A football injury leaves a player in massive pain, see how this man got back on the playing field... after four years of unrelenting pain.
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IT'S DEVASTATING.
Gordon: A FOOTBALL
PLAYER IS INJURED DURING A
GAME.
I FELT A POP, ALMOST
LIKE A TEAR.
Gordon: SEE HOW HE
WAS HEALED IN AN INSTANT.
I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH
JOY AND JUST THE LOVE OF
GOD.
Gordon:
PLUS...CHURCHES ACROSS THE
NATION ARE BEEFING UP
SECURITY.
CHURCHES ARE
INCREASINGLY TARGETS NOW.
Gordon: SEE HOW
THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP
THEIR FLOCKS SAFE.
ALL ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
HERE IS EFREM GRAHAM WITH
THIS WEEK'S TOP FIVE
STORIES FROM "STUDIO 5."
Efrem: AT NUMBER
FIVE...THE PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES WIN THEIR VERY
FIRST SUPER BOWL, AND GOD
GETS THE GLORY.
I CAN ONLY GIVE THE
PRAISE TO MY LORD AND
SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, FOR
GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE GOT THE BEST PLAYERS
AND THE WORLD.
Efrem: THE EAGLES
BEAT THE NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS 41 TO 33 IN
MINNEAPOLIS ON SUNDAY.
> AT NUMBER FOUR...THE
SECOND COMING OF JIM
CAVIEZEL AS JESUS GETS A
LITTLE CLOSER.
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER FILM
COMING UP, I HEAR, CALLED
"THE RESURRECTION," AND
IT'S A SEQUEL TO "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST."
IS THAT TRUE?
IT IS PROBABLY A COUPLE
YEARS OUT BECAUSE IT'S A
BIG SEQUEL.
Efrem: JIM CAVIEZEL
IS IN TALKS TO RESURRECT
HIS ROLE AS CHRIST.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
CRONOLOGCHRIST" CHRONICLED THE 12
DAYS BEFORE JESUS CHRIST'S
CRUCIFIXION.
> AT NUMBER THREE...HAVE
YOU ALWAYS BEEN A
BASKETBALL FAN?
NO.
OH, GOSH, NOT AT ALL.
I COME FROM A VERY ARTSY
FAMILY.
Efrem: HIS SETH
CURRIE ANNOUNCED ON
INSTAGRAM THAT SHE AND HER
BASKETBALL STAR HUSBAND
ARE EXPECTING THEIR THIRD
CHILD.
CURRIE WROTE: HEY, HOW
DID THIS HAPPEN?
FEELING VERY BLESSED AND
VERY SICK.
YIPPEE.
THE ONLY SORT OF
INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS I
HAD BEFORE MEETING BY
HUSBAND WAS BUFFALO BILLS'
FOOTBALL AND DOUG FLUTIE.
MY DAD GREW UP IN BUFFALO
AND HAS BEEN A BILLS' FAN
ALL HIS LIFE.
Efrem: AT NUMBER
TWO...WINTER JAM IS UNDER
WAY, AND "STUDIO 5" IS
BACK STAGE WITH THIS
YEAR'S PERFORMERS,
INCLUDING JOHN CRIST, THE
VERY FIRST COMEDIAN TO
JOIN THE TOUR.
> WHAT MADE YOU SAY YES?
I'VE WORKED WITH THIS
MUSICIANS BEFORE AT
CONFERENCES, BUT IT WAS
JUST THE VENUES WERE SO
BI, IBIG, IT WAS LIKE A
DIFFERENT MUSCLE TO WORK.
IT IS LIKE IF YOU WORKED
AT A COMEDY CLUB IN FRONT
OF 200 OR 300 PEOPLE, AND
NOW THEY'RE PUTTING YOU IN
FRONT OF 12,000 OR 13,000.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS, THREE AMERICANS ARE
HEROS FOR FOILING AN
ATTACK ON A TRAIN IN
PARIS.
Efrem: THE THREE MAKE
HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD
ON AUGUST 21st, 2015.
THEIR HEROIC STORY IS NOW
A FEATURE FILM, "15:17 TO
PARIS."
CLINT EASTWOOD DIRECTS IT.
I WAS GOING THROUGH THE
REGULAR CASTING THING, AND
I WAS LOOKING AT A LOT OF
ACTORS, AND GOOD ACTORS,
TOO, AND THEY WOULD HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT I
KEPT LOOKING AT THE GUYS.
