July 10, 2006

Rick Warren and North Korea

Ingrid opened the program by reading a portion of her latest commentary posted on the Christian Worldview Network website regarding Rick Warren's planned trip to North Korea. She then introduced her guest, Suzanne Scholte, Chairman of the North Korean Freedom Coalition who was quoted nationally in the news as also opposing Rick Warren's upcoming trip.

Suzanne Scholte then presented information about the true conditions existing even today in North Korea. Even though the Christian church was strong in that country following a revival in the early 20th century, an estimated 2 million North Koreans have perished under that country’s brutal dictatorial regime since the mid-1990s. Families continue to starve to death as the North Korean government withholds food rations to entire regions of the nation. The government arbitrarily detains, tortures, and executes its citizens, including children, in a large network of concentration camps.

Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have fled to China to survive, however they live in fear of forced repatriation and imprisonment. Children whose parents have died or been separated from them wander the streets in search of food and protection.

Ingrid also played an excerpt from a “rap” number about the “Purpose Driven” church, which she calls nothing less than sacrilegious. Her comments on this topic are also at the Christian Worldview Network website. Also discussed were the all-night “laugh-ins” now being sponsored by churches instead of all-night prayer meetings.

More Information

North Korea Freedom Coalition website:
http://www.nkfreedom.org

To read Ingrid’s commentaries on Rick Warren and North Korea, plus the Purpose Driven rap song:
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/