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This was the 2nd Annual NTHI at Chapelhill Church and was a great success. There was not only the Chapelhill Church family in attendance but also a good contingency of CUFI leadership from the region as well as a strong contingent from the Jewish Community. The evening consisted of the singing of the national anthems of both the US and Israel, an...
The Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois) held their 18th Night to Honor Israel on October 16, 2021. The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and local Pastors coordinated this event, and Dr. Randy Caldwell was the keynote speaker. The event was filled with music, the National Anthem sung by Congressional Liaison Russell Christ and a video of Ethiopian...
This was a trip follow-up Pastor’s Meeting from Israel Alumni Jeremy Price and Darren Givens at Pastor Givens’ church. Pastor Price had already participated in a Zoom / Virtual event with Lyndon Allen as a part of his trip follow-up. State Director Jason Dillon was also in attendance. I was able to give the Why Israel briefing as well as have the...
The Canton, Mississippi was really two opportunities to speak to the pastors of this Ministerial Association. The Ministerial Alliance of Churches have just been meeting back for a couple of weeks together, and I was able to share around 7-8 minutes during the meeting about the work of CUFI. After their regularly scheduled meeting, Pastor Jonathan...
I had the honor of doing 3 Pastors Events. The first was at Rock City Church, the second was at Pluckers in San Antonio, and the 3rd was virtual for those who could not attend the San Antonio Meeting. They were all set up by former CUFI or IC trip attendees or district CUFI coordinators. I also was able to give a Why Israel presentation to those...
The people of Rio Communities were very receptive of CUFI's Why Israel message. We had one of our CUFI on Campus coordinators, Cherith Runyon, as one of our keynote speakers. Cherith was able to connect with NMSU students. The church that hosted the event, Abundant Life Christian Center, is very pro-Israel and have been supporting CUFI’s work for...
The TV interview was done at the KCHF TV station. Mrs. Mary Kay Gonzales conducted the interview with Randy Neal, Abel Taye and Pastor Barney Carbajal.
On September 19th, we held a Why Israel event in Farmington, NM at Day 3 Church. The people of the church were very receptive of the Why Israel Message. Pledge cards were signed and Cherith connected with University of New Mexico students. An offering was collected to support the work of CUFI.
The Why Israel event was hosted by Pastor Andy Antenor, who is a CUFI Pastor Alumni. Since he came back from the CUFI Pastors Israel trip, he has been encouraging his church members to support Israel. For the last 3 Sundays before I came, he has been preaching about the blessings that come when Christians pray for Israel. He told me that he wants...
The event was organized by Pastor Alex Cabansagan with the Church of the Nazarene.
Most of the attendees heard of CUFI for the first time, and many felt conviction for their lack of support for Israel and the Jewish people, so they pledged to support CUFI to be more pro-active in strongly advocating for Israel and the Jewish people.
After coming with CUFI on a Pastor’s Israel trip, Pastor Dr. Kenneth Larter returned to the states a Christian Zionist. He went to work with his board of elders to remove the Deerfield Presbyterian Church (founded almost 300 years ago!) out from the staunchly anti-Israel Presbyterian USA denomination and has continue to work with CUFI.
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The church is pastored by Pastor Abraham Biangco, an ethnically diverse congregation with a strong emphasis on missions. The CUFI Why Israel presentation was received well by the church members. After the presentation, many people asked me to help their congregation organize an Israel tour.
The event was hosted by Pastor Abraham Biangco, who was part of our CUFI Pastors Israel tour last year. Pastor Biangco oversees a network of churches in the region. The attendance was very diverse – African American, Hispanic, Middle Eastern and Asian. A few pastors were interested in hosting a CUFI event at their churches and in going to Israel...
Iran has published and distributed a video of rockets and drones being used to attack Dimona in the Negev Desert. It says the attack took place during the recent 17th Great Prophet drill with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the IRGC Air Force.
Tehran says it “simulated a missile and drone attack on the Dimona nuclear center using 16...
Iran’s main focus in nuclear talks that resume in Austria on Monday will be the lifting of all US sanctions in a verifiable process that guarantees Tehran’s unhindered ability to export its oil, the foreign minister said.
Negotiations with world powers to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
The so-called “military” wings of several Palestinian factions on Sunday said they have launched a large-scale, joint maneuver in the Gaza Strip.
The announcement came amid growing tensions in the West Bank and calls by Hamas and other Gaza-based factions for stepping up attacks against Israel.
It also came in wake of unconfirmed reports...
Democratic US Rep. Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey, 5th District) said hecklers shouted “Jew” and other antisemitic slurs at him as he and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo descended to Bergen County, New Jersey to promote the Biden administration’s “Build Back Better” infrastructure bill last September, Gottheimer said in a speech at Rutgers...
The BBC placed No. 3 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “Global Anti-Semitism Top 10” list for 2021, after Iran and Hamas, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.
“People might assume we would put neo-Nazi groups on our list, but the BBC is there because when a globally recognized organization allows anti-Semitism to creep into its reporting, it makes...
Qatar will invest some $60 million in a pipeline to bring Israeli natural gas into the Gaza Strip, the Gulf kingdom’s envoy to Gaza, Mohammad al-Emadi, announced on Sunday.
A major Hamas backer, Qatar has pledged some $360 million for Gaza’s reconstruction following the Islamist terrorist group’s conflict with Israel in May.
The energy-rich...
After arresting four terror suspects on suspicion of carrying out the deadly attack near Homesh, in which Israeli civilian Yehuda Dimentman, 25, was murdered, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Ran Kochav said on Sunday that the attack was likely orchestrated from the Gaza Strip.
It has since transpired that the terror cell belonged to Palestinian...
