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Global Impact 2025 | Praise

February 19, 2025 | S

Hosted by TBN’s own Matt and Laurie Crouch along with other popular personalities, Praise features the best in contemporary Christian music and worship, fresh and impacting ministry voices, engaging interviews from a wide variety of guests, and a fast-moving hour of relevant talk you won’t want to miss!

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Praise | Global Impact 2025 | Praise | February 19, 2025

(piano music)
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- our parents would've only prayed,
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God, could we have impact in our city at first?
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Couldn't we have impact in our state, in our nation?
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And in our lifetimes we can now think globally.
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- tbn is not just television networks
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That's touching people in the united states,
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But truly all over the globe.
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(bright music)
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- [matt] we're taking the airwaves of tbn
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To talk about literally the most important thing
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We could talk about.
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- i'm here in jerusalem in the southern steps
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Of the temple mount, where jesus christ share the truth
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From israel that reach the nations around the world.
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- [host] at enlace, we're honored
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To be the leading christian television network in spanish,
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Sharing the hope and love of jesus with a global audience
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Of more than half a billion spanish speakers.
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- the tbnua channel created
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For ukrainians carries the message of jesus christ.
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Tens of thousands of ukrainians receive the necessary moral
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And spiritual support every day.
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- tbn german content has touched the lives
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Of over 15.2 million people.
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- [host 2] we are the second largest evangelical channel
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In the french speaking world.
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God has made the impossible possible.
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- at jctv, we are honored
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To be the leading christian television network
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In middle east, indo park region, sharing the hope
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And love of jesus with a global audience
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Of more than 300 million urdu, hindi, speaking people.
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- tbn africa is now reaching viewers in all 54 countries
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Of the mother continent, touching a potential audience
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Of 358 million people.
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- we are resolute to reach, disciple
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And bring hope to poland.
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(bright music)
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- [witness] when we were young guys, satellites came around
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And we started putting satellites.
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Now we have this thing called the internet.
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- maybe you would never get to darken the doorway
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Of a church, but they might come across tbn
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And for the first time in their life, hear the gospel.
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- we're gonna continue to follow the lord
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And let the gospel be proclaimed
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Through whatever tools he makes available.
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There's new tools emerging,
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We're gonna use those for the gospel too.
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- [mike] when you support tbn,
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You're supporting great commission work
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All around the world.
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- [matt] we get to think global impact in our day.
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(air whooshing)
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- tbn has a deep connection to israel
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And of course that thrills me.
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It thrilled me before i was asked to go as ambassador,
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But even more so now.
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But tbn has one of the most sophisticated studios located
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Right in the heart of jerusalem.
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They do a number of telecasts from there.
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They have a show that originates from there.
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Several, in fact.
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And the connection to israel for tbn
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Goes all the way back to its founder.
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Tbn has always understood that israel
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Is god's chosen place for god's chosen people.
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And it is created in its broadcasting programming,
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And as well as in its commitment
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And its stewardship of resources
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To always be incredibly supportive of the
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State of israel.
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Well, one of the reasons that tbn supports israel
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Is because the bible.
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- tells us to.
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And i'm a simple guy. i'm a person of the book.
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If it says it in the scriptures, that's what i believe.
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I believe that because i truly believe
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That god's word is infallible and errant
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And absolutely inspired by the holy spirit.
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So believing that, i'll read genesis 12,
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And it says, "those who bless israel will be blessed,
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But those who curse israel will be cursed."
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Well, i don't know about you, but i wanna be blessed.
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I want my nation to be blessed.
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I want tbn to be blessed.
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And no greater way than to be a blessing to israel,
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One of the things for which i'm very grateful,
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Is that tbn unapologetically embraces the word of god,
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The bible, as holy truth and sticks to it
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And doesn't compromise it.
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And that's refreshing, i think, for all of us who support
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And love tbn.
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And now we're gonna send it back to the studio in israel.
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(birds tweeting)
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- thank you so much, mike huckabee.
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I'm here with mati shoshani, here in jerusalem,
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In the southern steps of the temple mount
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Where jesus christ walked and preached
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And shared the truth from israel
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That reached the nations around the world.
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This is what we're doing here in israel
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- and we're here to summarize
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And celebrate this incredible year
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That we've had here in tbn israel.
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We've exceeded our expectations in growth
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And in reach of the audience.
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And i think we all feel that
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For the first time in a long time,
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We've been able to really put a stake in the ground
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And make sure that people around the world
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Have a reliable voice of truth out of this country.
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- yeah, definitely, mati,
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And we've been doing that while fighting in the idf.
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- yes. - when october 7th happened,
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Both of us were called to defend our country,
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To wear a uniform and to defend our families
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And fight these terrorist groups.
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And because of the platform of tbn
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And the reach to millions of people, we were able
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To share the truth at a time where deception
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And lies being more popular than anything else.
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So every day, we've been sharing the truth from israel,
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From jerusalem, from the front lines,
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With a variety of programs, reaching people, like you,
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Around the world and encouraging you to pray
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For the situation.
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We were all called to pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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Mati, but how do you pray if you don't know
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What's really happening here?
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- i think that's part of the miracle
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Of what's happened here
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And the impact that's happened on the ground is the fact
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That people were looking for a voice
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That's on the ground in the country.
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And a lot of our stories, especially in this past year,
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Have really been intimate in person,
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Experiential of what's been happening,
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What we've been experiencing,
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What our friends, what our family, what members
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Of the tbn israel team have been experiencing here
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On the ground.
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And people clicked with that message.
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People around the world have been reaching out to us,
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Even people within israel. - it's amazing. yeah.
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- telling us how much it's touched them
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Just to have someone to connect with on the ground.
