chris mitchell was in cairo and they know they are at a cross roads. >> they are saying tht a tipping point in egypt's spiritual and natural history. it is important people are praying and fasting for 2 nation of egypt not back to islam but it turns more to freedom, more democracy, so the gospel, these prayer movements, these people coming to faith in jesus can change egypt, but the middle east and eventually the world. >> john waage cbn news. >> joining us now is joel rosenberg, the founder of the joshua fund, ministry to help christians, jews and muslims in the middle east. joel, pleasure to have you on the broadcast. for those that are watching around the world, christians, why should we care about what is going on in egypt? >> obvious reasons, instability there, largest country, 80 million mostly muslims, if this were toppled by radical islam, this would set off a wave of terrorism and outright war in the region. it is driving oil prices up, creating instability. we need to be concerned for the many christians, true followers of jesus christ in egyptpt. there is tremendous persecu