AND I KEPT LOOKING AT
THEIR FACES, AND GOING
OVER THIS, AND FINALLY ONE
DAY I JUST SAID, DO YOU
GUYS THINK YOU CAN PLAY
YOURSELVES?
Efrem: TAKE ME BACK
TO WHEN HE DOES ASK.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WHEN
HE SAYS, COULD YOU PLAY
YOURSELF?
WE JUST COULDN'T SAY
NO.
WE SAID YES RIGHT AWAY.
AND WHEN HE LEFT THE ROOM,
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER
SAYING, CAN WE DO THIS?
WE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK
THE FILM.
IT WAS CRAZY, ALMOST.
Gordon: ALL RIGHT.
EFREM IS WITH US NOW, AND
WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT
THE EAGLES.
FLY, EAGLES, FLY!
Efrem: FLY, EAGLES,
FLY.
I' Gordon: I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR THE
EAGLES BECAUSE I'M A
REDSKINS' FAN.
BUT, GO EAGLES.
Efrem: YOU HEARD THE THE
COACH SAYING, I GIVE ALL
OF THE GLORY TO GOD.
AND NINE YEARS AGO, YOU
WERE A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL COACH, AND HE
SAYS HE GIVES ALL OF THE
CREDIT AND GLORY TO GOD.
Gordon: BY ALL
ACCOUNTS, BILL BELICHICK
WILL GO DOWN AS THE BEST
COACH EVER, WITH A LARGE
NUMBER OF SUPER BOWL
RINGS --
Efrem: HE DOES.
Gordon: SO YOU GO,
OKAY, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
IT WAS A PRETTY AMAZING
GAME.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MORE
EXCITING SUPER BOWLS,
ALTHOUGH LAST YEARS' WAS A
LITTLE TOUGH TO BEAT.
Efrem: I WAS A LITTLE
DISAPPOINTED LAST YEAR.
Gordon: OH, YOU MUST
HAVE BEEN IN PAIN.
WHAT'S WITH THE EAGLES,
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE HAVING
BAPTISMS IN THE TRAINING
ROOM AND THEY'RE HAVING
BIBLE STUDIES.
NICK FOLES WANTS TO BECOME
A PASTOR.
Efrem: THEY HAVE
BONDED IN FAITH ALL
BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING
EACH OTHER UP.
THERE WERE BAPTISMS THERE
AND BIBLE STUDIES, AND IT
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A
LITTLE WHILE FOR THEM, SO
IT IS NICE TO SEE THIS ALL
PLAY OUT FOR THEM.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
Gordon: SPEAKING OF
CHRISTIANITY, WE HAVE A
SEQUEL TO "THE PASSION OF
THE CHRIST."
JIM CAVIEZEL IS SAYING IT
WILL BE THE BEST MOVIE
EVER.
Efrem: YES.
Gordon: WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
THAT'S A TOUGH THING.
Efrem: IN LIGHT OF
HOW WELL "THE PASSION"
DID -- IT MADE MORE THAN
$600 MILLION -- THAT'S A
REALLY TOUGH ACT TO
FOLLOW.
"THE PASSION OF THE
CHRIST" IS A FILM THAT I
LOVED, AND ABSOLUTELY
ENJOYED, BUT I COULD ONLY
SEE IT ONCE.
Gordon: I WAS GOING
TO SAY, DID YOU ENJOY IT?
Efrem: I LOVED THE
STORY.
Gordon: IT WAS
GRIPPING.
Efrem: I COULD ONLY
WATCH IT ONCE.
I COULD NOT DO IT AGAIN.
Gordon: I SAW IT
THREE TIMES IN THEATERS.
Efrem: I HAVE THE
D.V.D.
IT'S UNOPENED IN MY
LIBRARY AT HOME.
AT SOME POINT I'LL BE ABLE
TO WATCH IT AGAIN,
PRAYERFULLY, BUT I
COULDN'T AFTER THAT.
I SAY IT IS A TOUGH ACT TO
FOLLOW.
HE IS PROMISING IT IS
GOING TO BE THE BEST FILM
EVER.
THAT COMES FROM JIM
CAVIEZEL.
MEL GIBSON SAYS IT IS
STILL ABOUT THREE YEARS
OFF.
THEY'RE BEING VERY
TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THE
SHOOTING SCHEDULE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT SAYING --
THEY WON'T REVEAL
ANYTHING.