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And i think that's been a huge answer to prayers for us,
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Of being able to really hear the people
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That were touched by it,
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Hear the people who've been praying for us.
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I know that meant a lot for me while i was in the idf
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To know that people around the world
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Were praying for me personally.
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- yeah, during the time of the first weeks
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And months of this war, i really felt alone
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Because the whole world was against israel.
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That's what we felt.
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And then, we started. - i think it was
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A true feeling at the time. - (laughs) definitely.
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And then we started receiving, you know,
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Dozens of messages
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And hundreds every day from people around the world
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That are uniting and praying for us personally,
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Praying for the idf soldiers,
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Praying for the peace of jerusalem.
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And i realized that this war is not just a war for israel.
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- yes. - this war involves each
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And every one of you.
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This is a spiritual war,
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And the enemy wants to break this connection between god
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And the people of israel.
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- i agree completely. - any city, jerusalem.
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And i mean by praying,
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We battle and counter these deceptions,
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These lies that the enemy is spreading.
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And if you want to be encouraged in your own life,
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Just take a look at israel.
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We've been fighting a war
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For 15 months against seven different fronts.
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From iran to hezbollah, hamas, the houthis,
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And other militias and palestinian terrorist groups
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And we are still here, despite everything.
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Not because we have an amazing army, mati.
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I mean, you're an amazing officer,
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But it's not because of us. - i'm not sure about that.
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- definitely. - no, i said,
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There's something else that i think is really important
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For the viewers who are watching right now,
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Which is the connection that we've had
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And people in israel have had
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With the viewers around the world who've been praying
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And caring for the state of israel.
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And i don't say this lightly when i say that the prayers
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And the connection and the heart to heart messages
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And in person encounters we've had
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Have been incredibly substantial.
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And not just me and yair have experienced them,
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People throughout the country have felt that love
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Of people around the world who have been yelling
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And saying, "no."
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- we love you and we care for you.
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So we're gonna end on a call for you to continue praying
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For the state of israel.
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- yes, definitely.
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And just to summarize it all up, okay, god is standing
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With israel and because of him, we are still here.
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- yes.
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- he's faithful to the people of israel
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And he will be faithful and is faithful to
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Each and every one of you.
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And that's what we're fighting here.
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That's what israel is all about.
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And now i want to hand the stage
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To our good friends at tbn ukraine.
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(gentle music)
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(church bells ring)
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- hello, tbn family.
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I am vitaly from tbnua reporting to you from the heart
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Of my home country, ukraine, here in the city of kyiv.
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Three years have passed since the beginning
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Of russia's war against ukraine.
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It has been a difficult journey of losses,
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Destruction and suffering.
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For three years, the war has divided families,
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Destroyed cities and villages
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And covered ukrainian land with craters from rockets
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And fresh cemeteries on the blue and yellow flags.
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Three years without sleep,
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Food, simple, everyday things, light and heat.
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This is what every ukrainian has faced.
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But despite the deadly trials,
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The ukrainian people have shown the world an example
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Of incredible courage and resilience.
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United against evil, ukrainians have proven
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That their spirit cannot be broken.
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Every day, ukrainian soldiers give their lives
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In the fight for freedom, the right to choose an identity.
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In these battles, they place their hope not only
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In their own strength, but also through the darkest times
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In tuning their hearts to god.
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Therefore, the main goal of tbn's presence
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In ukraine has been spiritual support.
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The tbnua channel created for ukrainians carries
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The message of jesus christ, a message of love and hope.
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Every program contains biblical truth, which become a source
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Of inspiration and encouragement for viewers
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In the face of daily challenges.
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The tbnua channel has become a kind of spiritual point
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Of resilience with over 100,000 viewers tuning in.
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In addition to powerful spiritual support,
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Tbn in ukraine also engages in acts of nursing.
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This includes providing warm food, clothing, medicine
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And treatment to those in need.
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It also involves organizing retreats
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For children whose childhood has been scarred by war.
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Tbn also arranges outreach missions to combat zones
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To alleviate the lives of people living there.
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Today, tbnua is part of ukraine's struggle against evil.
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Our fight is for the hearts and souls of ukrainians.
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Our weapon is prayer and the bible.
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Our shield is god himself.
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Daily spiritual support gives people strength
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And hope in this fight.
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This is why our mission is so important.
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That is why we must continue reminding people
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That in these dark times, god is near.
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His faithfulness is unchanging, his power is omnipotent
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And his love is all encompassing.
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The significance of tbn's presence
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In ukraine cannot be overstated.
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For behind all the content we create stands the main author,
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The creator of heaven and earth, god,
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Who is our protection and support in trials.
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And this is what we aim to convey to every ukrainian
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That even in the horror or war,
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We must always remember the unfaded love of jesus christ.
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(titles swoosh)
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- let us look at those economic issues, a few months ago.
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- good morning governor.
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- good morning harry.
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- [harry] i'm gonna ask you-
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- [governor huckabee] you know, i've been working
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In television in some form or another since the mid 1970s.
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A lot of people may not know that.
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But what i know, from all of those years,
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Is that there has never been an environment in television
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That i've worked in quite like tbn.
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It has been the most rewarding, fulfilling
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And enjoyable experience that i've ever had.
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In part, because there was a real mission involved,
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The mission of getting the gospel to the world.
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- but also because of the sense of family
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With the people that i had the privilege of working with.
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And so, tbn has more than simply a message,
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It has a mission,
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And quite frankly, it has a culture,
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A culture that fosters that sense of spiritual,
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Maybe direction, spiritual intentionality
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And that makes it very special.
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- [show announcer] here's mike huckabee!
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- one of the things hosting a show on tbn
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For seven and a half years,
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We had a studio audience
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And we had people from all 50 states,
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Almost 70,000 people in the audience
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Over the course of the show.
