TODAY ON CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS, U.S. LAWMAKERS PUSH
FOR THE RELEASE OF AN
AMERICAN PASTOR HELD IN
IRAN.
HIS WIFE TELLS US ABOUT THE
TOLL THE ORDEAL IS TAKING ON
HER FAMILY.
PLUS, CHINA'S DARK SECRET.
A GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT HAS
KILLED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF UNBORN CHILDREN.
NOW CHRISTIANS SAY THE POWER
OF PRAYER IS PUSHING BACK
THE DARKNESS.
AND HIS CONVERSION TO CHRIST
COST THIS MAN HIS FAMILY.
HOW THE POWER OF GOD BROUGHT
THEM BACK TOGETHER.
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS
STEP IN TO FIGHT TO FREE
PASTOR SAEED ABEDINI.
HELLO, EVERYONE, I'M WENDY
GRIFFITH.
GEORGE THOMAS IS ON
ASSIGNMENT.
CONGRESS IS LOOKING INTO THE
INTERNATIONAL PERSECUTION OF
RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS, AND
THEY HEARD FROM THE WIFE OF
SAEED ABEDINI ABOUT HIS
IMPRISONMENT IN IRAN.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM CAPITO CAPITOL.
I FAMILY NIGHTMARE BEGAN
IN 2010.
Reporter: HE RECEIVES
HOPES AND PRAYERS THAT SHE
WILL BE REUNITED WITH HER
HUSBAND, PASTOR SAEED
ABEDINI.
HER HUSBAND RECEIVED AN
EIGHT-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
IN HIS NATIVE IRAN.
AND THE REAL REASON IS
BECAUSE HE IS A CHRISTIAN.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
LAST JULY WHILE IN IRAN
BUILDING AN ORPHANAGE.
SHE TOLD THE CROWDED ROOM TO
EXPLAIN HOW DIFFICULT WAS
WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST
CONTACT WITH HER AND THEIR
TWO CHILDREN.
JACOB AND REBECCA.
THEY KEPT COMING TO THE
COMPUTER AND SAYING, MOMMY,
CAN WE SEE DADDY.
CAN WE HEAR HIS VOICE?
AND I KEPT SAYING, NO, WE
CAN'T.
I COULDN'T EXPLAIN TO THEM
WHY, THAT HE WAS PHYSICALLY
FINISH TO PRISON.
AND FINALLY THEY KEPT
SAYING, DOES DADDY NOT LOVE
US ANYMORE?
DOES DADDY NOT WANT TO HEAR
OUR VOICE ANYMORE?
AND I HAD TO TELL THEM THAT
HE WAS IN PRISON BECAUSE HE
LOVED JESUS.
Reporter: THE HEARING
HILE LIGHTED THE PLIGHT OF
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN
IRAN, ESPECIALLY FOR BAHA
AND CHRISTIAN CONVERTS.
MANY ARE ARRESTED, DETAINED,
OR EXECUTED.
IN PASTOR SAEED'S CASE, THEY
SAY HIS EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE
AMOUNTS TO DEATH.
HE HAS BEEN TORTURED,
BEATEN, AND IS NOW BLEEDING
INTERNALLY.
LAST WEEK THE HUMAN RIGHTS
CALLED ON IRAN TO RELEASE
PRISONERS OF CONSCIOUS,
NAMING PASTOR SAEED BY
NAME.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
MAINLY SILENT.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE
NAMING NAMES.
PRESIDENT REAGAN NAMED
NAMES.
Reporter: THE PASTOR'S
ATTORNEYS THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION'S SILENCE IS
AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL
SENSITIVITYVITIES.
BECAUSE HE IS A CONVERT
AND LEFT ISLAM, THAT HAS
COMPLICATED THE GOVERNMENT'S
REACTION.
IF HE WAS A POLITICAL
COMPONENT OF THE REGIME,
THEY WOULD BE MUCH MORE
OUTSPOKEN.
Reporter: LAWMAKERS AND
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES WANT
THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO
MORE.