Gordon: I WANT THEM
TO REVEAL IT.
I WANT TO SEE HOW
THEOLOGICAL THEY'RE GOING
TO DEAL WITH SATURDAY?
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH
SATURDAY?
Efrem: THAT'S GOING
TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE
UNFOLD.
I'LL BE WATCHING.
I'LL CERTAINLY BE IN THE
THEATER WHEN IT IS
RELEASED, BUT HARD TO TOP
"THE PASSION OF THE
CHRIST."
Gordon: IT IS ONE OF
THOSE FEW MOVIES WHERE YOU
DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
ADVERTISE IT.
JUST TELL ME WHERE IT IS
PLAYING, AND I'LL GO.
Efrem: WE COULDN'T
EVEN GET A SEAT IN THE
THEATERS WHEN IT WAS OUT.
Gordon: ANOTHER MOVIE
COMING OUT, GREAT CASTING
DECISION BY CLINT
EASTWOOD, TO CAST THE
HEROS.
Efrem: TO CAST THE
ACTUAL HEROS TO PLAY
THEMSELVES IN "15:17 TO
PARIS."
YOU LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP,
AND TALKING TO THEM BEING
DIRECTED BY DLINT EAST CLINT
EASTWOOD, IT WAS NICE TO
HEAR.
THEY SAID IT WAS A LITTLE
AWKWARD IN THE BEGINNING
BECAUSE YOU HEAR ABOUT THE
LEGACY OF CLINT EASTWOOD
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR, AND
YOU KEEP LOOKING UP FOR A
NOD THAT'S GOOD, BUT YOU
DON'T GET ANYTHING.
AND THEY REALIZE, HE IS A
DIRECTOR OF FEW WORDS.
AND THE VERY FACT HE SAYS,
WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT
SCENE, HE GOT WHAT HE
NEEDED.
Gordon: HE IS THE
SILENT DIRECTOR.
Efrem: HE PRODUCES
GREAT, GREAT FILMS.
AND THE ACTING BUG HAS BIT
THOSE THREE.
THEY'RE NOW HOPING THEIR
FUTURE WILL BE IN ACTING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME.
I SAID, WHAT'S NEXT?
AND THEY TOLD ME, WE
HOPING THIS IS LAYING THE
GROUND WORKS FOR ACTING
CAREERS FOR ALL THREE OF
THEM.
Gordon: OH, NO,
THEY'VE GONE HOLLYWOOD.
THE BUG.
Efrem: AND THEY CAN
SAY THEIR VERY FIRST
DIRECTOR IS CLINT
EASTWOOD.
Gordon: OKAY.
WINTERWINTER JAM, WHAT'S COMING
UP?
Efrem: IT IS THE
LARGEST CHRISTIAN CONCERT
EVER.
JOHN CRIST IS THE FIRST
COMEDIAN TO EVER TRAVEL
WITH THIS GROUP.
THEY'RE IN NASHVILLE,
OHIO, INDIANAPOLIS AND
DETROIT FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS A WONDERFUL WORSHIP
EXPERIENCE.
THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT
THIS IS NEW SONG STARTED
IT, AND THEIR GOAL WAS TO
MAKE CONCERTS LIKE THESE
AFFORDABLE.
SO THE HIGHEST-PRICED
TICKET IS $15.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE
YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST-PRICED
TICKET, TO KEEP IT
AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES.
AND IT ONLY JUST WENT UP
TO THAT THIS YEAR.
THAT WAS THE GOAL, SO YOU
COULD PACK IN AN ARENA,
AND YOU COULD SEE ACTS
THAT WOULD NORMALLY
COMMAND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
AND THESE ARE ALL ACTS
THAT COULD COMMAND A FORUM
ALL OF THEIR OWN, BUT
THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER.
THEY INVITED ME TO COME
AND TRAVEL WITH THEM ON
THE BUS FOR A COUPLE OF
CITIES.
I'M SURE THAT'S O ON YOUR
BUCKET LIST.
I'LL GET A BUNK ON THE BUS
AND I'LL GET TO TRAVEL FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEN
I'VE GOT TO GET OFF, FOR
SURE.
Gordon: DO THEY HAVE
A SHOWER ON THE BUS?
YUP.
IT'S ALL THERE.
Gordon: THAT IS GOING
TO BE TOGETHERNESS.