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What was amazing
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Was how many people came from other countries.
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We had people from europe, from australia, from scandinavia,
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Certainly from canada and mexico,
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But they had watched the show on tbn
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In their home countries.
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And that brought it home to us
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That not only were they watching,
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But they felt so connected
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That when they made a visit to the united states,
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They wanted to include coming to a tbn television taping.
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But we would hear from viewers from all over the world.
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And i cannot tell you how
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It just solidified this clear reality
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That tbn is not just a television network
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That's touching people in the united states,
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But truly all over the globe.
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There's really no better bang for the buck, if you will,
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To put it in crass terms, than to help tbn get its mission
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Of getting the gospel to the world
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Because nobody else has the reach, they just don't.
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And it's been said that if people
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Are watching christian television,
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85% of them are watching it on tbn.
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So if you're truly going to get the message
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To people across the entire planet,
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There's just no better way to do it than through tbn.
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- how do you do the impossible?
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How do you do it?
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You respond to the voice of the lord.
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The global impact of tbn is his responsibility.
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All we are to do is lift his name up.
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"if i be lifted up, i will draw all men unto me."
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So when you look back over the global impact,
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Multiple languages around the world,
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Multiple studio facilities being created,
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Content being created in multiple languages,
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It ultimately is our responsibility to
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Do one simple thing,
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Lift up the name of jesus.
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We don't talk about other religions,
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We don't talk about other themes,
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We don't put anybody down, we don't do anything.
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Our job is to lift jesus up
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And to have himself draw people to himself.
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So testimony after testimony,
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You're going to hear on this broadcast
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About the world impact of tbn,
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But it's really very simple,
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You simply circle back to the very beginning.
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And the very beginning was the voice of the lord
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Speaking to paul and jan crouch, my folks.
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And just very simply, to create tbn,
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He released my parents from the work that they were doing,
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He called them into christian television
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And they simply responded to the voice of the lord.
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Think of, back when you think of moses
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And the most incredible thing that happened,
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The slaves, the 400,000 slaves,
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Led out, given their own land, that whole thing,
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That was simply a response to the burning bush
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And so god speaks, we respond to that
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And that's when amazing things happen.
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And for 52 years,
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We have simply been stewards of that voice.
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It was his voice that created tbn and partners
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Because of you and your impact financially,
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Okay, without the partners,
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Without sitting down on little kind of moments like this
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And simply explaining to you
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That there isn't anything we can do on our own,
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But together we can do anything
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And my parents really kind of proved that point out,
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52 years ago, they looked into a camera all those years ago
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And said, "we would like to make this channel about jesus,
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24 hours a day, will you help us?"
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And for 52 years, guess what,
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The response to that has been yes.
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And now multiple languages around the world,
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Multiple feeds, all kinds of content.
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One thing is.
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- to happen,
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To lift the name of jesus up around the world
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And to have it impact people's lives all over the world.
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- you know, what i love about it is that,
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Those many years ago, when it was all beginning,
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Even my own grandparents,
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- oh, wow. - were a part of tbn,
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And i just kinda wonder what they'd think about today
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To see all the beautiful things that have happened
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Around the world
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Because of just little commitments.
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The little, "hey, i believe in that.
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I'm gonna sit down and i'm gonna write my little $5 check.
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I'm gonna write my little $10 check a month,"
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And those partners that were so faithful,
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So faithful then, and so faithful now,
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Committed to the message that has never changed.
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It has been to lift up the name of jesus,
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To spread hope and grace, to sick in a dying society.
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People that are yearning to know truth, to know faith,
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To know goodness, to have hope.
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The message has never changed,
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And so, we just do our part
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As everybody does their part,
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Because tbn would be nothing without the voices on it
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And without the people that watch it.
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So to you around the world that have loved this ministry,
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Who have supported this ministry, even one time,
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You know, you are a part of something
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That's so much bigger than any of us could ever do alone.
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God has done this with his family around the world,
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And i'm just so happy to be a part of it.
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- joel, we have been in china together,
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We've been in russia together,
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We've been in the middle east together,
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We've been in a lot of places.
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And, you know, when you start kind of going over
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And retracing our steps,
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Our parents would've only prayed,
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"god, could we have, you know, impact
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In our city, at first?
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Couldn't we have impact in our state, in our nation?"
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And in our lifetimes, we can now think globally.
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First, when we were young guys,
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Satellites came around
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And we started putting satellite signals.
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Now we have this thing called the internet,
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And i like to describe the internet
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As basically just a cable system
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That's been built by all the biggest companies in the world
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That has connected every device on planet earth.
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Big screens, small screens,
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Every size of screen in between.
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So we get to think globally,
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And we get to think global impact in our day
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- of the impact of tbn all over the world.
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Like you said, we grew up
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And it was impacting southern california,
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And our cities in houston,
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And, you know, that's phenomenal to impact the us,
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But as you mentioned, we've traveled the world.
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You've taken me to control rooms
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In cities across the world.
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And i went to see my brother paul in nigeria.
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He was operating back in a tenwek hospital,
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And this was probably 10 or 15 years ago.
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And i got off the plane in kenya,
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And everybody was staring at me,
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You know, through the airport,
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And, i mean, i was just been doing this
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For five or six years.
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Well, little did i realize, tbn's impact across africa.
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I was more well known in africa than i was in the us,
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And i thought, "what? how did they know me?"
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And everybody, "tbn, tbn!"
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So it was an amazing thing.
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- tbn's been on the air in africa since 1981.
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- wow, that's phenomenal.
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And then you go down to the south,
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Everybody watches on in enlace.
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And so, people come up and visit the church,
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Don't even speak english.
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Always ask through the translator,
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"how do you know?" it's always enlace.