MANY ON CAPITOL HILL ARE
DOING THEIR PART, NOT JUST
BY HOLDING HEARINGS, BUT BY
INTRODUCING LEGISLATION.
ONE SUCH BILL BEING
REINTRODUCED WOULD CREATE A
SPECIAL POSITION AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, CHARGED
WITH DEFENDING RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ASIA.
IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE, BUT
WAS BLOCKED IN THE SENATE.
MAGMA IS DISAPPOINTED IN THE
LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE AND THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
BUT SAYS SHE WON'T GIVE UP.
SHE SAYS THROUGH IT ALL, SHE
AND HER TWO KIDS HAVE GROWN
STRONGER IN THEIR FAITH AND
THE PRAYERS OF FELLOW
BELIEVERS.
MY WORRY WAS THEY WOULD
RESENT CHRIST FOR TAKING
DADDY AWAY, BUT THEY'VE
GROWN AND THEY WORSHIP AND
PRAY EVERY NIGHT.
AND NOW THEY'RE PROUD HE IS
IN PRISON BECAUSE HE LOVES
JESUS BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIM
SO VERY MUCH, ALSO.
Wendy: INCREDIBLE
TESTIMONY.
AFTER SHARING HER STORY WITH
CONGRESS, SHE CAME TO OUR
BUREAU IN WASHINGTON, WHERE
SHE SPOKE WITH OUR LORI
JOHNSON ABOUT THIS SPIRITUAL
TRIAL'S IMPACT ON HER FAMILY
AND HER FAITH.
TELL US WHAT THIS
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE FOR
YOU AND YOUR KIDS.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY
EMOTIONAL ROAD FOR ALL OF
US, ESPECIALLY THE KIDS, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR ME AS A MOM,
WATCHING THE KIDS SUFFER.
THERE IS ONE THING TO GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE EMOTIONS
AS AN ADULT, BUT WHEN YOU
SEE LITTLE KIDS MISSING
THEIR DAD, THEN -- AND
REALLY LONGING FOR HIM, AND
HAVING TO GO TO SLEEP CRYING
AND MISSING HIM, IT'S BEEN
VERY HARD.
SOME MORNINGS THEY WAKE UP,
AND THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND
THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING, AND I ASK THEM,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
AND THEY SAY, OH, MOM, IT
MUST HAVE BEEN A DREAM.
WE THOUGHT DAD BE DADDY WAS
HOME.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
WE KNOW GOD IS WITH YOU
IN THIS ORDEAL.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH OUR
VIEWERS HOW HE IS HELPING
YOU THROUGH THIS CRIES?
> CRISIS.
I THOUGHT AT TIMES OF
CRISIS, I WOULD QUESTION HIS
GOODNESS AND FAITHFULNESS,
BUT I DISCOVERED HOW AWESOME
AND FAITHFUL AND LOVING AND
TENDER AND FULL OF GRACE AND
LOVE HE IS.
I CAN'T EVEN SAY ENOUGH.
SO IT HAS BEEN AN EYE-OPENER
THAT SUFFERING -- IF WE
ALLOW SUFFERING AND CRISIS
AND ISSUES IN OUR LIFE -- IF
WE EMBRACE IT AND ALLOW THE
LORD TO USE IT, IT CAN BE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
Reporter: HAS THIS
SITUATION CREATED ANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO
MINISTER TO OTHERS?
YES.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE
WITH ATHEISTS, WITH PEOPLE
OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
THEY'RE OPEN.
AND THEY SAY, HOW COME YOUR
NOT BROKEN?
HOW COME YOU'RE OKAY?
I HAVE HAD ATHEISTS SAY
THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT
IS REAL.
I'VE NOTICED AS CHRISTIANS,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLED
TO.
WE'RE CALLED TO REALLY
INTIMATELY KNOW CHRIST
BECAUSE THE WORLD REALLY
NEEDS HIM.