BUILDING 429, AND NICK
HALL, WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT.
Gordon: ARE YOU GOING
TO GO LIVE WITH THAT?
Efrem: I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
IT WILL BE KIND OF ROUGH.
Gordon: REALITY TV,
EFREM ON THE BUS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
ARE YOWANT ME TO SEND A CREW
WITH YOU?
Efrem: MAYBE ONE
SMALL CAMERA.
Gordon: FOR ALL OF
THE LATEST IN
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY NEWS,
CHECK OUT EFREM'S "STUDIO
5."
EFREM WILL BE BACK HERE
NEXT WEEK.
Efrem: INDEED I WILL.
Gordon: UP NEXT, A
FOOTBALL INJURY LEAVES A
PLAYER IN MASSIVE PAIN.
IT WAS DEVASTATING.
I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED
PAIN LIKE I DID AT THAT
MOMENT.
Gordon: SEE HOW THIS
MAN GOT BACK ON THE
PLAYING FIELD AFTER YEARS
OF UNRELENTING PAIN.
> PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING
FOR YOU AND YOUR NEEDS
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Gordon: AFTER A
FOOTBALL INJURY, DOMINIC
ENDURED FOUR YEARS OF
EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
HIS DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP
HIM.
BUT ONE MORNING DOMINIC
WAS INSTANTLY HEALED,
RIGHT IN HIS OWN HOME.
Reporter: AS A
FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL,
DOMINIC BARBARUOLO WAS A
DEFENSIVE END ON HIS
FOOTBALL TEAM.
I WAS RUNNING, AND OUT
OF NOWHERE, THE DEFENSIVE
TACKLE HIT ME AND I WAS
FALLING AND TWISTED MY
KNEE, AND HE FELL ON TOP
OF ME.
I FELT LIKE A POP, AND
ALMOST LIKE A TEAR.
I GOT UP AND I WAS
LIMPING, BUT I WAS, LIKE,
I'M GOING TO STAY IN.
AND THE NEXT PLAY, WHEN I
CUT TO GO TOWARDS THE
RUNNINGBACK, MY KNEE GAVE
OUT.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED PAIN
LIKE I DID AT THAT MOMENT.
Reporter: THE
EXCRUCIATING PAIN WOULD
NOT GO AWAY.
HE WENT TO SEVERAL
DOCTORS, BUT M.R.I.s AND
CAT SCANS DIDN'T REVEAL
ANY TEARS OR ANYTHING THAT
COULD BE CAUSING THE PAIN.
IT WAS DEVASTATING,
KNOWING THAT THE DOCTORS
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING
WRONG, AND YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE THIS PAIN EVERY DAY.
IT WOULD HURT WHEN I GOT
UP, AND I WOULD SORT OF
WALK AND YOU KIND OF HAD
THAT PAIN WHERE YOU TRIED
NOT TO PUT PRESSURE ON IT.
YOU KIND OF FLINCH.
Reporter: HE NEVER
WENT BACK TO PLAYING
FOOTBALL AS HE ENDURED THE
PAIN FOR NEARLY FOUR
YEARS.
THEN ONE MORNING HE WAS
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
I WENT OUT THERE JUST
IN TIME FOR THE WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE WITH A SPRAIN
IN YOUR RIGHT KNEE, AND
GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER,
AND HE IS TAKING AWAY THAT
PAIN AND THAT NUMBNESS,
AND HE IS JUST RESTORING
THE JOINT TO WHAT IT
ORIGINALLY WAS.
HE IS HEALING IT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
I CLAIMED THAT WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE, AND I WAS ABLE
TO GET UP AND HOP ON MY
RIGHT LEG, UP AND DOWN,
WITHOUT ANY PAIN.
AND I WAS HARDLY ABLE TO
WALK ON IT EARILER.
I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH JOY
AND JUST THE LOVE OF GOD.
I'M NOW ABLE TO PLAY,
LIKE, CHURCH FLAG FOOTBALL
NOW.
I'M ABLE TO RUN.
I'M ABLE TO WORK OUT.
I'M ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING
I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO.
I CAN GO ON HIKES.
I CAN GO ON LONG WALKS.
I CAN RUN.
Reporter: THOSE HIGH
SCHOOL DAYS ARE BEHIND HIM
NOW.
TODAY DOMINIC AND HIS
WIFE, RACHEL, LOVE
SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR
LITTLE GIRL, ISABELLA.