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(matt speaking spanish)
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- (laughs) i don't know what you said,
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But i'll get into it.
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You know, but i would just think, the impact,
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It's hard to fathom until you travel
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And you see what is happening right out of the studio
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And control centers here.
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And so, it's a day that i think, years ago,
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We would've never dreamed of.
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- here's the point.
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Impact though, you know, as we sit here,
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Tbn, i view it like if you had a beautiful mall in a city.
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You know, a beautiful mall.
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But if that mall doesn't have stores
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That has merchandise that somebody wants
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To come in and buy,
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Do you really have anything?
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No.
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You have a big, empty place. - ghost town.
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- you know, and i mean, there's a mall in a city
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That we go to sometimes.
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It looks like there's nine people in the parking lot.
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And apparently, they don't have the right stores
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In the right area for the right people and the right,
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And that's how we feel.
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So the partnership of content
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And the distribution of what trinity has
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Is a hand in glove environment.
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So without the right
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- messages, that are saying the right things to help people
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With the right things they're dealing with.
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You don't really have anything. so impact is twofold, yeah.
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You have to have a system to get it out there.
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And for 51 years we've been doing that pretty well
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And my mom and dad,
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With your mom and dad kind of started that era.
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You've been a tv station owner in your own city.
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And so that's the idea.
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But content has to be right and for that, thank you.
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- oh, thank you. well, you are doing it beautifully.
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(soft music)
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- greetings from lone hill, johannesburg, south africa.
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I'm lakim miko, managing director of tbn africa.
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Last year we had the privilege
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Of celebrating the grand opening of our brand new
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State of the art studios.
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A significant milestone in our mission
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Of spreading the gospel of jesus christ to every home
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And every device across the continent of africa.
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With god's grace
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And the steadfast support of our partners,
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Tbn africa is now reaching viewers in all 54 countries
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Of the mother continent.
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And that's why i'm smiling like this,
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Touching a potential audience of 358 million people.
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And this is just the beginning.
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It is with great pleasure
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That we announce our onboarding onto tbn plus global,
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A cutting edge digital platform with a global reach.
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Together with our tbn family, we are dedicated
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To providing viewers on all platforms worldwide
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With life-changing faith affirming programming
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As streaming continues to grow.
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We are also partnering with mtn
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One of africa's biggest mobile providers
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To develop a fast channel.
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Isn't that exciting?
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We are eager to see what god has in store
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And these are incredibly exciting times.
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- hello from san jose, costa rica.
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I'm melissa gonzalez with enlace.
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At enlace, we're honored to be the leading
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Christian television network in spanish,
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Sharing the hope and love of jesus with a global audience
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Of more than half a billion spanish speakers.
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For over 35 years, we've had the privilege
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Of delivering faith focused programming
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To homes across latin america, the us, and beyond.
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Broadcasting through 16 satellites
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And a vast network of cable
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And over the air services.
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In latin america alone, we can reach 63 million homes
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And in the us another 28 million.
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But our mission goes far beyond television.
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Our hearts is to meet people wherever they are,
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Which is why our digital ministry is thriving.
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With 3.2 million followers on facebook,
00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.994
853,000 on instagram, 641,000 on x,
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And 640,000 youtube subscribers,
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We're building a vibrant online community
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And with over 300 creators contributing podcasts,
00:26:22.904 --> 00:26:25.473
Video series, articles, and ebooks,
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We're using every tool available
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To share the gospel for us,
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Enlace isn't just a network, it's a movement.
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One that inspires hope, strength, and space,
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And makes a lasting impact every single day.
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- hello from rehel pakistan.
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I'm pastor with jesus christ television, pakistan.
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At jctv, we are honored
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To be the leading christian television network
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In middle east, indo pak region, sharing the hope
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And love of jesus with a global audience
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Of more than 300 million urdu-hindi speaking people.
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For over 20 years, we had had the privilege
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Of delivering faith focused program
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To homes across pakistan, india, and beyond.
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Broadcasting through satellite and vast network of cable
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And over the digital platform.
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In pakistan alone, we can reach 79 million homes.
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And in india, ua, south arabia, and afghanistan,
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Altogether 221 million.
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But our mission goes far beyond television.
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Our heart is to meet people wherever they are,
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Which is why we are developing digital media network.
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We are building a vibrant online community
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On facebook, youtube, whatsapp groups, and tiktok.
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For us, jctv is not a television network only,
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But mission from heaven to reach to unsaved,
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Give hope and strengthen faith.
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(upbeat music)
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- tbn started more than 50 years ago, 1973.
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And i remember
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What christian tv was like back then.
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You know, lowell lundstrom had a tv show.
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Orville roberts had a couple of episodes.
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You know, robert schuler was in our local area.
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Rex tobar sang and did a little bit of stuff.
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And so what christian tv was in 1970.
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- free, was whatever we could create in our little studio
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In santa ana, california.
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So, i mean, if somebody had a bible, you know,
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And all of their front teeth,
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And could, you know, kinda open up,
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We were happy to have you on camera, you know?
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And so, you know, at some point,
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We have largely come a long way in a generation.
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And here we sit today,
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You know, this beautiful facility
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Here in murfreesboro, tennessee.
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And it's funny because you were telling me earlier
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That you're almost like a reluctant, you
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Know, tv preacher,
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You know, that that wasn't your thing, that wasn't your bag.
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Tell us a little about what you were telling us earlier.
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- well, i almost missed a part of god's assignment for me.
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- really? - because i didn't like
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Tv preachers.
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But if i'm really honest,
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It's because i didn't have any access.
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- heyo.
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- i mean, if you really peel it back,
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I think i was critical of something
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I didn't know anything about.
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They were having an influence i didn't have.
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They impacted more people.
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I think we have that same kind of bias
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Between big church, small church.
