Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

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The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem is a challenge from pentecostal evangelists and authors Jack W. Hayford and Robert Stearns through their organization "Eagles Wings" to like-minded people around the world to pray for Jerusalem on the first Sunday of every October, close to Yom Kippur. The event began in 2004.

Hayford and Stearns organize the event in Israel. According to a CBN interview with Stearns, "Right now, the Judeo-Christian world view is under attack on two fronts. Secular Humanism on the one hand seeks to eradicate the knowledge of God from the public square. And on the other hand radical Islam is rearing its head. We see the ghost of Hitler alive and well in our day. And so we see as never before, that really those who take the Judeo-Christian world view seriously are under attack and increasingly in the minority. And in this hour, the church must not repeat the sin of silence that we participated in, in the ‘30’s in Europe. It is time for the church to speak out loudly and clearly on behalf of Israel, on behalf of the Jewish people and really on behalf of ourselves. This is an hour to cry out to the Lord in prayer and then to be willing to become the answer to the prayers we’ve been praying by being active and involved in Israel’s cause." [1]

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[edit] Global Participation

According to "Jerusalem Newswire" a small independent Christian publication, organizers of the 2006 event claimed that they had scheduled meetings to be held in 150,000 churches around the world. The coordinators scheduled for the event to be celebrated in 169 nations. (see ref for a partial list of coordinators [2])

In 2004, 500 global Christian ministries representing 50 countries came together for this effort and 53,000 churches participated. The goal in 2006 was to have the event celebrated by over 100 million people in over 100 countries. [3][4]

According to the organization's own public bulletin board advertisement prior to the event posted on the online community calendar of the local Little Rock, Arkansas FOX television station, advertised one meeting to be held on the front steps of the state capitol building.[5]

The portion of the event that took place in Jerusalem was held inside the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem and was attended by "hundreds of Christian lovers of Israel gathered with Jewish friends." [6]

Several international denominations such as the Assemblies of God, and Elim Fellowship took part in the 2006 prayer and celebrate this event annually.

[edit] Organized in Cooperation With Israeli Government Officials

According to a press release issued by the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem was originally established in cooperation with Israel's Ministry of Tourism, and the Christian Allies Caucus of the Knesset. [7] [8]

[edit] Endorsements

The event is endorsed by chief rabbi Yona Metzger, former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, former USSR Prisoner of Zion and Knesset Member Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC), Yuri Shtern, and the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Yigal Amedi and the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus. It is also endorsed by famous Christian evangelists, authors and performers such as Joyce Meyer, The Newsboys , Bishop TD Jakes, Michael W. Smith, and Kenneth Copeland. [9][10] [11][12] [13] [14].

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/commentary/newsblogs/jerusalemdateline/061005.aspx
  2. ^ http://ew.us.churchinsight.com/group/Group.aspx?id=1000002920#northamerica
  3. ^ http://www.cbn.com/700club/Guests/Bios/Robert_Stearns092605.aspx
  4. ^ http://ew.us.churchinsight.com/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=1000001929 The Promotional Website of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
  5. ^ http://community.fox16.com/calendar/communitycalendar/748230.aspx FOX16 Nowcaster Community, Community Online Calendar for Little Rock, Arkansas
  6. ^ http://www.jnewswire.com/article/1209 Goodenough, Stan, "Christian Zionism: Calling on the Lion of Judah," Jerusalem Newswire, October 3, 2006.
  7. ^ http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=31091 "Thursday, September 28, 2006, Natan Sharansky to Address Worldwide Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, For Immediate Release Thursday, 28 September, 2006" Press Release Re-Printed Verbatim on Website of "Independent Media Review Analysis"
  8. ^ http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=31091 "Thursday, September 28, 2006, Natan Sharansky to Address Worldwide Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, For Immediate Release Thursday, 28 September, 2006" Press Release Re-Printed Verbatim on Website of "Independent Media Review Analysis"
  9. ^ http://www.gratefullygrafted.org/pdf_files/Newsboys_PR_2006.pdf
  10. ^ http://ew.us.churchinsight.com/group/group.aspx?id=1000002775 "Eagles Wings: What Leaders Are Saying" Promotional Page on the website for The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
  11. ^ http://ew.us.churchinsight.com/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=1000002504 "Eagles Wings: More Leaders" Continuation of Promotional Page on the website for The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
  12. ^ http://www.cbn.com/700club/Guests/Bios/Robert_Stearns092605.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69672 "Christian Allies in Day of Prayer for Jerusalem," Israel National News, Website, September 29, 2004 (This media source is also known as "Arutz Sheva" and is an independent national radio group in Israel which produces politically conservative programming form a traditional Jewish-Zionist Orientation)
  14. ^ http://www.jnewswire.com/article/1209 Goodenough, Stan, "Christian Zionism: Calling on the Lion of Judah," Jerusalem Newswire, October 3, 2006.

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