I AM ABLE TO RUN AROUND
WITH MY DAUGHTER AND HAVE
FUN.
AND I'M ABLE TO GO OUT TO
THE MOUNTAINS AND DO A LOT
OF SHOOTING WITH FRIENDS
AND FAMILY.
Reporter: AND DOMINIC
LOVES TO SHARE WHAT GOD
DID FOR HIM, AND WHAT HE
CAN DO FOR OTHERS.
HE CAN HEAL.
THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE
GOD CAN HEAL, TRUST HIM.
PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM.
CHALLENGE GOD.
I WANT A HEALING.
AND HE'LL COME THROUGH.
Gordon: YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CHALLENGE HIM.
HE WANTS TO HEAL YOU.
HE LOVES YOU INFINITELY.
SO MUCH THAT HE WAS
WILLING TO DIE FOR YOU.
AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT, FAITH GETS VERY
EASY.
AND BELIEF GETS VERY EASY.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED
TO HAVE HEALING.
WELL, WE WANT TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
AND WE HAVE SOME PRAYER
REQUESTS.
MICHELLE WRITES IN: "I
HAVE GONE THROUGH SURGERY
FOR MY KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER, BUT I STILL HAVE
PAIN.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR AGAIN AS I'M IN
DEBT DUE TO OTHER
SURGERIES.
PLEASE PRAY FOR TOTAL AND
COMPLETE HEALING OF MY
BODY AND PROVISION TO PAY
THE HOSPITAL BILLS."
THEN MARICEL WRITES IN:
"PLEASE PRAY FOR MY
FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY
CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME,
WHO ALSO HAD CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE."
AND MARILYN SAYS, "I HAVE
STAGE FOUR CANCER.
PRAY FOR GOD TO HEAL ME
AND FOR STRENGTH AS I
ENDURE TREATMENT."
LET'S LIFT THESE NEEDS TO
THE LORD.
AND IF YOU HAVE A NEED,
LET'S PRAY FOR YOU AS WELL
AND REALIZE THAT GOD WANTS
TO ANSWER PRAYER.
HE WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR
HIS CHILDREN.
HE IS LOOKING FOR THAT.
HIS EYES GO TO AND FRO
OVER THE WHOLE EARTH TO
SHOW HIMSELF STRONG.
SO LET HIM DO THAT FOR YOU
AND LET'S BELIEVE.
LORD, WE JUST LIFT THESE
NEEDS TO YOU.
THE ONES WHO HAVE WRITTEN
IN ON THE Facebook PAGE,
THE ONES WHO ARE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW AND PRAYING FOR
MIRACLES.
WE JUST ASK FOR THEM,
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO
DO MIRACLES.
MIRACLES, TO DO
WONDERS, TO PROVIDE
HEALING, TO HAVE FINANCIAL
NEEDS MET, TO PLACE PEOPLE
IN FAMILIES, TO SURROUND
THEM WITH LOVED ONES AND
YOUR LOVE.
LORD GOD, DO THAT TODAY.
AND, LORD, LET'S PRAY FOR
THE ONE RIGHT NOW WHO HAS
PAIN LEFT OVER FROM
SURGERY ON HER KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER.
WE JUST ASK FOR COMPLETE
MIRACLE HEALING.
THAT ALL OF THAT PAIN,
EVERYTHING THAT IS
RESIDUAL FROM THE
OPERATION WOULD LEAVE HER.
AND WE ASK FOR PROVISION,
THAT HER HOSPITAL BILLS
WOULD BE CLEARED, THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE
DEBT.
BE WITH HER.
AND FOR THE ONE WHO HAS
DOWN SYNDROME AND HEART
PROBLEMS, LORD, JUST SEND
CLARITY OF THOUGHT NOW.
WE JUST REJOICE IN THE
MIRACLE YOU'RE DOING.
WE REJOICE IN THE MIRACLE
OVER THE HEART, AND ASK
FOR HEALING FOR THAT NOW.
AND FOR THIS ONE WITH
STAGE FOUR CANCER, LORD
GOD, HEAL.
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND.
YOU NUMBER THE VERY HAIRS
ON OUR HEAD, AND SO YOU
NUMBER EVERY CANCER CELL.
AND WE JUST ASK NOW THAT
THAT NUMBER WOULD BE
REDUCED TO ZERO.