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There's no perfect size church.
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We have an assignment
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To communicate the gospel to our generation.
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I'm a pastor, that's where i spent most of my life.
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I know the details of church,
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And i thought to minister to people,
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I needed to be sure i took really good care of the babies
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And the children and parked their cars
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And provide small groups and all those things.
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I mean, i still do weddings and funerals and small groups.
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I still do pastor stuff.
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But when we started being involved, god,
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It was almost unavoidable.
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I mean, i could have avoided it, but it was there.
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And when i said yes, something has surprised me.
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Every week now, we have people visiting our congregation
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From across this nation or around the world.
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And i don't mean they're just like from the southeastern.
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They're here from rhode island and wisconsin
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And they have strange accents and they say,
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"we came because god changed my life as i listened."
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And they watch on their phones,
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And they don't even know how they watch.
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And some of them say, "absolutely, you know,
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Every sunday at 11 o'clock or every evening at six o'clock."
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And others don't even know.
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But they have these reports of...
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And well, tell me about the life change.
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There's healings.
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Their families are healed, they're delivered.
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It completely broke my paradigm.
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- wow. - 'cause i'm not caring
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For their children or rocking their babies
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Or parking their cars.
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They don't care what seat is open in the sanctuary.
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And i learned that god's desire to help people is so great,
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He'll use the talking donkey.
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And i get way heated up about architectural style
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And what's the clothing of the presenter
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And what style of worship.
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We need to get over ourselves
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And take the good news of jesus christ, our generation.
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We'll shout it from a house top with a megaphone.
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I'm honored to stand with tbn.
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We are going to preach the gospel in this generation.
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The fruit of it is evident,
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And i can't wait to see what's next.
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(gentle music)
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- you know, you're talking about a church without walls now,
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And you're going outside,
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So technology is just amplifying your voice.
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And you realize, you know,
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If you go back to our grandparents' generation,
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That wasn't gonna happen, you know,
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Because technology of radio,
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That came about and movies largely, lord help us.
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The one-eyed demon, which was the tv set,
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Was going to take all the righteousness away
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From christians.
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We had to be separate,
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Come out from amongst the world and be separate.
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And my dad's generation largely neutralized that position
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And said, "wait a second, technology's neutral.
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The intention of the person speaking
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Is what's gonna cause it to be a force of good or evil."
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And now that argument's in the rear view mirror,
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And we're a generation that is using
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Everything and anything to get the gospel out,
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And you were a reluctant participant of that.
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- i was, but you have modeled something.
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Every generation also has to follow the lord.
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To be a leader, you have to be a good follower.
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And you have provided leadership
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To continue to bring tbn forward.
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You're not just doing it
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The way you saw your father do it 40 years ago.
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You took those lessons and that vision,
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And you are giving an expression now
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At the beginning of the 21st century.
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And we've got to continue to do that.
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We wanna find the ideal place and say,
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This was the holy spot in history,
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Without electricity and a horse and a buggy
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Or without a television set.
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There's no such thing.
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Those seasons were not free of sin.
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And i think what you're doing
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Is inviting the whole body of christ to say,
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We're gonna continue to follow the lord
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And let the gospel be-
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- proclaim through whatever tools he makes available.
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There's new tools emerging.
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We're gonna use those for the gospel too.
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Scripture says, "declare his glory among the nations,
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"his marvelous deeds among all people."
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That's the heart of tbn's mission,
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- greg, we've been searching around a little bit
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For some of the stories in regard to, you know,
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Impact of broadcasting around the world,
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Impact of christian television, impact of trinity.
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What comes to your mind if we talk about
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Impact of christian television and tv specifically?
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- it starts with a bullet that was mailed to me.
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Pretty weird thing to have mailed to you.
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But when i read the letter, i understood.
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There was a man who went
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And fought for our country in vietnam.
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He came back with severe ptsd,
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He had been drinking all night,
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And he pulled out a gun,
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And decided to take his own life.
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He held the gun up to his head,
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And was getting ready to pull the trigger,
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And out of fear,
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He just set it down,
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And he picked up his remote control,
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And he turned on the tv, and it came to tbn.
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I was speaking at the harvest crusade,
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And i don't know what i said,
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But something got through to him, and he had hope,
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And he prayed with me, and gave his life to christ.
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Immediately he got on his motorcycle
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And went to reconcile with this father,
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Who lived really far away,
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Who he'd been estranged from,
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And made a deep commitment to christ.
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And i'd later met him.
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And, but when i, when i held this bullet in my hand,
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I just thought, "this is a representation
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"of other people out there,
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"that maybe you would never get
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"to darken the doorway of a church,
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"but they might come across some of the programming of tbn,
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"and for the first time in their life, hear the gospel."
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- we're sitting in a studio, greg, that was built in 1975,
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You know, not long after you came to christ,
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Not long after, you know, i mean, orange county,
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You know, is this kind of epicenter.
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I mean, we, we all got to experience "jesus revolution,"
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The film that came out recently that
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Chronicled a lot of your story.
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But it chronicled the rise of, you know,
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The calvary chapel, and it,
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And trinity was right...
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And, you know, at one point- - a lot happened in 1970.
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- [matt] just a lot. - yeah.
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- the early seventies movement.
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- yes. - you know.
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1973 is when tbn was started.
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- [greg] yeah. - and to think that
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All these years later, 51 years later,
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We sit here literally, you know,
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You got less hair.
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- 52 years later. - mine's a different color.
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- we're getting older.
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- you have retained all of your hair, matt.
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- [matt] yep. - you should be-
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- [matt] thank god for that. - very happy about that.
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- yeah. and- - wait.
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That's on a hair piece, is it?
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- no, go ahead, pull.
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- it moved a little.