I HAVE SEEN THE LORD USE
THAT AS A WAY TO BRING
DIVINE APPOINTMENTS ON MY
PAST, AND TO BRING PEOPLE TO
KNOW CHRIST, AND I'M VERY
THANKFUL FOR THAT.
Reporter: YOU SAID IN
THE END, IT WON'T BE A
GOVERNMENT BUT GOD THAT
FREES YOUR HUSBAND.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
WELL, I'VE HAD BOTH
ENDS -- PEOPLE SAYING WHY
ARE YOU TRYING SO HARD.
GOD IS GOING TO BE THE ONE,
YOU KNOW.
AND I'VE HAD CRITICISM ON
THAT SIDE AS WELL.
WHY ARE YOU TRYING SO HARD
AND KNOCKING AT EVERY DOOR?
, ANAND WHAT I GOT FROM THE
LORD -- AND I TALKED ABOUT
MY PHONE CALLS FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, AND I'VE HAD
DISAPPOINTING NEWS FROM
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID, OH,
WE CAN'T HELP.
WHAT THE LORD HAS SPOKEN TO
ME IS I DON'T WANT YOU TO
BE -- IF THERE IS A DOOR
THAT IS CLOSED, IF SOMEONE
IS NOT SPEAKING OUT.
DON'T BE HEARTBROKEN.
THAT'S A DOOR I CLOSED.
THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE
WHO YOU TRUST.
IT SHOULD BE IN ME.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE
HEARD HIM SAY PURSUE MEDIA,
AND PURSUE THE EFFORTS WE'RE
TAKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE NOT
NECESSARILY THIS WILL BE A
TOOL -- IT WILL BE A GREAT
TOOL TO FREE MY HUSBAND, BUT
I ALSO BELIEVE THE LORD
WANTS TO USE IT TO GLORIFY
AND LET PEOPLE KNOW HE IS.
AND THE LOST WORLD, THE
PEOPLE WATCHING, CAN COME TO
KNOW CHRIST.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE LORD'S NAME -- FOR
JESUS' NAME TO BE
PROCLAIMED.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE
HURTING AND LOOKING FOR REAL
ANSWERS, TO FIND IT.
OUR PRAYERS CONTINUE TO
GO OUT TO MAGMA, HER
CHILDREN, AND SAEED.
YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO A
PETITION CALLING FOR SAEED'S
RELEASE.
FIND OUR LINK ON THE
WEBSITE, CBN.COM.
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK A
STRONG STAND IN FAVOR OF
ISRAEL DURING HIS VISIT TO
ISRAEL.
HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS
SUPPORT FOR A PALESTINIAN
STATE.
AND MANY ISRAELIS DON'T
THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE STORY
FROM JERUSALEM.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA VISITED MT. HERTZEL
CEMETERY TO LAY A WREATH AT
THE FOUNDER OF MODERN ZINE
NISM.
ZIONISM.
IF THEY ACQUIESCE TO
EVIL -- NEVER AGAIN.
Reporter: BUT THE
CENTREPIECE OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S VISIT IS WHEN HE
SPOKE DIRECTLY TO HUNDREDS
OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND
THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS HERE
IN JERUSALEM.
HE THRILLED ISRAELIS, WHEN
HE AFFIRMED THE COUNTRY'S
RIGHT TO EXISTENT.
President Obama: MAKE
NO MISTAKE, THOSE WHO ADHERE
TO THE IDEOLOGY OF REJECTING
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST,
THEY MIGHT AS WELL REJECT
THE SKY ABOVE THEM OR THE
EARTH BELOW BECAUSE ISRAEL
IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
Reporter: AND STRONG
COMMENTS ABOUT HEZBOLLAH
ALSO DREW APPLAUSE.
President Obama: EVERY
COUNTRY WHO VALUES JUSTICE
WHO CALL HEZBOLLAH WHAT IT
TRULY IS, A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
Reporter: THE MAIN
POINT OF OBAMA'S SPEECH CAME
WHEN HE ADVOCATED TWO STATES
FOR TWO PEOPLES.