AND THERE WOULD BE NO MORE
CANCER IN HER BODY NOW.
WE BELIEVE IT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE
SACRIFICE.
WE BELIEVE IN THE CROSS.
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR LOVE.
WE THANK YOU FOR IT.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
HERE FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO
TO THE PHONE AND CALL US:
1-800-700-7000.
AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR
Facebook PAGE.
IT IS REAL EASY.
JUST TYPE "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE" INTO
Facebook, AND IT WILL
COME UP, AND YOU CAN POST
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS AND
GET A WHOLE COMMUNITY
PRAYING FOR YOU.
DO IT EITHER WAY.
CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.
> STILL TO COME, ARMED
GUARDS, ACTOR SHOOTER
PLANS, AND CONCEALED
WEAPONS.
ALL OF THAT COULD BE
COMING TO YOUR HOUSE OF
WORSHIP.
IT IS TRAGIC THAT
CHURCHES THAT ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE OUR SANCTUARIES ARE
NOW SO DANGEROUS THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE SECURITY
TEAMS, SOMETIMES ARMED.
Gordon: THE NEW LAW
THAT COULD HAVE YOUR
CHURCH UP IN ARMS.
Gordon: THE MASS
SHOOTING AT A SMALL TEXAS
CHURCH LATE LAST YEAR HAS,
ONCE AGAIN, BROUGHT UP THE
DEBATE OVER CHURCH
SECURITY.
SO THE QUESTION IS:
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT CHURCHES IN
TODAY'S VIOLENT CULTURE?
CBN'S MARK MARTIN SPOKE
WITH A TEXAS LAWMAKER WHO
IS THE PUSHING A NEW LAW
THAT ALLOWS CHURCH
VOLUNTEERS TO BECOME
SECURITY GUARDS.
Mark: GOING TO CHURCH
IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE, A
LITERAL SANCTUARY, WHERE
PEOPLE MEET GOD AND FIND
PEACE IN A TROUBLED WORLD.
THAT TRANQUIL IMAGE HAS
TAKEN A BEATING AFTER
SEVERAL SHOOTINGS,
INCLUDING THE ONE AT
MOTHER EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL
CHURCH, WHERE NINE PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES DURING A
BIBLE STUDY.
THESE ARE ALL FINE
PEOPLE.
Mark: IN THE
SEPTEMBER SHOOTING LAST
YEAR NEAR NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE, WHERE A GUNMAN
TOOK THE LIFE OF ONE
PERSON AND INJURED MORE
THAN HALF A DOZEN.
AND EVEN MORE RECENTLY AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS.
IN NOVEMBER, A GUNMAN
WALKED AMONG THE PEWS,
KILLING 26 PEOPLE, RANGING
IN AGE FROM 18 MONTHS TO
77 YEARS OLD.
THE TEXAS-BASED SECURITY
ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS
"SHEEP DOG SEMINARS,"
REPORTS 1400 VIOLENT
DEATHS THAT HAPPENED ON
FAITH-BASED PROPERTY
NATIONWIDE IN 2017.
SO HOW SHOULD CHURCHES
PROTECT THEMSELVES?
THE STATE OF TEXAS
RECENTLY PASSED A LAW THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO USE
VOLUNTEERS AS SECURITY
GUARDS.
THE LAW WENT INTO AFFECT
IN SEPTEMBER.
TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE
MAT RENAULDI SPONSORED THE
LAW.
IT IS TRAGIC THAT
CHURCHES, THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE OUR
SANCTUARIES, AND NOW
TARGETED IN TODAY'S
CULTURE, UNFORTUNATELY.
Reporter: HE BLAMES
TEXAS LOBBYISTS FOR A
PREVIOUS LAW.
THE PROBLEM WITH TEXAS
LAW WAS WE ACTUALLY PASSED
AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
LAW, PROHIBITING CHURCHES
FROM DOING SECURITY
FUNCTIONS, UNLESS THEY
PAID SOMEBODY WHO IS
LICENSED TO DO IT.
IT WAS SENSELESS, AND I
THINK A LOT OF CHURCHES IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE
VIOLATING THE LAW
UNKNOWINGLY.
Efrem THE STATE HAS REVOKED
THE LAW.
IF YOU HAVE A SMALL
CHURCH THAT CAN'T AFFORD
PRIVATE SECURITY, YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND
YOURSELF.