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(matt laughs) it did move a little.
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- but we've been doing- - it's real.
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- it's doing, we've been doing the same thing
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For all these years. - yes.
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- isn't that great? - it's amazing. yeah.
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Well, you know, it's just a wonderful thing, you know.
00:37:11.352 --> 00:37:14.789
He comes into our life when we're young.
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He's there in the middle of our life.
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He's there toward the end of our life.
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And then we go into eternity.
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You know, i love what david said,
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Or instead of david, that he served god in his generation.
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You know, our job, we have our generation.
00:37:26.901 --> 00:37:29.537
It's to serve god in our generation.
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Then when our job is done, sort of like a baton,
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We hand it on to the next generation,
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And then they carry that baton for a while,
00:37:37.478 --> 00:37:39.580
And they hand it on to the next generation.
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And then we, as we put our faith in christ,
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We'll be in heaven, and we'll all be reunited one day.
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- yeah. - you know,
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What's crazy is that generation has changed.
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We were the kids back then. - yes.
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- looking at chuck smith, and paul crouch,
00:37:53.928 --> 00:37:56.030
And howell lindsey and all the, all these guys,
00:37:56.030 --> 00:37:58.299
And guess what?
00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:59.967
They've all graduated to heaven.
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Here we are. - yeah.
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- that generation has changed, hasn't it?
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We're about to hand it off again, aren't we?
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- that's very true.
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Maybe you sooner than me.
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(group laughs)
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- [laurie] probably.
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- well, you were saved in 70.
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That's when laurie and i were born, so.
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(group laughs)
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Our reach is expanding, touching lives
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Through this german-speaking world.
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With an estimated 155 million german speakers globally,
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Including over 80 million in germany alone,
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The need for hope and truth is immense.
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That's why tbn germany's commitment
00:39:10.404 --> 00:39:12.606
To meeting this need head on,
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Delivering strength and encouragement
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Through the life-transforming message of the gospel.
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- [broadcaster] the french channel of tbn french speaking
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Has started in 2021.
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Since then, we have experienced an incredible fast growing,
00:39:25.686 --> 00:39:30.357
More than 100,000 followers every year
00:39:30.357 --> 00:39:34.595
And we have just reached today 1 million followers
00:39:34.595 --> 00:39:39.166
Across all our platforms.
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We are the second largest evangelical channel
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In the french-speaking world.
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God has made the impossible possible.
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Since 2023, we have launched five new programs,
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Women in revival, everyone needs to know,
00:39:55.082 --> 00:39:57.918
Tbn backstage, tbn direct live and one faith for all.
00:39:57.918 --> 00:40:03.257
Our mission is to inspire, edify and transform
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Through the word of god and to share the gospel
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With the 36 million people in france
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Who hasn't heard it yet.
00:40:15.035 --> 00:40:17.605
- [krzys] hello from gdynia, poland.
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I am krzys rompa with tbn polska, poland,
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Once a stronghold of catholicism,
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Is facing a crisis of faith.
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In a nation of 38 million, religious non-belief
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Has reached a record high of 14%
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And church attendance has dropped to just 34,
00:40:34.221 --> 00:40:37.491
Yet nearly 9 in 10 pols still identify as roman catholic.
00:40:37.491 --> 00:40:42.029
At tbn polska, we see this moment
00:40:42.029 --> 00:40:44.832
As both a challenge and opportunity.
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Along with our headquarters expansion,
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Which has progressed beautifully,
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We have extended our broadcast reach
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Becoming available to all major networks
00:40:55.342 --> 00:40:58.012
Like inner, t-mobile and many others.
00:40:58.012 --> 00:41:01.081
We have also launched tbngo.pl, our new vod platform,
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Allowing viewers worldwide to access
00:41:05.986 --> 00:41:08.289
Our content anytime, anywhere.
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Beyond broadcasting,
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We actively support polish charitable organizations,
00:41:12.493 --> 00:41:15.563
Partnering with humanitarian groups
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To make a tangible impact to our nation.
00:41:17.932 --> 00:41:21.235
So amid this shifting spiritual landscape,
00:41:21.235 --> 00:41:24.939
Where some pols are turning to protestant church
00:41:24.939 --> 00:41:28.208
And the catholic church is witnessing signs of revival,
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We are resolute in our mission to reach, disciple
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And bring hope to poland.
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(titles swoosh)
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- [broadcaster] scripture says, declare his glory
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Among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all people.
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That's the heart of tbn's mission,
00:41:44.625 --> 00:41:46.627
To make jesus known worldwide.
00:41:46.627 --> 00:41:49.129
With your gift of just $20 or more,
00:41:49.129 --> 00:41:51.065
You'll not only further our efforts,
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But you'll also receive the here's hope new testament,
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A simple yet powerful resource to share god's word
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With neighbors, coworkers and even strangers.
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Call the number below or visit tbn.org/globalimpact
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And together let's take the gospel
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To every corner of the earth.
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(title swooshes)
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- hi everybody, i'm pastor rick warren,
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Author of the purpose-driven life, purpose-driven church
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And coordinator of the great commission allies.
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I wanna say a word to you about tbn.
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In my ministry, i've been in 165 nations.
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Tbn is not a national broadcast.
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It's everywhere. it's literally everywhere.
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And i can tell you from personal experience,
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I have met people in many, many, many, many, many, many,
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Many, many countries who came to faith because of tbn.
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I'm telling you that god raised up.
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Every time god has raised up a new technology,
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We've had revival breakout in the world.
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When god gave us the printing press through gutenberg,
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It wasn't for pornography, it was for the word of god.
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It was the first thing was printed, was the bible.
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And within 50 years of that technology,
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We had the reformation and that changed the whole face
00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:19.086
Of christianity and it's spread.
