For more than a year, I have repeatedly visited the office of the Christian Affairs Department at the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs in Jerusalem to seek a clergy visa for Rev. Jeff Hoover. Jeff is a U.S. citizen from Raleigh, North Carolina. Our international congregation in East Jerusalem called Rev. Hoover to come to Jerusalem to serve as an assistant pastor, since I am approaching retirement.


Alex Awad, Pastor, East Jerusalem Baptist Church

Many pro-Israeli organizations and individuals connected between closing a Baptist church in Bethlehem and the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference, which just took place last week in Bethlehem.

There was only one problem with this. It was factually wrong. The church was never closed


By: Munther Isaac and by Porter Speakman Jr.

A Response to Representatives of the International Messianic Jewish Community to their joint statement on "Christ at the Checkpoint"

Leaders of the UMJC and MJAA joined forces again this month to issue a statement on a matter of deep concern for the Messianic Jewish community. The statement, on the "Christ at the Checkpoint" conference scheduled for March 5-9 in Bethlehem, included leaders of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance and the International Association of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues.

The members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee have sent a pastoral message to the churches in Syria extending solidarity as they face enormous challenges due to the ongoing violence in the country.

We had a really bad day today. Nine Palestinian very young children were killed and 40 other children injured (some severely) in one horrific fiery traffic accident today and another child was killed in a separate traffic accident...

154,000 Christians live today in the Land of Israel. 80% are Arabs, and they live in the north of the country, and their level of education is high. The data comes from the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

Jesus, Christmas, and the Arab Spring-By Botrus Mansour, Christianity Today 23rd December 2011

Tourism Ministry officials say newly launched NIS 3 million Gospel Trail does not detract from older Jesus Trail, but both are vying for Christian tourists.