTIAL.
AND REINSTATES LANGUAGE THAT
JERUSALEM IS AND WILL REMAIN THE
CAPITOL OF JERUSALEM.
THE PARTY PUBLICALLY CRITICIZED
THOSE CRITICAL OF THE MOVE.
TO CAST THE ASPERSION TO SOME
HOW MEAN GOD IS EXCISED FROM OUR
WORK IS JUST UNCONSCIONABLE.
DELEGATES BLIND SIDED BY THE
DECISION.
NO DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENT.
SOME DELEGATES QUESTIONED IF
THERE WAS A QUORUM PRESENT.
MY COLLEAGUE JOHN JESSUP HAS
MORE ON THAT.
REPORTER: THANKS, JENNIFER
THIS WHOLE PLATFORM ISSUE HAS
BEEN A DISTRACTION THE DNC
DIDN'T WANT.
I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL DEMOCRATS,
SOME DELEGATES.
DO YOU THINK IT WAS RIGHT TO
REINSTATE GOD BACK INTO THE
PLATFORM?
I CONSIDER IT A NON ISSUE.
IT IS FINE WITH ME.
INVOKING GOD AND THE SPIRIT
WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE GIVEN
THE ODDS AND CHALLENGES WE ALL
FACE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY HOPEFUL
THING. GOD IS A PART OF IN
GOD WE TRUST.
PART OF THE DEMOCRACY, IT HAS
BEEN EMBEDDED AND ALWAYS BE
EMBEDDED.
NO MATTER WHAT FOLKS WANT TO DO,
YOU CAN'T GET AROUND IT.
DEMOCRATS HOPE THEY CAN MOVE
BEYOND THIS ISSUE, JOHN JESSUP,
CBN NEWS, REPORTING FROM THE DNC
IN CHARLOTTE.
ALSO DEALING WITH ABORTION,
PRO-LIFE GROUPS SAY THE PLATFORM
SUPPORTS TAX PAYOR FUNDED
ABORTIONS.
THE PARTY SUPPORTS A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO AN ABORTION QUOTE
REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY.
HIDE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS USING
TAX PAYOR FUNDS TO PAY FOR
ABORTIONS.
MOST AMERICANS ARE AGAINST
PUBLIC FUNDED ABORTIONS.
DNC ALSO DENIED A
CHARLOTTE-BASED CHRISTIAN GROUP
A CHANCE TO WELCOME DELEGATES TO
THE QUEEN CITY.
THEY WANTED TO SEND WELCOME
BASKE
BASKETS.
DEMOCRATS DENIED THE GROUP
BECAUSE OF THEIR PRO-LIFE
STANCE.
MAYOR'S OFFICE ASKED THAT YOU
NOT SEND THE LETTERS AND NOT
ENGAGE ADOPT A DELEGATION, YOUR
VIEWS ON WOMEN IS CONTRARY.
IT SANCTIONED AN ISLAMIC
EVENT JUST LAST WEEK. IF YOU
DO SOMETHING FOR ONE RELIGIOUS
GROUP, YOU NEED TO ALLOW FOR
ANOTHER RELIGIOUS GROUP.
YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR ONE GROUP,
YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT FOR OTHER
OTHERWISE YOU ARE PLAYING
FAVORITE.
SEVERAL HUNDRED MUSLIMS TOOK
PART IN A PRAYER RALLY THE
FRIDAY BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
DESPITE THE SNUB, CHARLOTTE
14TH ORGANIZERS DECIDED TO PRAY
FOR THE CHURCH AND THOSE IN
AMERICA.
JOHN JESSUP BACK WITH THAT
STORY.
REPORTER: BEFORE THE OFFICIAL
DNC KICKOFF.
THIS COMMUNITY OF CHARLOTTE
CHRISTIANS JOINED TOGETHER TO
REPENT AND ASKED GOD TO HELP.
IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A
LIFE HIDING UNDER THE BUSHEL AND
THE SALT IN THE SALT SHAKERS.
A 40-DAY FAST AND MOSTLY FOR
THE CITIES NATION AND CHURCHES.
SEE WHAT IT IS IN US THAT
NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN TERMED THE
QUEEN CITY.
ONCE AGAIN THAT THE QUEEN CITY
WOULD REMARRY HER KING WITH
VIOLENT LOVE AND COVENANT.
