>> today on christian world news denying religious freedom. u.s. state departme releases world's worst offenders. >> and sudan, a civil war, and the christians caught in the middle. >> why the united nations is denyi israel's biblical heritage. >> welcome to christian worl news i am mark martin. >> and i am wendy griffith, george omas is on aassignment. >> america is shing a harsh light on regimes that persecute

religious leaders. they have been abusg christians for years. paul strand has more from washington. >> some of the worst actor where those countries where your religion can get you killed, tortured or put in prison. state department disgusts them as they release the international report on internationafreedom. >> religious freedom is a fundamental right and essential to any society. >> many christians are jailed and a number of christian have died due to torture. >> very rsh conditions. >> in nearby somalia, the terrorist group alshabo in iraq, terroriss have been

killing members of minority faiths, especially christians. clinton blasted government and private provaiers of persecutn. >> an authorarian regime. extremist groups that exploit sectarian teions. >> nations named as countri of particular concern, burma, china, air tree ya, iran, saudi arabia, sudan and uzbekistan. paul strand cbn news, washington. >> joining us from washington is scott flipsi. scott, hodoes this year's report differ from last year's any surprises? >> i think it is important to note that the u.s. government

takes religious freedom seriously. this report is a huge report of arrests and harassment that believerface globall the u.s. government requires embay officials to be in touch with a persecutor. persecuted believer is in other countries and raise these with persecutors in some cases. >> iraq is not listed as a count of concern, should it have been? >> yes, our commission believes iraq, when it comes to religious minorities and on going secretary olence should be named. we believe the u.s. has leverage to make fundamtal changes, particularly in the political process. it should be named as a country of particular concern.

>> at least 58 christians were murdered. >> this is an on going problem and political problem in iraq. it is somethg the religion out govement can do something about. we ask them to raise a rock to the standard of one of the worst violators and do something about it. >> what is being done by the u.s. government to altar their behavior? >> international freedom act of 1998 has a video ri varie of tools. they are used and in some cases aren't. in many countries of the world, they use the tools. saying nice things, and the secretary of state and president obama have made

strong statemens but haven't married words with actions, like denying persecutors visas to the united stats or using financial bans against those designated as religious freedom persecutors. >> less talkmore action needed. the newly appointed susan johns cook was absent from the press conference. we haven't en a lot of her, why is that? >> the government has rules about those nominated but not confirmed. i imagine her confirmation will be forthcoming and on the job some time soon whether it is december or january. >> president obama implied there is religious toleran there. anybody watching the news, that is not the case. is he misinforme >> indonea is an interesting

case. it is a country i spend a lot of time on. there is a tolerance, sortof muslim strain which is the dominant force, ongoing sectariaviolence. it comes from extremist groups. the government isn't doing enough to sort of reign them in. >> all right. >> we have raised this issue with the indonesian govement. there is tolerance in a broad spectrum which threaten indosian democracy. >> thans for being with us. >> good to be with you. the pakistan woman sentenceto charges on blasphemy has filed an appl. delivering the required documents to the high court and calling on christians worldwide

to pray. >> bb's crime, she told co-workers that jesus died for man kind and askedwhat mohammad hadone for them. a battle in washington over how to best discourage countries from using child soldiers. human rights groups estimate a quarter of a million children some as young as 7 are involvd in armed conflicts around the world. a waiver by the obama administration exempting 4 countries that use child soldiers from u.s. penalties. those penalties mandatedby the 2008 child soldiers act,

involve cutting off military ate to stop using child soldiers, chad, democratic republic of congo, yemen and sudan. southern sudanese began registering or their upcoming referendum on independenc president obama called it a critical milestone. >> meanwhile a series of rallies across the united states to garner sport. gary lane attended one in washington. >> reporter: southern sudanese held this rally infront of the white house. they want to keep the pressure on the obama administraon. they'll decide january 9th if they want to form their own country. partition referend is part of a peace agreement signed 6 years ago ending the 22-year war between the muslim north

and christian south. >> they are concerned about an oil-rich region called byay. more than 100 years ago the city was in the south. most people living there are christian. >> they can't afford to be treated like that by the north. >> this second referendum, only for the people of abee ya. scheduled for january h. the people of abee ya will decide to join the south. 100 people killed, tens of thousands fled their homes. they want to prove renewed fighting to cancel the referendum, drive them away and seize their oil. >> this is our oil.

this is our land, everythingis ours. >> united security council reaffirmedts commitment to the 2 referendums and peaceful transition. what will happen if the january vote is cancelled or sudanese government refuses to acknowledge a proindependence outcome? >> if the north is going to deny us our rights, then we will fight for it. >> former child slave frances book believe a return to war can be oveted. he is praying american christians will get involved once again. >> we hope they'll continue praying, supporting, with militaryiaaids and pressing the leaders that have stood with us. i want to say please do continue. the journey has not finished. >> gary lane cbn news, washington.

