At CUFI, we are focused on several key issues with the goal of defending Israel’s strength, security, and sovereignty.
If you want to keep up with all things Israel, sign up for CUFI’s Daily Briefing – our daily news roundup created exclusively for CUFI members. Every morning, Monday through Friday, receive an email with some of the top headlines in the news so you are always informed and ready to debunk lies with the truth.
Pastor Mike Alix invited me to lead his Wednesday night Bible study to deliver the Why Israel? message. Even though the weather was poor, we were encouraged by the size of the crowd we gathered. He informed me that it was one of the larger groups he has gotten. His midweek study had taken a big dip in attendance due to the Covid pandemic but it...
During the month of April, our Dallas, Texas Based CUFI Field Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus and our San Antonio District Director Pastor Daniel Gonzalez of Cornerstone Iglesia conducted four weekly CUFI Facebook and Radio Spanish programs with the La Nuestra 1130AM Radio Station based in San Antonio, TX. Our 27-minute programs were aired LIVE...
CUFI offered its first event in Hood River Oregon, hosted by Israel trip alumni Pastor Fritz Stranz of Hood River Covenant Church. CUFI’s Why Israel presentation resonated with the audience of about 80-90, many of whom stayed later to ask questions and learn more about CUFI. A generous love offering was received for CUFI On Campus. Among the...
A small live studio audience gathered for a CUFI Why Israel presentation hosted by CUFI Washington State Director Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries. The presentation was live streamed to the tens of thousands of El Shaddai members around the world. A financial gift was given for the work of CUFI On Campus, and El Shaddai requested to...
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani, who is also the Iranian chief nuclear negotiator spoke to his Chinese counterpart this week, according to reports in Iran. Tasnim News says that the “Senior Negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister, this evening (Wednesday, December 8) called Chinese Vice President Zhaosu to discuss the Vienna talks.”...
Talks to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal formally resumed on Thursday, with a meeting of the remaining parties to the deal, which does not include the United States, Russia's top envoy to the talks said on Twitter. The meeting ended within an hour.
"The meeting of the Joint Commission is over. It was rather short and constructive," Mikhail...
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League has found that rhetoric used by anti-Israel groups on US college and university campuses frequently demeans and ostracizes pro-Israel Jewish students, and occasionally descends into antisemitism.
In preparing the study, ADL experts identified what, they said, was “a pattern of anti-Israel groups and...
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met on Thursday with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, where the two discussed the Iranian threat, and Israel’s attempts to reach an agreement with the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
On Iran, Lapid and Sissi spoke about Tehran’s nuclear program and the threat to regional stability posed by its support...
Israeli and American military leaders are set to discuss possible military drills to practice destroying Iranian nuclear facilities in a potential worst-case scenario, a senior US official said on Wednesday.
The comment came as the faltering nuclear talks were set to resume on Thursday in Vienna, and as Defense Minister Benny Gantz flew to...
A Pastor’s Meeting was held at Grace Point Church in Bristol TN. The TN event also had 3 pastors in attendance from just across the line in Bristol, VA. Those contacts were passed on to Field Coordinator Victor Styrsky. A couple of pastors in attendance were already members of CUFI, but there were 11 more who signed the pledge card, and 4 checks...
Pastor Adam Tripp first heard of CUFI at a 2021 CUFI Pastor’s Luncheon hosted by a pastor who had participated in a 2020 CUFI Israel Trip. The excitement of the pastor’s testimony and the Why Israel message he heard at the luncheon caused him to join the membership of CUFI and request that he be allowed to apply for the upcoming October 2021...
Leaders from the small town of Iuka, KY gathered to hear the biblical reasons to stand with Israel and the Jewish people. The congregation of the host church embraced us with open arms.
The Church at Liberty Square is without a doubt the most vocal and active pro-Israel church in this part of Georgia with a monthly giving budget supporting numerous works in Israel and dedicating every Monday night to “praying for the peace of Jerusalem.” It has been over 12 years since Senior Pastor Jacob King first visited Israel, and is hoping...
Pastor Michael Lambert was a tremendous blessing to have hosted CUFI. From our first contact with the pastor, we knew he captured CUFI’S passion for Israel and the Jewish people. The congregation was very responsive and many joined CUFI.
Virtual tour of some of the latest discoveries from the archaeological sites of the old City of David. Event was well-attended due largely to the outreach efforts which included Word of Faith (Mac & Lynne Hammond), Daughters for Zion, and CUFI Minnesota.
During the month of March, our Dallas, Texas Based CUFI Field Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus and our San Antonio District Director Pastor Daniel Gonzalez of Cornerstone Iglesia conducted five weekly CUFI Spanish Facebook and Radio programs with the La Nuestra 1130AM Radio Station based in San Antonio, TX. Our 27-minute programs were aired LIVE...
On March 30th about seventy people participated in the seventh monthly CUFI UK-US joint webinar. It was very well received, with CUFI’s own Dumisani Washington tackling “The Truth Behind BDS”. The hard hitting webinar confronted the misinformation the BDS movement relies on, and fell as “Apartheid Week” was being held on campuses in the UK and the...
CUFI Israel trip alumni Pastor David Pickett hosted the first CUFI Why Israel event in California’s Gold Rush region at The Ridge Church in Polluck Pines. The event had been on hold for months during COVID restrictions and was was enthusiastically received by the dozens of attendees.
This virtual event was the first of a monthly series designed to reach more potential CUFI members in IL and MI. We discussed the Multiethnic Diversity of Israel and the return of the Jewish people from all over the world. We also highlighted CUFI’s Mizrahi Project. This was the second in a series of monthly virtual meetings for IL and MI.
Asian Outreach Coordinator, Pastor Herman Martir led his first event. Pastor Jon Mejica, Pastor Arnel Aquino, and Pastor Ray Ann Dela Fuente were all part of the 2020 Diversity Israel Mission, CUFI’s first all-Asian Holy Land tour. Because of ongoing COVID restrictions, only 25% of the building capacity was allowed. So, the pastors focused on...