President Obama: GIVEN
THE DEMOGRAPHICS WEST OF THE
JORDAN RIVER, THE ONLY WAY
FOR ISRAEL TO ENDURE AND
THRIVE AS A JEWISH AND
DEMOCRATIC STATE IS THROUGH
THE REALIZATION OF AN
INDEPENDENT AND VIABLE
PALESTINE.
Reporter: BUT A NUMBER
DON'T TRUST THAT SOLUTION.
THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION.
IF IT WERE THAT WAY, IT WILL
BE THE PRELUDE FOR A NEW
AREA.
President Obama:
ISRAELIS MUST RECOGNIZE THAT
CONTINUED SETTLEMENT
ACTIVITY IS
COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO THE
CAUSE OF PEACE.
AND THAT AN INDEPENDENT
PALESTINE MUST BE VIABLE.
Reporter: OBAMA CALLED
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
AND MAHMOUD ABBAS PARTNERS
FOR PEACE.
THIS MAN SAYS ABBAS SENDS A
DIFFERENT MESSAGE TO HIS
PEOPLE.
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
GLORIFIES TERRORISTS, HONORS
THEM, AND NAMES SUMMER CAMPS
AFTER THEM AND SOCCER
TOURNAMENTS AFTER THEM.
THE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE,
IF YOU KILLED ISRAELIS,
YOU'RE A HERO.
Reporter: THE IRAN
ISSUE, THOUGH, MAY
OVERSHADOW ANY CHANGE
BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS.
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SAID
IRAN WOULD DESTROY HAIFA AND
TEL AVIV IF ISRAEL ATTACKED
THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS.
COMING UP, CHINA STANDS
UP AGAINST FORCED
ABORTIONS.
HOW THE POWER OF PRAYER IS
STARTING TO CHANGE HEARTS
AND MINDS.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
THIS MONTH THE CHINESE
HEALTH AGENCY RELEASED A
STAGGERING FIGURE.
SINCE 1971, THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT HAS PERFORMED
336 MILLION ABORTIONS.
RESEARCHERS SAY THAT BREAKS
DOWN TO 13 MILLION ABORTIONS
PER YEAR, OR ABOUT 1500
EVERY HOUR.
THE HIGH NUMBER IS LARGELY
DUE TO CHINA'S POLICY
ALLOWING ONLY ONE CHILD PER
FAMILY.
THAT POLICY IS OFTEN
ENFORCED THROUGH INVOLUNTARY
ABORTION.
NOW THAT POLICY MAY BE
CHANGING.
BRIAN LEE IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF "ALL GIRLS
ALLOWED," A CHRISTIAN
MINISTRY AIMED AT ENDING
CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY.
HE TOLD GEORGE THOMAS THAT
THE PRAYERS OF CHINA'S
CHRISTIANS ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
Reporter: IS THERE ANY
CHANCE YOU THINK THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO
GRAPPLE WITH THIS ISSUELING
PROOLZ ISRAELI ARISSUE AND
PERHAPS EVEN CHANGE THIS
POLICY.
THIS IS SOMETHING AS
CHRISTIANS, WE NEED TO SEEK
THE LORD AND CRY OUT TO HIM,
AND ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO
MOVE TO ACTION.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO,
QUOTE,"SAVE FACE," BY NOT
CHANGING THE POLICY.
WHAT IS THE CHURCH'S ROLE
AS IT LEADS TO THIS HORRIFIC
PRACTICE.
WE FOUND OVER THE LAST 30
YEARS, SINCE THE CHURCH HAS
REALLY BLOSSOMED, IT HAS
GROWN UP UNDER THE ONE-CHILD
POLICY.
MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T
REALIZE THAT GOD HAS A PLAN
FOR EVERY SINGLE LIFE.
AND HE LOVES EVERY LIFE FROM
THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
CHURCHES TO EDUCATE THEM
ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE,
TO ASK THEM TO CHOOSE LIFE.