LOCAL PASTORS PARTNERED TO
PROCLAIM SALVATION AND HEALING
THROUGH CHRIST, NOT POLITICAL
CANDIDATES.
WE BELIEVE GETTING THE WHITE
HOUSE RIGHT WILL NOT FIX
AMERICA.
WE MUST FIRST GET THE CHURCH
HOUSE RIGHT.
THEY SAY WHILE IT IS WRONG TO
PUT JESUS IN A BOX, THAT DOESN'T
MEAN CHRISTIANS SHOULD STAY OUT
OF THE PROCESS.
AS CHRISTIANS IN WHAT WAY
DOES MY VOTE HONOR THE SCRIPTURE
THE MOST.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE WILL
DEVELOP?
SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENING.
WE NEED IT IN OUR COUNTRY AND
CHURCHES, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
WILL COME TO KNOW CHRIST.
ESTIMATES 4-6,000 PEOPLE IN
AND AROUND THE CHARLOTTE AREA.
PRAYER GATHERING SIMULCAST AND
ORGANIZERS HOPE TO REPLICATE IT.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS, AT THE
VERIZON AMPHITHEATER.
A TACKED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
A PASTOR GETS LIFE SAVING
TREATMENT IN ISRAEL.
A NIGHTTIME DEMOLITION CREW
DESTROYED A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
THIS VIDEO IN YOUTUBE.
[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ].
THE LAST SERVICE HELD LAST
NIGHT.
THEY BROKEN INTO THE CHURCH AND
STARTED TO DEMOLISH THE
BUILDING.
THERE WAS A COURT DECISION WE
CAN'T USE THE BUILDING ANYMORE.
AND IT DOES NOT BELONG TO US ANY
LONGER.
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE HOLY
TRINITY PENTECOSTAL CONGREGATION
-- SOME CHRISTIAN LEADERS FEEL
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS FADING IN
RUSSIA.
A JUDGE IN PAKISTAN GRANTED
BAIL FOR THE CHRISTIAN GIRL FOR
BLASPHEMY.
SHE IS ONLY 14 AND MENTALLY
CHALLENGED.
SHE IS ACCUSED OF RIPPING PAGES
OUT OF THE KORAN.
HER FAMILY WILL NEED OUTSIDE
HELP.
THE GIRL'S ATTORNEY HOPED -- AN
ATTEMPT TO STIR UP VIOLENCE
AGAINST CHRISTIANS.
SAD STORY ON CHRISTMAS EVE
LAST YEAR, MUSLIM RADICALS
ATTACKED AND TRIED TO KILL A
UGANDAN PASTOR.
AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,
PASTOR MADE IT TO ISRAEL FOR
CRITICAL MEDICAL CARE. WE
MET PASTOR IN TEL AVIV WHERE HE
TALKED ABOUT HIS LIFE.
HE WEARS A SPECIAL MEDICAL MASK
TO HELP PREVENT SCARRING ON HIS
FACE.
THE ATTACKERS POURED A BUCKET
OVER HIS HEAD. I HAD FIRE
FROM THE HEAD DOWN.
WHEN THEY FINISHED, THEY SHOUTED
A LOT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
PICTURES, THE ACID ATTACK
RAVAGED HIS FACE.
HE DIDN'T TRUST THE MUSLIM
DOCTORS.
HE CONVERTED FROM ISLAM TO FAITH
IN JESUS CHRIST.
WHICH DID NOT PLEASE MY
PEOPLE.
IN ISLAM, CONVERSION IS NOT
ALLOWED.
WHEN YOU CONVERT, YOU BECOME A
TRAITOR OF THE FAFT FAITH.
HE LED MEETINGS AND THE CHURCH
GREW TO MORE THAN 1,000 MEMBERS,
MANY FORMER MUSLIMS.
MY CONVERSION DIDN'T STOP
THERE.
THE LORD GAVE ME A MESSAGE.
HE BELIEVES HIS SUCCESS LEADING
MUSLIMS TO THE LORD WAS ONE
REASON FOR THE ATTACK.
THE ENEMIES OF THE BIBLE.
THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL, THEY
CHOSE TO DO THIS TO ME. HE
GREW UP BEING TAUGHT TO HATE
ISRAEL.
WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I
FOUND GOD OF ISRAEL, GOD OF
ISRAEL.
