Israeli Khristian Advocacy

Two dozen top Christian students will spend Sunday at the Knesset, meeting with MKs and training to return to their campuses as informed Israel advocates.

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints (Holman Version, Revelation 5:8).

The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) will host the Christian students, participants in the Eagles’ Wings Ministry’s Fourth Annual Israel Experience College Scholarship Program. The program is sometimes known as the “Christian Birthright” in that it trains students to speak up for Israel and explain its policies.

Christian Birthright in correlation with Taglit Birthright; the only exception is that the students get to travel to Israel for free and prolly have more leisure fun courtesy of Taglit.
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Joel James, development director for the Eagles’ Wings says the aim of the program is to “raise up educated ambassadors who are articulate about the truth about Israel’s situation, about God’s promises to Israel, and about why it’s important for Christians to pursue that.”

This year, students will hear from Members of Knesset Benny Elon (National Union), Gilad Erdan (Likud) and David RotemYisrael Beiteinu). program, says the aim of the program is to “raise up educated ambassadors who are articulate about the truth about Israel’s situation, about God’s promises to Israel, and about why it’s important for Christians to pursue that.” (

Established in 2004, the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus serves as a multi-partisan group made up of Knesset Members across the political spectrum. This body works to open formal and direct lines of communication between Israeli MKs and Christian leaders worldwide.

A Chief Rabbinate decision of two months ago banned religious-based cultural ties [whateve!] between Jews and Christians, but the KCAC, which deals chiefly with Jewish-Christian political ties, was not included.

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