AND AS THEY'VE BEEN HEARING
THIS MESSAGE, THEY HAVE BEEN
CRYING OUT IN REPENTANCE,
RECEIVING FORGIVENESS AND
HEALING, AND WE HAVE SEEN
THE LORD RESPOND IN AMAZING
WAYS.
AS ONE EXAMPLE, BACK IN JUNE
OF LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A
FORCED ABORTION ON A WOMAN
WHO WAS SEVEN MONTHS
PREGNANT.
ON JUNE 13th, 500 PASTORS
FROM ALL ACROSS CHINA GOT
TOGETHER AND CRIED OUT IN
REPENTANCE, ASKING FOR THE
LORD'S MERCY.
THE FOLLOWING DAY, A PICTURE
GOT INTO GLOBAL NEWS AND
CAUSED A FIRESTORM THAT
EVENTUALLY EMBARRASSED
CHINA'S GOVERNMENT INTO
BANNING LATE-TERM FORCED
ABORTIONS.
WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS GREAT
HOPE THROUGH THE CHURCH AND
THROUGH JESUS.
WE HAVE SEEN MANY WOMEN
RESTORED IN THEIR VALUE.
GIRLS WHO WERE FORMALLY JUST
PLANNED TO BE ABORTED,
SAVED.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ALL THE
WORK OF BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS
CHURCH MEMBERS, ORDINARY
CHRISTIANS.
SO OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE
SEEN THE LORD STRETCHING OUT
HIS HAND AS MORE AND MORE
CHRISTIANS ALL ACROSS THE
U.S. AND ACROSS THE GLOBE
HAVE COME TOGETHER IN PRAYER
AND FASTING.
THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK
TO MAY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN
THE BLIND ATTORNEY, CHIN
WANG CHUN, WAS RELEASED AND
ULTIMATELY GOT TO AMERICAN
SOIL SAFELY, AND HE HAS BEEN
A CHAMPION FOR FORCED
ABORTION VICTIMS.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO
PRAYER.
OUR FOUNDER, CHA LING,
PRAYED BEFORE CONGRESS,
SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THAT,
FOR HIS RELEASE.
MOST RECENTLY, AS WE'VE BEEN
CRYING OUT IN PRAYER, WE'VE
SEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
MAKING SOME STEPS IN
CHANGES.
WHILE IT IS NOT EVERYTHING
WE'RE HOPING FOR, IT IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
THE LORD JESUS RESPONDING TO
THOSE PRAYERS.
Reporter: BRIAN LEE IS
WITH THE GROUP "ALL GIRLS
ALLOWED."
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR ANALYSIS ON THIS
SUBJECT TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Wendy: YOU CAN SHOW
YOUR SUPPORT FOR CHINA'S
CHURCH THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA.
JUST POST YOUR COMMENTS AND
YOUR PRAYERS ON OUR C.W.N.
Facebook PAGE.
UP NEXT, HIS CONVERSION TO
CHRIST MADE THIS MAN AN
OUTCAST FROM HIS OWN
FAMILY.
BUT HIS FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE
TO THE CALL OF LOVE WON THEM
OVER.
Wendy: IMAGINE WHAT IT
WOULD BE LIKE IF YOUR
DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS
MADE YOU AN OUTCAST FROM
YOUR FAMILY, AND EVEN A
TARGET FOR DEATH?
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
MAN IN OUR NEXT STORY.
BUT AS EPHRAIM GRAHAM TELLS
US, THE POWER OF LOVE BROKE
DOWN THE BARRIERS AND
REUNITED HIM WITH HIS LOVED
ONES.
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN
ETHIOPIA, AND IT COMES TO US
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE
VOICE OF THE MARTYRS,
CANADA.
AB DUDU AND HIS FATHER,
SULIMAN, SPEND TIME PRAYING
AND STUDYING THE BIBLE
TOGETHER.
SOME MIGHT CALL THAT A
MIRACLE SINCE THE TWO DID
NOT SPEAK FOR NEARLY 20
YEARS.
IN FACT, SULIMAN'S FATHER
ONCE TRIED TO KILL HIM.
WHY?
