Prayer and Ministry Focus: Strengthening our Brothers for the Days Ahead
Greetings from the Middle East!
As a part of our At The Crossroads ministry in the Middle East, we focus each year on helping to equip believers from...
Israeli & Middle Eastern followers of Jesus unite to care for their hurting region
"In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria … Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, w...
Pray against the violence in Israel, Turkey
Israel police stand guard just inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City in Jerusalem.
This last week has seen an upsurge of violent attacks in the Middl...
Israel’s SodaStream wants to hire Syrian refugees (WPost)
"Some people might think he’s living in a bubble, but Daniel Birnbaum, chief executive of Israeli fizzy drinks maker SodaStream, said this week he wan...
Israeli deputy minister meets with At the Crossroads leaders, partners
From left, Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation Ayoob Kara Ayoob Kara, Dr. Moti Zaken, Rev. David Pileggi converse in the courtyard of Christ Ch...
Report: Majority of Israeli oil imported from Kurdistan (JPost)
From the Jerusalem Post:
Israel may be importing some NIS 3.84 billion-worth of oil from the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, a mov...
Israel ‘very interested’ in strengthening relations with Kurds (JPost)
From the Jerusalem Post:
News published in the Financial Times on Sunday that Israel imports most of its oil from Iraq’s Kurdish areas came as no shoc...
Turkey, the Kurds and Christian responsibility
A Turkish pastor and his translator give a report to a prayer group at Christ Church Jerusalem.
In July, a pastor and former mayor from a city in Tu...
Israel and Iran pray for each other
A profound gesture of peace between Israel and Iran has been made at a conference in Jerusalem aimed at strengthening bonds of reconciliation between the sons of Abraham. Among those present was an Iranian pastor based in the UK. When a conference organiser took the opportunity to pray a blessing over that Iran, the pastor returned the favour by praying a blessing over Israel.
Middle East nations walking in the steps of Jesus
This week, Christ Church Jerusalem is hosting Christians from the Middle East -- men and women who acknowledge their redemption by the blood of Yeshua the Messiah and who are determined to live together by the Holy Spirit. The nations represented at this gathering include Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia and Iran. Yes, that's right.