>> today on "christian world news" iran signs an execution order for a christian pastor. christian leaders speaking out in a desperate effort to save pastor yousef nadarkhani. >> freedom sunday helps churches around the world fighting back against sex trafficking. >> why residents of nigeria are living in fear. iran sign it is execution order for pastor yousef nadarkhani. hello everyone i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. news coming from sources inside

iran. iran regime has signed the order carried out the sentence to kill pastor yousef nadarkhani. the white house issued a statement condemning iran and urging others to demand his release. franklin gram told "fox & friends," president obama should do more to help nadarkhani. >> president could call for a prayer meeting at the white house and make a statement, we apologized to the afghan because the koran had been burned. he could use the power of the white house to call pastors to have a prayer meet, he hasn't

done it. >> nadarkhani has been in prison more than 860 days, he has rejected offerers to recant his christian nafaith. jordan, how soon might this execution take place? >> if you look back the last time this happened to a christian pastor in iran, it was 1990. very similar to the time line we have, the legal team in iran was trying to get documents in the courts. this case went to the ayatollah. the court didn't want to issue an order. supreme court took the appeal, sent it back to say was he muslim enough. he had muslim blood. in that case in 1990, it delayed for a couple of weeks.

they department get the certificate of death or execution order on paper until they got the paper. these attorneys in iran, this is their specialty. they would never contact us on monday with this news. we worked on it for 24 hours. george, look back what happened since we covered this story, early fall, late summer, white house state department took much more time before engaging. now two days before the we have statements from the most powerful office. >> he is a muslim that represents a lot of christians like this convicted and usually not sentenced to death. a number of years in prison, pastor nadarkhani has been in jail 865 days.

they are looking. it already enter to the supreme court. the lower court needs to determine was he a muslim at the age of majority. he was muslim enough because his parents were of muslim origin. biggest, best thing we can do is just like in september and october, not rely on their legal system but the world's pressure and attention. it is starting now. >> to that very point is the united states doing enough? white house has spoken up, state department. do we do more? if so, what? >> people can do more. there is a danger, george, a legitimate one of making this u.s. verse iran. we look back and know, september, october, u.s. was trying to negotiate. much more defiant regime.

there are countries around the world, brazil for instance, 90 percent of population is christian. very good diplomatic relationship with iran. that is what we need the world coming together. it won't be one specific leader. this white house statement, i understand what reverend gram is talking about. this white house statement, make sure we now know that iranian regime for the second time know it is united states president knows what is going on. that is a strong message to send to the iranian regime and ayatollah itself. >> thank you so much. hundreds of thousands of people taking part in a twitter campaign to free pastor yousef nadarkhani. sign up at the american center for justice website.

cwnews.org. an extremist jewish group desecrated a baptist group. attack is part of an on going campaign against christian and muslim sites. cbn correspondent, julie stall shows us. >> reporter: it will crucify you and death to christianity, sprayed in hebrew on the house walls. >> obviously people don't like christians being here and don't like jesus or respect jesus for sure. >> baptist house in downtown jerusalem has been attacked in the past. 2007, vandals burned chairs and hymn books and 1982, previous wooden structure burned to the ground. this incident brought out the best of the neighborhood. >> we are sad extremists would

take matters into their hands and encouraged by the sympathy of neighbors and people of good will, which i believe are the majority. >> we'll get a lot of support, even my friend, barry, jewish, he came with his rabbi to the synagogue in arnona. they were quite disgusted. they wanted to call the mayor's religious affairs. >> police investigated whether it is connected to an attack on a mosque. dr. mortkia zachen. >> i think i present overwhelming majority of israeli citizens. >> he said this kind of incident wouldn't have had this press coverage 10 years ago.

>> israeli society is progressing, showily but surely. >> julie stall, cbn news, jerusalem. coming up, freedom sunday. how churches around the world are fighting back against sex trafficking.

>> 4600 churches around the world have committed to observe freedom sunday this weekend. goal is to raise awareness of human trafficking. as many as 2 million children are victims of sex trafficking. more than 100,000 in america are victims every year. >> only a handful of shelters for victims currently exist. >> even the experts admit, they are only beginning to how best

help them. there is a faith-based shelter in north carolina. >> reporter: it is a cold quiet night outside in nashville. inside who knows how many girls are being held by threats and coercion, forced to sell themselves. >> a small -- a lot of trafficking victims are not out on the streets. where to find them? rah rahab's hope has found them. >> we did research on craigs list, thousands of ads. >> this ministry is the brain child of emily fitzpatrick who started hope house, a shelter fur trafficking victims. >> we saw ads, young girls,

their face was blurred, she could have been a minor. we saw girls, the ad said 19, she looked every bit of 12-13 years old. >> volunteers start with prayer. each partner has a prayer partner. resources in the city targeted and work from a script that discretely identifies the extent that a pimp maybe identifying a girl. >> we have to approach it gently, openly, whatever your needs are, we are here. if they are not ready to leave, there is nothing we can do. but we have had girls say, no i am not ready to leave, i'll take your number. they have called later and say i am ready. >> many girls are controlled by

pimps. rahab's hope has spoken to 1,000 victims in 19 cities. partners with law enforcement and last year rescued 4 girls. many are brainwashed, others are able to admit the horror of their world. >> we have had girls, as soon as we say can i pray for you burst into tears say i hate this. >> on this particular night, they have a conversation. she says i am 6 months pregnant. kern is able to help "ashley" think through her options and pray with her. even kern is overcome with emotion. volunteer michelle shares her dream of getting out and going back to school.