BECAUSE AT THE AGE OF 16,
ABDU DECIDED TO LEAVE ISLAM
AND FOLLOW JESUS.
THE YOUNG MAN'S JOURNEY OF
FAITH BEGAN WITH AN
UNEXPECTED VISIT.
Translator: I WAS
SLEEPING, AND JESUS WOKE ME
UP.
AND IT WAS LIKE A DREAM, A
REVELATION.
Reporter: ABDU GAVE HIS
LIFE TO CHRIST AFTER READING
FROM A BORROWED BIBLE.
HIS DECISION MADE HIS FAMILY
ANGRY BECAUSE IN THEIR
MUSLIM COMMUNITY, LEAVING
ISLAM BRINGS DISGRACE.
Translator: WE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT KIND OF BELIEF HE
BROUGHT.
WE WERE FUNDAMENTALIST
MUSLIMS AND VERY UPSET.
THAT IS WHY WE WERE AGAINST
HIM.
OUR NEIGHBORS ALSO TOLD US
HE BROUGHT UP FOREIGN
RELIGION HERE, WHICH IS NOT
GOOD.
THEY SAID TO ATTACK HIM AND
DON'T EXCEPT HIM.
Reporter: HIS MOTHER
WAS ALSO VERY UPSET WHEN SHE
LEARNED HER SON BECAME A
CHRISTIAN.
I HAD DEEP, DEEP SORROW
IN MY HEART BECAUSE I
THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY BOY.
I THOUGHT, WE CAN'T EVEN BE
BURIED TOGETHER WHEN OUR
DAYS ARE OVER.
IT WAS A BIG SORROW AT THAT
TIME.
Reporter: VILLAGE
LEADERS TRIED TO INTIMIDATE
ABDU, BY ORDERING A GANG OF
YOUNG MANE TO ATTACK HIM.
AS I WAS WALKING TO
SCHOOL, THEY MET ME ON THE
ROAD, AND THEY BET ME VERY
BADLY WITH A ROPE AND MADE
ME SUFFER.
THEY ASKED ME IF THIS WAS MY
FINAL DECISION.
IF I CONTINUED TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, THEY SAID THEY
WOULD TAKE THE FULL MEASURE
AND WOULD KILL ME.
Reporter: STILL, ABDU
REFUSED TO RENOUNCE JESUS,
AND HIS FATHER BECAME SO
ANGRY, HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS
LIFE.
WE CHASED HIM OUT FROM
OUR HOME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
WANT TO BE AGAINST OUR
NEIGHBORS.
WE CHASED HIM OUT AND HE
WENT TO ANOTHER VILLAGE.
Reporter: DURING HIS
YEARS IN EXILE FROM HIS
FAMILY, HE WORKED AT A
CHURCH AS A SECURITY GUARD
AND GREW STRONGER IN HIS
FAITH.
HE READ MORE THAN 100
CHRISTIAN BOOKS AND BEGAN
DISCIPLEING OTHER FORMER
MUSLIMS WHO HAD COME TO
JESUS.
BUT ABDU'S MOTHER MISSED HIM
TERRIBLY.
AND AFTER MANY YEARS OF
SEPARATION, SHE SLIPPED AWAY
TO SEE HER SON.
I HEARD HE WASN'T
DRINKING ALCOHOL OR DOING
BAD THINGS. BUT THE BOYS
HERE WERE DOING THOSE
THINGS.
SO I DECIDED TO SEE HIM
SECRETLY.
Reporter: IT TOOK 10
YEARS BEFORE SHE, TOO, WOULD
LEAVE ISLAM TO FOLLOW
JESUS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE FAITH
OF MY SON WAS TRUE AND
CORRECT.
BUT NOW I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM
WITH MY HUSBAND.
BUT I DECIDED TO FOLLOW
JESUS AND TRY TO BRING MY
HUSBAND TO CHRIST.
Translator: WE SHOWED BIG
LOVE TO HIM, AND BIG CHANGES
IN OUR CHARACTER.
THIS INFLUENCED HIM.