Reporter: IN ADDITION
TO USING VOLUNTEERS AS
SECURITY, THE LAW ALLOWS
CHURCHES TO SET UP ACTIVE
SHOOTER PLANS, PATROL
THEIR CAMPUSES, AND TRAIN
CONCEALED GUN HOLDERS.
WHAT THIS LAW ALLOWS IS
THE CHURCHES TO COORDINATE
TRAINING FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS, WHERE IT WAS
PREVIOUSLY PROHIBITED.
SO WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO
BE TRAINED, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
Reporter: BUT NOT
EVERYONE BELIEVERS TH BELIEVES THE BEST
WAY IS THIS LEGISLATION.
MAYBE SOME CHURCHES ARE
BETTER EQUIPPED TO HAVE
ACCESS TO TRAINED LAY
SECURITY THAN OTHER
PLACES.
AND THAT WOULD BE A
DIFFERENT FACTOR.
BUT THERE IS NO TRAINING
REQUIRED?
THERE IS NO LEVEL OF SKILL
REQUIRED.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THE WAY
THE LAW IS WRITTEN NOW,
ANYONE CAN BE THAT.
Reporter: NEWS
REPORTS SPARKED
CONTROVERSY, POINTING OUT
THAT THE LAW DID THE NOT
REQUIRE CHURCH VOLUNTEERS
TO UNDERGO THE LICENSING,
TRAINING, AND BACKGROUND
CHECKS REQUIRED OF
PROFESSIONAL SECURITY
OFFICERS.
CRITICS EXPRESSED CONCERN
INEXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS
WOULD SUDDENLY FACE
LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATIONS.
BUT THE REALITY IS MOST
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
CONCEALED LICENSE IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS HAVE NOT
SHOT THEIR WEAPON,
CERTAINLY NOT IN A
DEFENSIVE MODE.
SO THEY HAVE NO
EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM HAVING AN OFF-DUTY
OFFICER OR SOMEONE WHO IS
EX-MILITARY.
Reporter: WINGFIELD
HELPS PASTOR A LARGE
CHURCH WITH PROFESSIONAL
SECURITY GUARDS.
HE SAYS SOME VOLUNTEERS
ALSO PROVIDE SOME
SECURITY, AND ADMITS THERE
IS SOME GOOD TO THE NEW
LAW.
I THINK IN SOME CASES
IT WOULD WORK.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT
WOULD NEVER WORK.
I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL
CHURCHES WOULD BE
DISCERNING ABOUT HOW THEY
DO THAT.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
ARE VERY WISE AND
EXPERIENCED GUN OWNERS AND
USERS.
AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOVICES.
Reporter: STATE
REPRESENTATIVE RENAULDI
SAYS SOME IS BETTER THAN
NONE.
I WOULD SAY IT IS
BETTER TO HAVE SOME
INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING
SECURITY THAN NOT.
ESPECIALLY IN AN ARMED
SITUATION.
IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE LAWS
ON WHO COULD ENTER A
CHURCH WITH A HANDGUN.
WHAT IT DID WAS CHANGE THE
LAW SO THE CHURCHES CAN
TRAIN THE INDIVIDUALS MORE
SAFELY.
Reporter: HE NOW
ADVISES CONGREGATIONS TO
TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.
THE LAW IS IN PLACE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE CHURCHES
TO TAKE NOTE OF IT AND TO
COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW
TO DEAL WITH THESE
SITUATIONS.
Reporter: MARK
MARTIN, CBN'S, DALLAS.
Gordon: WELL, THE
VERSE THAT KEEPS COMING
BACK TO ME ON THESE
SHOOTINGS, AND WHETHER IT
IS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS OR
CHURCH SHOOTINGS, WHEN
THAT WHICH RESTRAINS IS
TAKEN AWAY -- WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO OUR CULTURE?
WHERE PLACES THAT USED TO
BE PLACES OF TRUST AND
SAFETY ARE NOW CONSIDERED
DANGEROUS AREAS.
WHEN WE START RANKING
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BASED ON
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED, AND THE NEED TO
PROTECT OURSELVES WHEN WE
GO TO CHURCH, WE NEED GOD.
WE NEED HIS RESTRAINING
HAND.
> HEAR IS A WORD FROM
PSALM 91: "THIS I DECLARE
ABOUT THE LORD: HE ALONE
IS MY REFUGE, MY PLACE OF
SAFETY.
HE IS MY GOD AND I TRUST
HIM."