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Christians have always been on the cutting edge
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Of technology.
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When radio came out, we used it when tv started,
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We used it in the old-
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- telescopes and things like that in the early days.
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And tbn was a, what would you call a pioneer?
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A pioneer.
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And then as we moved into movies
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And we moved into internet and we moved into social media
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And we moved into all these things,
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I'm looking for the day
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That i can preach by hologram on tbn.
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- [viewer] amen.
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- okay and go all over.
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But this is an important ministry
00:43:54.922 --> 00:43:57.725
And an important ally in the great commission allies
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As we are trying to complete the great commission
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By the 2000th birthday of the church,
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Which is june 5th, 2033.
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Pentecost sunday, 2033 will be the 2000 pentecost.
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When you support tbn,
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You're supporting great commission work
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All around the world.
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Because in many ways it's like a war.
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When, for instance, in the iraq war,
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Before they ever sent in the ground troops,
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The air force came in and the air force came in
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And softened up the area,
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And then the troops can come in after that.
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I've often told these guys that i think
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That tbn is the air force, okay.
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And their god is using them in the great commission
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To take the word of god to everywhere, to every place.
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It's all the church using all their gifts in every place,
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All places to all people, all for the glory of god.
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That's what tbn is all about.
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And if you have not supported them,
00:45:03.757 --> 00:45:05.626
I urge you to give them your full support
00:45:05.626 --> 00:45:08.662
Because it's part of the plan
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To complete the great commission, thank you.
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- tbn is indeed one of your great commission allies.
00:45:13.867 --> 00:45:18.305
And you mentioned the word pioneer.
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- [host] yep.
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- not more than 30 feet behind your head outside.
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Is the third satellite dish c-band, uplink ever registered.
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- that's number three, that one out there?
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- ever registered in the united states of america.
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- that's wild.
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- number three sitting right here.
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And pastor, when my dad went
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To the federal communications commission
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In washington to fill the forms out.
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- [host] yeah.
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- there were no forms to be filled.
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That's how much of an early adopter, how did that happen?
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God showed him a vision.
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- [host] yeah.
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- now you have to be careful when you tell this story.
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But let me just tell you what happened.
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He looked up.
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And the den of his home in newport beach, california
00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:08.155
Turned into a movie screen
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And he saw the north american continent
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And lights lighting up.
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And he said, lord, what am i seeing?
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And the lord said, satellite, soon.
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And when the call came out of new york, the sales call.
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You're a tv station in southern california.
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Would you like to be on satellite?
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My dad knew it was god's will.
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- god had already told him.
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It doubled the budget of tbn at the time.
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It was $30,000 a month.
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That was the budget of tbn at the time.
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- [host] wow.
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- so my dad had to see visual effects on the den of our home
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To have the courage to sign the contract.
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- it goes back to the,
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What we're talking about risking.
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- [host 2] yeah.
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- you can't live by faith without taking risk.
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- [preacher] the gospel of jesus christ.
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- you know, when i sit here
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And think about these types of moments of communication
00:46:58.939 --> 00:47:03.343
That we simply are just talking to you,
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Talking to you directly.
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I can't help but think about the way my own parents
00:47:07.748 --> 00:47:11.218
Would be thinking about 2025 and beyond.
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The technology has changed so dramatically
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In our lifetime.
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You realize that back in the day,
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We used to have to look into the camera
00:47:27.734 --> 00:47:29.102
And my mom and dad would jump around and sing
00:47:29.102 --> 00:47:32.272
And play a tambourine
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And, you know, i mean, telethons were necessary
00:47:33.974 --> 00:47:38.478
To get your attention to give
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And giving is a big piece
00:47:41.381 --> 00:47:44.284
Of the forward look of what tbn can accomplish, okay?
00:47:44.284 --> 00:47:49.556
It really is still up to you, okay?
00:47:50.324 --> 00:47:52.359
And we need your support.
00:47:52.359 --> 00:47:54.761
But let me tell you, we have an advantage
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That my parents could have only dreamed of.
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My dad had to raise money, build a tower,
00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:04.604
Build an antenna, get the fcc to give him the frequencies,
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You know, all over the united states.
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And we had to raise money, build a station,
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Piece by piece by piece by piece.
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As i sit here today, you realize
00:48:17.985 --> 00:48:20.988
That there is basically a cable system.
00:48:20.988 --> 00:48:24.591
I call it a cable system that has been built
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To virtually every device.
00:48:28.061 --> 00:48:30.063
(bright music)
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- in the entire world.
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Small screens that we hold in our hands,
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Televisions that we have on our home,
00:48:35.836 --> 00:48:38.138
And every kind of screen in between,
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Ipads and this and that and all that other stuff,
00:48:40.574 --> 00:48:43.910
They're all connected and the world built that system.
00:48:43.910 --> 00:48:49.216
It's called the internet.
00:48:49.750 --> 00:48:51.284
And it's like a cable system that connects every device.
00:48:51.284 --> 00:48:54.521
We used to connect city by city
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To the televisions of a home.
00:48:58.425 --> 00:49:01.028
I remember when oklahoma city came on the air.
00:49:01.028 --> 00:49:03.663
I remember when miami came on the air.
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I remember when new york city came on the air
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And we were all excited.
00:49:08.635 --> 00:49:10.037
But you realize, partners,
00:49:10.037 --> 00:49:11.872
That fundamentally communications has changed
00:49:11.872 --> 00:49:15.542
Because now we can put our signal in to the internet
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And connect to virtually every device globally,
00:49:19.780 --> 00:49:24.751
Simultaneously.
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Now, what's the challenge?
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Relevant content, relevant content in the language,
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In the native language of everyone around the world.
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I don't think it's the delivery system anymore.
