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Pastors Luis and Yaneth Suárez are the Senior Pastors of Iglesia Nueva Generación Cristiana in North Providence, Rhode Island. They are originally from Colombia, moved to Miami and now live in RI. The moment you walk in to their church building (a former masonic lodge) you are greeted by joyful voices and the warm handshakes of young adult leaders...
“PARADOS EN LA BRECHA” is the name given to the yearly 2-day celebration of Israel, at Iglesia Vida Abundante led by CUFI Israel Trip alumnus, Rev. Dr. Santos N. Escobar from Providence, RI. This year I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker for both evening services. The genuine love and enthusiasm the congregation showed for Israel was...
This event was held at a small church in Virginia Beach where the pastor is a CUFI Israel trip Alumni from many years ago. The participants were very interactive, and they asked questions after the presentations. There were also two people who were part of the city’s taskforce that fight antisemitism and they really like the message of CUFI and...
The Why Israel presentation here in Sunman was small, but very impactful. This pastor is a firm believer in supporting Israel and although the turn out number was small, there is at least one church member from a different church who attended and is now interested in getting this presentation into their church as well.
I believe as long as I...
The Church On The Hill in Redlands California hosted a CUFI Why Israel? meeting for an audience of two dozen attendees. For most it was their first CUFI event. Some traveled for over an hour to attend the meeting and requested CUFI bring the message to their community. Several signed up to become members and an offering was received to continue...
This why Israel event was hosted by a pastor who is a CUFI Israel trip candidate for 2023. It was an event that focused on educating the cogeneration and motivating them to be part of CUFI through learning the Biblical responsibilities Christians must stand with the Jewish people and with the nation of Israel. Some of the members liked the message...
This event was an event where the pastor (who is a CUFI Israel trip Alumni from March 2022) hosted the event for his congregation. Most of the participants were members of the church who are getting ready to visit Israel in March of 2023 by themselves. They are 30 in number and CUFI provided them the introductory biblical and historical reasons...
Deputy Field Director Bob Scott was able to be with Israel Alumni Pastor Bob Petty on a Wednesday evening in Baldwin, GA. The Why Israel message was well received by those in attendance, with all encouraged to join CUFI if they were not already members. Pastor Bob Petty was also able to gather local pastors together for a breakfast the next way...
The church was started 12 years ago with the mission to reach the growing Asian population in the city. I had invited the host pastor to the CUFI DC Summit this year and his life was impacted by the summit. He then asked me to visit his church to share with his congregation the work of CUFI and the importance of why Asian Americans should support...
This event was a very large fall festival which was held outdoors at Rock City Church in Corpus. It was very well attended and the demographics were far ranging from children all the way to senior adults. There were large numbers of people who stopped by our tent and listened to what we had to say and even filled out pledge cards. Overall, for...
Billye Brim Ministry hosted Randy Neal and Thomas Luether to a Pastors Luncheon at her ministry headquarters in Kirbyville MO. We had 26 ministry leaders at the event. Randy and Tom gave a presentation to the pastors. They had connected with a pastor a day before and signed him up for CUFI. Thomas did a Why Israel presentation Sunday Night at...
This was the 3rd annual Africa NTHI in Philadelphia, PA hosted by Pr. Kwaku Owusu-Boachie in coordination with three other Philadelphia based African churches. The Jewish Federation representatives were present in the program, and they really appreciated what CUFI is doing to advance the bridge building work between the Jewish community s and...
We had a tremendous time with Pastor Shannon Panthin of Oceans United Church in Kodiak, AK Sunday morning October 23rd. Pastor Shannon was a Pastors Israel Trip alum that we had been hoping to schedule with for the last couple of years. His congregation was very welcoming and very easy to connect with. This congregation is a strong young...
This was a Sunday morning event hosted by Rev./Dr. Moses Suha Dennis who is from Liberia and the senior pastor of the congregation. He was very supportive of CUFI, and he encouraged the members of his church to join CUFI. Israel Pledge cards were signed. The CUFI Why Israel was received well, and the pastor wants to go to Israel with us next year.
The night began with the singing of the national anthems of Israel and the US. There was then a music medley of traditional Hebrew songs followed by the opening welcome and recognition of guests by Pastor Dave Divine, the lead pastor at Chapelhill Church. Deputy Consul General was the first speaker and following his remarks, there was a Holocaust...
Oceans United Church Pastor Shannon Panthin was a great host for our first Kodiak Pastors Event. Many had never heard of CUFI. We welcomed 15 area pastors and church leaders. A special added treat was meeting the vice chair of Alaska Aerospace, Lindsay Knight. He is a strong supporter of Israel and a leader in his local church as well. Alaska...
This Pastor’s Gathering was a group of pastors in the Harrisburg area surrounding community. Most of them never been to the CUFI trips but heard about CUFI from friends. SALT and DC summit opportunities for their college and high school student were discussed.
The evening began with a frustrated protestor in front of the Georgetown Baptist Church and his counterpart was inside sitting with the rest of the public. Everyone was polite to him. Pastor Tirza was kind enough to provide pizza and a generous assortment of foods, desserts and drinks. It was lovely.
Everyone was happy and excited to be...
Sunday morning at Jesus Church with Jorge and Elvia Pina was a great experience. The praise and worship was lively and enthusiastic. A heartfelt testimony about their efforts in Nepal was shared by a South African elder of the church who is a nuclear physicist. The atmosphere was faith filled.
The “Why Israel?” presentation flowed easily and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday as Russia is hosting the Syrian regime leader this week.
"Topical issues of further development of Russian-Syrian cooperation in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as prospects for a comprehensive settlement of the situation in and around...