children that are less fortunate, we want to give them a home. >> peter wooding for cbn news. >>> up next, outreach in the land down under. how christians are witnessing to australia's growing muslim population. knew newel >> welcome back to "christian world news" australia is a popular place for muslims leaving the middle east. >> the country's christians see it as an opportunity to win them to christ. gary lane has more from sydney. >> >> 40 years ago, you would rarely see muslims on the streets of sydney or melburn. muslims having sought refuge and opportunity down under. >> many will settle into neighborhoods exclusively islamic. they have little chance to hear the gospel. >> life tv is an arabic television channel broadcasting christian programming in australia and other parts of the muslim world. launched in australia, former muslim michael austri. he started the channel with his own funds and feared persecution from the muslim community. they air christian programs in a way muslims understand. >> it is so important to muslims, we love him as a man andrew russo -- and her as a w

dwaun showed cbn news how people are baptized in rural areas. >> sometimes in a river. sometimes in the back of a pickup truck. couple of times i have conducted baptisms in the shower. have often we impro vise. >> it was here christianity first began decades ago. most of the rural christians now are women meeting in government-sanctioned churches or house churches. >> the young and older men have moved to the big cities. most are older women. >> sharing the gospel in china is still forbidden. >> i was arrested here a number of times. >> such christian gatherings are illegal since they are not approved by the government. >> the government doesn't allow us to travel to another city. >> what is happening spiritually is nothing short of remarkable. >> there are masses of converts every day in the country side. very encouraging. >> this man who we'll call peter has worked in underground churches for decades. cbn has agreed to protect his identity. >> so many places coming to christ in large numbers. churches are healing and reaching out to rural minority groups and unreached

jennifer wishon cbn news, washington. >>> u.s. is pushing china to improve human rights there. john jessup has been in the hearings and joins us from capitol hill. john, what is the focus of the hearingsed to? >> well, really the focus is on china's crack down on political decent. we are heard of the arab spring taking place across and fewer have heard of the jasmine revolution because these panelists and guests that congressman smith inviteed to capitol hill are arguing that is because the chinese government has aborted these demonstrations by forcibly putting political centers and human rights workers and attorneys in prison before the demonstrations could take place. >> john, how does freedom of religion take place? >> what has taken place in chinaed to is nothing new. it is a situation bad that has gotten worst. congressman smith said in the lass disappeared as well. a lot of the same instances of abuse that are being attributed to political decentare being attributed to as well. >> all right. john jessup, thanks so much. george? >>> house church leaders in china stand up f

of worship freely without any kind of restriction from any porm of government. >> stan jokesters cbn news. >> coming up, we'll tell you why a church started by one of christ's disciples is now facing new dangers. >> egypt's copts are some of the oldest community christians in the world, they're thinking of leaving the country, they fear that islamic have hijacked their revolution. >> the egyptian revolution brought home and opportunity to a people long oppressed by an unpopular dictator and his subordinates, the freedom slave desire remained allusive, this is under siege. >> in terms of the actual number of the tax on copts, they have increased, and that has a lot of copts worried, is this the future. >> many of them are considering leaving the country, it began on new year's day with a horrific suicide bombing at the church in alexandria, services concluded shortly after midnight. >> i suddenly found myself beside the church, i didn't lose consciousness but i felt severe pain in my abdomen, hand and thigh. >> habeeb was taken to a hospital, 30 inches of his intestines, waheeb was nearly

. >> gary lane cbn news, maguindanao, philippines. >>> coming up, light of the world. how christians in japan are overcoming tragedy and bringing hope to a nation in despair. >> a new documentary shows how japanese christians are responding in the after math of their country's earthquake and tsunami. the film is called the light in the world. film maker kim sajun for letting us show you this work. these are subtitled in english, so you'll need to watch closely. [ foreign speaking ] >> wow, god has not forgotten japan. we have a link to the full documentary at cwnews.org. if you are interesting in helping the christian ministry, you can find information at the end of the full link video. >>> when "christian world news" returns, a bible translated into english from the original greek and hebrew scriptures, it cost one man his life. >> it is the best selling book of all time. ed to it turns 400 years old. the king james bible first published on may 2nd, 1611. gordan robertson looks at the most widely read bible in history. >> at the start of the 16th century, only 1 versio