Wendy and welcome, everyone, to this edition of christian world news. Im wendy griffith. George thomas is on assignment. In southern egypt, muslims killed two christian men for failing to pay them protection money. Muslims in the area are demanding christians pay them jija, a kind of tax that islamic law requires religious minorities to pay muslims. But the tax is so high many christians simply cant af foafford it. The voice of the martyrs reports that a muslim man demanded a christian in a village to pay him nearly 1500. The christian sought help from local police, but to no avail. When he failed to come up with the money, several muslims went to his home and shot him and his cousin to death. The murders are just one example of how christians in southern egypt are facing great danger from the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi. Gary lane has more. Reporter egyptian christians in the gil of minia are afraid for their future. Christian activists adel sh
List of the worlds 50 worries offenders. Most surprising, christians in africa are witnessing a surge in persecution there. Mali jumped from unranked to number seven. Tanzania, kenya, uganda, and argentina joined the list, and ethiopia climbed from 38 to 15. But north korea is the worst country in the world to be a christian. It topped the chart for the 11 year in a row, followed by saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq. The arab spring, in many ways, has turned into an islamic winter for the christians of the middle easterly. That includes the whole state of north africa. Pretty much every place that has an election has elected islamists, and they have made it more difficult for the churches of the middle east, who are pretty significant minorities in a lot of these countries. So that has been a bad thing. George tens of thousands of christians are fleeing the middle east because of persecution, yet this modern day exitous is getting little attention in the west. Now a jewish group is teami
This week on christian world news, one year, three teams, six countries, and hundreds of changed lives. The miracle of gapia. Wendy plus, egypts unrest continues, but the military pledges to protect and rebuild damaged churches. George and the dangers of doing good. The moment that this christian leader learned he was doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. And welcome to this weeks edition of christian world news, everyone. Im george thomas. Wendy and im wendy griffith. Well, it is that time of year, george, Many High School graduates heading off to college this fall, but a growing number of deciding to take a year au off instead. It is called a gap year. George and some of americas top universities, hathey actually support it. Not too long ago, i came across three teens who were on the global journey of a lifetime. This is the story of three 19yearolds. George who decided to live for almost a year outside their comfort zones. Lady douglas is from amarillo, texas. God totally bro
spread the gospel. wendy: plus, missing missionary pilot jerry krauss disa disappeared en route from supervisin south african to mali. his family is is still looking for answers. george: and this former archbishop is taking the country s prime minister to task for his government s discrimination against christians. wendy: welcome to christian world news, everyone. i m wendy griffith. george: and i am george thomas. imagine quitting your job, leaving everything behind, and setting off on a trip, one that goes to 11 countries in 11 months. wendy: sounds very exciting. recently i met one young lady who is doing just that. she is having the adventure of a lifetime on what s called the world race. in these cultures that we re going to, people don t care what you look like or what you smell like. they care about the message that you have. reporter: 28-year-old emily wright of virginia beach left her job, her apartment, and her family torld challenge. that means o
islamic countries. gary lane spoke to author ramede. first a look at the disturbing trend. reporter: it is like a drum beat, perpetual acts of violence against those belonging to the christian faith. an unprecedented assault on a church during a funeral service. persecution is a way of life for egyptian christians. tens of thousands fled the country since muslim brotherhood rose to power. this pope said the egyptian church will persevere. through the blood, the church will be alive, strong. will be effective. in their society. reporter: in pakistan, last march an angry muslim mob forced families from their homes after a christian accused blasphemy. and bibi is still in prison. when muslim coworkers criticized her faith, she said christ is the true prophet of god, not mohammed. she has been in prison nearly four years. in iran, house church pastor saeed abedini is suffering bleeding from iran s evin prison. my flesh wants to say he won t survive that prison. in iran,