BECAUSE OF THAT I LOVED THE
JEWS, BEGAN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
ISRAEL AND BRING PASTORS TO
ISRAEL.
WE BEGIN TO LOVE ISRAEL.
AFTER THE ATTACK, ISRAEL
PROVIDED REFUGE AND
STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CARE IN
ONE OF THE BEST HOSPITALS.
TO REPAIR THE WAR.
BENEDICTION TO HELP OTHERS NO
MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
DR. JOSEPH HYATT TREATS
MOLINDY.
I THINK EVERYONE THAT KNOWS
HIM SEES WHY HE IS SO UNIQUE,
CHARACTER, CHARISMA HE HAS.
MUST BE A GOOD PASTOR.
HE HAS FORGIVEN HIS
ATTACKSERS AND EVENTUALLY PLANS
TO SHARE THE LESSONS HE LEARNED
WITH THE BELIEVERS.
WE SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE.
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT SURE THEY
REACH THE MUSLIMS ANDS BRING
THEM TO SALVATION.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, TEL
AV
AVIV.
THIS MAN IS GIVING CHILDREN
SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT AND
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THOUSANDS
OF LIVES.
20 YEARS AGO A BRITISH
MISSIONARY HAD A PLAN, TRAVEL TO
ROMANIA, HAND OUT MEDICINE,
SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND HEAD BACK
HOME.
ONCE HE GOT THERE HE FOUND HE
COULDN'T LEAVE.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS HIS REMARKABLE
STORY.
WITH A CRY TO GOD,
ROMAINEIANS ROSE UP IN DECEMBER
1989 AND DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST
REGIME.
A BRITISH ACCOUNTANT AND TALENT
MANAGER MADE THE SHORT TRIP TO
HELP THOSE IN THE NEWLY FREED
COUNTRY.
I HAD BEEN TO MANY DESPERATE
PLACES.
HERE IN ROMANIA, CHILDREN DIDN'T
SMILE.
I COME TO REALIZE, THEY DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO SMILE.
SEEING CHILDREN WHO WOULDN'T
SMILE FOR THE CAMERA BROKE
KEVIN'S HEART.
WHILE THE REVOLUTION ENDED
COMMUNISM, IT DIDN'T ERASE THE
POVERTY AND ITS PAIN.
THIS LED TO ONE SIMPLE GOAL,
GIVE CHILDREN SOMETHING TO SMILE
ABOUT.
OUR FUNDAMENTAL MISSION WAS
AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
AND THE MISSION, SMILES
FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO EXPAND.
ADRIANA, ABANDONED BY HUSBAND,
HER AND HER TWO CHILDREN SHARE
ONE ROOM IN A HOUSING PROJECT.
87 CHILDREN LIVE IN THIS
PLACE.
ADRIANA'S ONE-ROOM APARTMENT
USED TO BE THE BUILDING'S
LAUNDRY ROOM BEFORE SHE MOVED IN
THERE.
HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON HAD
NIGHTMARES.
IN THIS VISIT, COUNSELORS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HIM SMILE.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
I TESTIFIED PEOPLE NOT SMILING.
AFTER 20 YEARS THE SMILES
FOUNDATION INCLUDES TEAMS.
A WHEELCHAIR TENNIS TEAM AND A
FARM TO FEED PEOPLE IN NEED AND
FUND THE MINISTRY.
71-YEAR-OLD LADY ANNA SMILES AS
SHE WATCHES HER GRANDCHILDREN
PLAY.
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, CRIME
HAS DROPPED 50 PERCENT.
THOSE STATISTICS AND BE IGNORED
AS CHANCE.
SMILES BEGAN WORKING IN THE
VILLAGE 10 YEAR AGO.
THE 10 YEAR OLD WAS BEGGING ON
THE STREETS SO KEVIN INCIVITED HIM
TO DINNER.
HE TOOK US BACK TO VISIT HIS
FAMI
FAMILY.
WE WERE SHOCKED.
I ASKED MY CHILD, WHO ARE THESE
PEOPLE.
HE SAID THEY ARE MY FRIENDS.
VICTOR LIVES WITH HIS OWN
DAUGHTER AND HELPS TO PROVIDE
THE VILLAGE WITH RUNNING WATER,
NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH AND A
SCHOOL.
THROUGH EDUCATION, THEY
LEARNED ABOUT A GOD THAT LOVES
HIM AND A PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR
EACH OF THEIR LIVES AND A PART
OF SHARING THAT TRUTH.