>> i can tell by talking to you you are right on and a smart woman. you achieve anything you set your mind to, i can hear it in your voice. >> if the work of rahab's hope seems laborious, it is nothing compared to its sister organization, hope house, nestled in north carolina, shelter serves a few victims at a time. board member john perishes admits the process, it is tougher than he imagined. >> it is not about numbers. it is about one on one, face to face, years in terms of redemptive process. >> daily life includes mentoring and daily counseling and home schooling, therapy and newfound hobbies like making jewelry. across the country, christian

groups wanting to fight christian trafficking are keeping a close eye. regularly besieged by calls and information. they come from churches that want to start their own shelters. >> we take girls directly off the streets to hope house. a lot of what we are doing is stabilizing them, helping them learn healthy boundaries and self-esteem, trust that there are people that care. new both rahab's hope and hope house, the journey to restore victims is no sprint. the trauma is hard to imagine. these workers say each rescue and restoration is worth the time and cost. reporting in north caroli

>> welcome back, a radical muslim group threatening to turn parts of nigeria into an islamic

emirate. >> boko haram has waged a violent attack. here is my report from nigeria. >> reporter: the sprawling city of conham. the epicenter of boko haram's holy war against the country. >> i would prefer not to talk about boko haram's activities. they make me uncomfortable. >> is that because you are afraid? >> everybody is afraid. >> january 20th, more than 100 boko haram militants launched deadly attack to date. killing 185 people and injuring many others. >> several weeks after, this is a city on edge, few have the

police as well as the nigerian army patrolling the streets to protect the city from future attacks from the boko haram group. >> what this group is doing to our country is terrible. they are killing our people and want to divide us. >> boko haram's official name is arabic means: people committed to prophets teaching of jihad. >> they live among us and suddenly attack. >> deadly attacks won't stop until sharia law rules the country. >> boko haram is a jihadist movement that has the same ideology as al-qaeda, taliban, al-shabab. what they want to do is establish an emirate in the northern part of nigeria and

declare emirate across nigeria. >> it is split. boko haram wants to see the laws more strictly enforced. the groups radical theology has little traction in the south. >> founded in 2002, boko haram has attacked their homes, churches and killing scores of believers. bishop ransom is a prompt leader and received several death threats. most recent came from boko haram. warning of an impending attack. >> security of the state. >> one of the largest mosques, a

recent friday noon gathering to urge followers to remain calm and seek peace. the imam refused to directly criticize the actions by boko haram. book has distributed leaflets not to criticize their actions. >> i don't know who the people are, i can't judge them. i can't tell you if boko haram is a muslim group or not. >> one thousand people in 160 attacks since july of 2009. the january 20th incident were far more complex and coordinated than anything linked to boik boko haram boek. this has gone beyond local radical group. >> that has nigerian and western

officials worried against international groups like al-qaeda and traced funding for the groups to the uk and saudi arabia and further plans to turn nigeria into another afghanistan. they have received training from senior figures in north africa. boko haram sympathizers within the police, intelligence services. leaving many to worry about the future of africa's most popular country. >> this goes bonn the group, beyond politics. it is spiritual. >> great report, judge, i understand you met with the victims of the attacks. >> horrible, horrible situations. so much suffering and pain, these families are choosing to forgive boko haram and pray and ask them to repent.

>> finally this week when a earthquake triggered landslides and tsunami in the philippines, cbn international stepped in to help victims. lucille talusan has more. >> reporter: the earthquake triggered landslides burying two villages in the province claiming the lives of 51 people and scores more remain missing. the disaster wiped out houses, bridges and other infrastructure in the surrounding territoriete. >> more than 100 houses swept away by strong waves. >> even a 16-year-old house church didn't escape the waves, flattened on the ground several meters away. the pastor is crying not over

the loss but because his wife and granddaughter being carried away survived. the calamity has given him more purpose in life. >> i am not giving up. everything that we have comes from him. our life, our intellect. we use them to please the world. all of this is a reminder god is the god of order and he is the most powerful one. >> the pastor called on the assemblies of god church shares how he experienced god's power. >> i commanded the wave. i said stop in jesus' name. go back to where you belong. the waves stop and went back into the sea. my prayer was lord, save the people, open their spiritual eyes. let them know the truth, jesus christ is the truth.

i pray that they will give their lives to jesus and all the people to serve only him. >> pastor's prayer was answered when cbn arrived. he grabbed the opportunity to share the word of god with earthquake victims who came to help. more than 200 people prayed to receive christ as their savior. cbn gave them food and maps and provided for 72 mall nourished children. they will seek other ways to help the people recover from the tragedy. >> thank you very much cbn. you are a big help because we really need food for our families. i am happy because i feel god loves me. >> cab's ongoing. the organization is still helping victims of typhoons and

flash floods that hit other provinces in recent months. cbn is providing medical care to those in need and giving out lamps to fisherman to help them make a living again. water stations are giving fresh clean waters to victims of flash flood, lucille talusan, philippin philippines. >> thanks for joining us, until next week good-bye and god bless.