00:49:36.563 --> 00:49:39.499
It's now, what's the question?
00:49:39.499 --> 00:49:41.868
What are you gonna say?
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The 2025 era and beyond
00:49:43.403 --> 00:49:47.174
Is more about what kind of content we're gonna create
00:49:47.174 --> 00:49:50.277
And how many different languages we can create it in.
00:49:50.277 --> 00:49:53.814
The advent of ai sounds amazing
00:49:53.814 --> 00:49:58.018
And scary at the same time, right?
00:49:58.018 --> 00:49:59.853
Sounds like some kind of science fiction movie is upon us,
00:49:59.853 --> 00:50:04.491
But you realize at a moment's notice,
00:50:04.491 --> 00:50:08.195
I can be talking in a completely different language
00:50:08.195 --> 00:50:12.365
Like it is my native language.
00:50:12.365 --> 00:50:15.035
And so what we're saying to you, our partners,
00:50:15.035 --> 00:50:19.172
The impact of tbn is just getting started.
00:50:19.172 --> 00:50:23.143
The global impact of tbn feels like it's just now
00:50:23.143 --> 00:50:28.148
Capable of having that, term be true, global impact.
00:50:28.148 --> 00:50:32.319
Yes. we have distributed hundreds and thousands
00:50:32.319 --> 00:50:36.590
And maybe millions of hours of content around the world,
00:50:36.590 --> 00:50:40.727
And we've done it in english
00:50:40.727 --> 00:50:42.195
And about 17 different languages, okay?
00:50:42.195 --> 00:50:45.165
We have polish channels on the air,
00:50:45.165 --> 00:50:47.501
We have french, we have hebrew,
00:50:47.501 --> 00:50:51.104
We have all the languages of the middle east,
00:50:51.104 --> 00:50:53.640
And you know.
00:50:53.640 --> 00:50:54.841
- italian. - look, it goes on and on
00:50:54.841 --> 00:50:56.510
And on and on spanish.
00:50:56.510 --> 00:50:58.078
But through the use of ai technology,
00:50:58.078 --> 00:51:01.982
We can basically put that content now
00:51:01.982 --> 00:51:05.152
In any language virtually in the world.
00:51:05.152 --> 00:51:08.855
And so it's just a matter of money,
00:51:08.855 --> 00:51:11.057
And it's a matter of what does the world need to hear.
00:51:11.057 --> 00:51:14.694
They need to hear the beautiful message of who jesus is.
00:51:14.694 --> 00:51:21.334
Just that, okay?
00:51:21.701 --> 00:51:23.537
If we focus on that one thing, and we have started there,
00:51:23.537 --> 00:51:28.475
And we're gonna end there talking about the person
00:51:28.475 --> 00:51:32.546
And the love of jesus going around the world.
00:51:32.546 --> 00:51:35.448
Hope and grace around the world in multiple languages
00:51:35.448 --> 00:51:39.386
Is the impact that is set for 2025 and beyond.
00:51:39.386 --> 00:51:43.757
And we look forward to you
00:51:43.757 --> 00:51:45.492
Helping us accomplish that exact task.
00:51:45.492 --> 00:51:48.728
- the divine mandate of psalm 96:3 and 1 chronicle 16:24-
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- is the heartbeat of tbn.
00:51:53.500 --> 00:51:55.168
- until every eye has seen-
00:51:55.168 --> 00:51:57.404
- and every ear has heard-
00:51:57.404 --> 00:51:59.239
- we will go wherever he goes.
00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:00.840
- however he leads-
00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:02.175
- we will be his witnesses-
00:52:02.175 --> 00:52:04.110
- in jerusalem, judea, samaria-
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- and to the ends of the entire earth.
00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:09.149
- today, the global church numbers
00:52:09.149 --> 00:52:10.850
A little over 2.6 billion believers.
00:52:10.850 --> 00:52:13.386
- this means the rest of the world,
00:52:13.386 --> 00:52:15.422
Roughly 5.5 billion people-
00:52:15.422 --> 00:52:17.958
- does not have a relationship with christ.
00:52:17.958 --> 00:52:20.527
- some don't even know his name.
00:52:20.527 --> 00:52:22.829
- for all of us at tbn, this is our why.
00:52:22.829 --> 00:52:26.433
- tbn currently reaches over 175 nations-
00:52:26.433 --> 00:52:30.904
- broadcasting in 17 languages-
00:52:30.904 --> 00:52:33.273
- in english, hebrew-
00:52:33.273 --> 00:52:34.808
- spanish, french-
00:52:34.808 --> 00:52:35.842
- german, urdu-
00:52:35.842 --> 00:52:37.377
- norwegian, swedish-
00:52:37.377 --> 00:52:39.546
- ukrainian, polish, and beyond.
00:52:39.546 --> 00:52:41.581
- through television, digital platforms, and social media,
00:52:41.581 --> 00:52:44.351
We are connecting with people from every nation.
00:52:44.351 --> 00:52:46.820
- engaging both the saved and the unsaved-
00:52:46.820 --> 00:52:49.623
- the churched and the unchurched-
00:52:49.623 --> 00:52:52.125
- offering the internal hope and relentless love of jesus.
00:52:52.125 --> 00:52:55.862
- this is about more than numbers.
00:52:55.862 --> 00:52:57.597
- it's about transformation-
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- broken hearts restored-
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- burdens lifted-
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- lost souls found.
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- together, we're fulfilling the great commission.
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- with god's unfailing provision
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And your faithful partnership-
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- we press on-
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- standing as his ambassadors-
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- declaring his glory-
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- among all nations.
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- sharing his marvelous deeds
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- among all people-
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- and shining his light-
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- into every corner of the world.
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(bright music)
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Global Impact 2025 | Praise

February 19, 2025 | S

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