>> push for peace -- the

united nations ornization is joining them. julie stal has the story. >> reporter: u.n. esco recently claimed these muslim spots. >> it is not a scientific society. there is a vote of countries to decide designations of different places. >> hebron's cave of patriarchs. separate areas are set up for muslims and jews to pray in the cave. islamic authorities say jews have no hiory in the mrasz. place. >> abraham was never a jew. he was a muslim. pure muslim according to the koran. >> this site in bethlehem is

believed to be the burial place of rachel. the palastinians say it is a mosque. >> the great ironny abou rachel's tomb. in islamic tradition it wasn't called a mosque. this is a whole new invention of the palastinian authority from 1996. >> former u.n. ambassador dor ri can gold told cbn news about historic docunts proving muslims reck newsed the tomb as jewish. >> we have an imperial degree from 1830 which says rachel's tomb is a jewish site. >> benjamin netanyahu said of israel's 4,000 year connection to these placesand noted more

than a billion people believe the historic documentation in the bible. the mosque designation was crucial to reving israeli-palastinian peace talk jews have traveled to these sites around the world for generations. >> to eradicate that history and turn them into muslim sites is a political agenda but not truth. >> an officialist of its national heritage site >> israelis are talking about the effort of some countries to delegitimize the state of israel charging it with phony war crimes and questioning its history, its very foundation. >> julie stall, cbn news, beth

lehem. thousands of people that fled eir homes are returning to their homes. cbn news corrpondent lucille has more. >> reporter: mot of the casualties were torched by hot gases measuring up to 600 degrees centigrade. mound marpi began spewing va. she tried to go back to her house to save her son. thick smoke prevented her from reaching him. fortunately 11-year-old son was rescued by others. 90 percent of his body was burned. >> i am saddened what happened to my son. but i am happy he is alived. the doctors say his condition

is better. >> more than 350,000 people have been displaced becausof the explosion. evacuation centers and this threatens their health. christian medical workers with operation blessing are visiting the centers providing medicines to the place. accorng to geology, the volcanos maprevent them from returning home any time soon. >> november continues erupons and up to now. it is important to the people. >> meanwhile the city of jakarta and surrounding areas are all covered. >> the ash fall is so severe. people are advised to wear masks. they are hoping this will end

soon as mount marpi continues to erupt, things are far from gettinbetter nuchlt new the lava flow main intensify, authorities fear another devastating scenio. possibility of flash floods result of cold lava mud flow. lucille, cbn news, jakarta, indonesia. when we return, cbn reporter, ephram graham brings us a special worldwide segmentment.

>> many church leaders and experts believe jesuses command to spread the gospel to the whole world, an explosion of evangelsm is taking place as

evidence. one of the area solar system in asia. cbn news bureau chris mitcll traveled to the far east and joins us more to tell us more. chris, what did you learn about the chinese church on your trip? >> ephram graham, the chinese church is booming. new christns born again everyday. marked bymiracles and signs and wonders. deaf are hearing, blind are seeing, and lame walking. many parts of china, it has been a remarkable story of evangelism in the 20th and 21th century. >> signs and wonders as well what haveyou heard about the back to jerusalemovement? >> it is the term used for the chinese church taking the gospel dgoodnews from china all the way back here to jerusalem. vision began in 1940s.

take the gospel back here to jerusalem. they were stopped in 1949 when the bordrs were closed and evangesm stopped out side the borders of the chinese church. many streams have the same vision take the gospel back here? >> many people feel it could be the completion of the great commsion. there was a moe men tus turning point in book of acts, apostle paul had a vision, instead of going east, gospelwent west. that evangelized europe and north america. now that it has gone strongly, it will actually, the gospel

will sir cum nav kate the world. >> why would you be making journe, to hong kong, indee indonesia? >> we see what happens here politically, literally makes world news. just the other day the president, prsident obama was making comments whe he was in indonesi day of prayer is effecting millions of christians arou the world. this movement to come back here is one more sign the world is looking to this city. >> is the church excited abou this movement? >> many christians and messianic jews excited. i would say the is a greater interest in china and other parts of the rld of what is happening and greater interest,

a real hunger to ow what is happening in israel. >> absolutely, we apprecia your time.

>> final today a troubling study in the united kingdom, people believe christianity is irrevant in day-to-day live. >> peter wooding reports. >> reporter: in the uk young people are losing sight of their christian heritage. we ask this youth about the relevance of christianity to their generation? >> morally, it teaches how to live good life. >> religion is not important. >> i am not christian. i don't believe in god. i would enforce the christian way because it is good. >> new research reveals these are common among the next

generation in uk. faith of generation y study of over 0 people looked into the relevance fochristianity from 8-23. the researchers looked at the youth projects to help bridge the gab. gap. generation y is more interested in relationships than programs. the key to engaging young people in the christian faith is to consistently communicate the gospel message. >> they know their stories christian faith, they rely on the stories. we have to find ways to make the stories relevant. >> they seek to bridge the gap, the challenge remains for the uk church to get alongside this generation of prodigals.

peter wooding for cbn news, london, england. 100,000 bibles being distributed in vietnam. a math te teacher living in arkansas has done this and the only second person to do it. it is easier to understanthan the previous translation written 100 years ago. >> fabulous. >> great to hear. >> that hato be a tough language to lear >> so important. >> anothegreat shw. thanks for joining us, i am wendy grfith. >> and i am mark martin. have a great wek. >> god bless yo (speaking in internation language) and he said un them go ye into all of the world

and preach the gospel preach the gospel ♪ every creature in the wld. (applause)