THAT TRUTH TRUMPS YEARS OF
NEGATIVE HEADLINES AND RACISM
MANY GYPSIES STILL EXPERIENCE
TODAY.
PEOPLE THAT USED TO BE
HOPELESS AND TERRIFIED FOR THEIR
LIFE AND NOT HAVING A FUTURE IN
FRONT OF THEM TURNING AND
ACTUALLY EVEN BECOMING PEOPLE
THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
CHILDREN FROM THE GYPSY
VILLAGE ARE SPREADING THE
MESSAGE.
THEY FORMED A QUIRE TRAVELING
THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND AMERICA
HELPING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE
FOUNDATIONS WORK.
QUIRE OF A PRIME EXAMPLE
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY HAVE
TRULY EXCELLED BEYOND THEIR
WILDEST DREAMS.
I REMEMBER ASKING WHAT THEIR
DREAMS WERE.
THEY ASKED ME WHAT IS A DREAM?
IF LAUGHTER DO GO LIKE
MEDICINE, A SMILE IS THE PERFECT
PLACE TO START.
EFREM GRAHAM, ROMANIA.
FINALLY TODAY A MOVIE ABOUT
AN UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
A CHRISTIAN PASTOR AND FEISTY
NIGHTCLUB OWNER.
IT IS CALLED 'THE HOLY ROLLER'.
YES, IT WAS SHOT IN NEW
ZEALAND AND COMES TO AMERICA
THIS MONTH ON DVD.
NEW ZEALAND PARTNER SHINE TV.
THE 'THE HOLY ROLLER' IS
ABOUT A STRUGGLING PASTOR LUKE
WHO VENTURES INTO THE CITY, BIG
CITY OF CHRIST CHURCH WHO WANTS
TO CHANGE WORLD.
HE WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WHEN WE GETS THERE, HE COMES
UNDER A LOT OF OBSTACLES, GETS
MUGGED.
THIS IS ALL YOU GOD?
MAYBE IF YOU MUG ME NEXT
WEEK. THEN HE MEETS A
NIGHTCLUB OWNER WHO OWNS A LOT
OF MONEY.
HE IS CLOSE TO AN OD EXPERIENCE.
PASTOR LUKE PRAYS FOR HIM AND A
MIRACLE HAPPENS.
HE GETS AN IDEA AFTER SEE THING
EVANGELIST ON TV HOW HE RAISED
MONEY.
HE SAYS I'LL USE THIS PREACH
PREACH, WE'LL TURN THIS
NIGHTCLUB INTO A CHURCH.
NOW THE BOSS IS NOT HAPPY
THAT ALL THE DRUG TRADING CRIME
HAS DROPPED OFF, THAT PUTS
PASTOR LUKE IN A PRECARIOUS
SITUATION. I AM A BIT OF A
CELEBRATION. THE MOVIE IS
BASED ON A LOT OF TRUE STORIES
BUT WANTED TO KEEP IT LIFE.
I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT
MADE A LOT OF BAD CHOICES.
I MADE THE CHOICE TO FOLLOW THE
LORD.
FRIENDS THAT GOT INTO THE
NIGHTCLUB SCENE.
THEY WOULD GET THEMSELVES INTO
MESSES AND THEY WOULD ASK FOR MY
HELP. HE THINKS GOD MADE THE
FILMING PROCESS EASIER THAN IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
CERTAIN DOORS WOULD SHUT AND
IT WOULD OPEN.
THANK GOD THAT DOOR SHUT, IF IT
WENT DOWN THERE, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN DISASTROUS. THE MAIN
MESSAGE WAS GOD IS WHERE YOU ARE
AT.
THE PERSON IS DISGRUNTLED IN THE
CHURCH, I HOPE THEY REALIZE GOD
IS RIGHT THERE.
WHEREVER THEY ARE, HE IS RIGHT
THERE.
WE ARE HERE TO SLAM EVIL.
LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL.
I LAUGHED SO HARD.
THE MOVIE TRAILERS ARE
HILARIOUS.
IT LOOKS GOOD.
IT OPENED IN NEW ZEALAND,
AUSTRALIA.
YOU CAN PICK IT UP LATER THIS
MONTH OR VISIT THE WEBSITE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK GOOD-BYE AND
GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