Reporter: ABOUT A YEAR
LATER, SULIMAN'S HEART
SOFTENED UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF GOD'S BIG LOVE.
NOW HE AND THE REST OF HIS
FAMILY, ABOUT 40 OF THEM,
ARE ALL CHRISTIANS.
THIS HUT ON THE FAMILY
PROPERTY IS NOW A PLACE OF
WORSHIP TO THE LORD AND FOR
HEARING THE GOSPEL.
Translator: I'M VERY
HAPPY THAT MY FAMILY HAS
COME TO JESUS.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT
MAKES ME EXCITED IS THAT
NEAR THE HOME WHERE I GREW
UP IS A PLACE BEING USED AS
A CHURCH.
PEOPLE ARE COMING AND
PRAYING AND GIVING THEIR
LIVES TO CHRIST.
Reporter: AS FOR
SULIMAN, WHILE HE AND HIS
FAMILY ARE PERSECUTED FOR
THEIR FAITH, HE SAYS HE IS
NOT ABOUT TO RETURN TO
ISLAM, AND HE LOOKS FORWARD
TO ETERNITY WITH THE LORD.
Reporter: THE
FUNDAMENTALISTS CAN DO THE
WORST THEY CAN TO US.
THE LAST OPTION FOR THEM IS
TO KILL US.
WE DON'T MIND IF THEY KILL
US, BECAUSE SOME BELIEVERS
WILL BURY US.
WE WILL LIVE WITH CHRIST.
THESE DAYS FOR US ARE NOT A
THREAT.
Wendy: ABDU IS NOW A
MISSIONARY TO MUSLIMS.
THE VOICE OF THE MARTYRS,
CANADA, AND A SCOTTISH GROUP
CALLED STEAD STEADFAST
GLOBAL ARE RESPONDING.
THEY REPORT THAT THOUSANDS
ARE RESPONDING TO THE
GOSPEL.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Wendy: FINALLY THIS
WEEK ON EASTER WEEKEND,
MEXICO WILL LAUNCH THE NEW
VERSION OF CBN'S ANIMATED
SERIES, "SUPERBOOK."
SUPPER LIBRO WILL BE
BROADCAST ON THE THIRD
LARGEST NETWORK IN MEXICO.
AS MARK MARTIN SELLS US,
CHURCHES ARE GEARING UP TO
PROMOTE THE PROGRAM.
Reporter: THOUSANDS OF
MEXICANS WILL ENJOY THE
ADVENTURES OF LOUISE AND THE
ROBOT.
THEY ARE THE WITNESS OF
JESUS MINISTRY, INCLUDING
THE REASON FOR HIS SACRIFICE
ON THE CROSS.
THEY WILL BROADCAST SEVERAL
EPISODES ON SATURDAY, MARCH
30th.
IT IS IN ALL 31 STATES OF
THE NATION OF MEXICO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
BROADCASTING AT PRIME TIME
ON CADINA THREE, DURING THE
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING.
Reporter: CHURCHES AND
MINISTRIES WILL BE INVITING
NON-BELIEVERS TO WATCH THE
ANIMATED SERIES.
WE ARE EXPECTED A GOOD
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO WATCH
THE BROADCAST ON MARCH
30th.
AND WE ARE VISITING CHURCHES
AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IN
SOME SPECIAL EVENTS ABOUT
THE BROADCAST.
Reporter: "SUPERBOOK"
IS A CHILDREN'S BIBLE STORY
SERIES THAT HAS BEEN
TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL
LANGUAGES FOR DISTRIBUTION
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
NOW CBN IS LAUNCHING
"SUPERBOOK" WITH A BRAND NEW
LOOK.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: OUR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE VIEWERS KNOW THE
"SUPERBOOK" ROBOT AS GIZMO,
BUT HE HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT
NAMES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN RUSSIA, HE IS KNOWN AS
ROBIK.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR
THIS WEEK'S CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, FROM ALL OF
US HERE, GOOD-BYE AND GOD
BLESS YOU.
