Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

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The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem is a prayer meeting organized by pentecostal evangelists Jack W. Hayford and Robert Stearns through their organization "Eagles Wings". They annually invite people around the world to pray for Jerusalem on the first Sunday of every October, close to the time of Yom Kippur. Their first prayer meeting occurred in 2004.

Hayford and Stearns organize the primary meeting in Israel. According to a CBN interview with Stearns, he believes that prayer meetings are important to combat various dangers to the Judeo-Christian worldview, such as Secular Humanism and Radical Islam, and he believes that Christians are especially obligated to support the State of Israel. ^[1]

Contents 1 International Participation 2 Endorsements 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] International Participation

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

In 2004, 500 global Christian ministries representing 50 countries and 53,000 churches said prayers for peace in Jerusalem on the same day. The organization's goal in 2006 was to have over 100 million people in over 100 countries participate in prayer meetings. ^[3][4]

The prayer meeting in Jerusalem in 2006 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." ^[5]

International denominations Assemblies of God, and Elim Fellowship took part in the 2006 prayer and support the annual prayers.

[edit] Endorsements

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. ^{[6] [7]}

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. Other participants are Christian evangelists, authors and performers such as Joyce Meyer, The Newsboys , Bishop TD Jakes, Michael W. Smith, and Kenneth Copeland. ^{[8][9] [10][11] [12] [13]}.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Day of Prayer

[edit] External links

• Official site
• UK official site
• Pray4peaceofjerusalem.org.au