Category: General

A prophetic appeal to the 1000 pastors who visited Israel but ignored the Body of Christ in Palestine

Last week,  around  one thousand pastors—mostly from the United States—entered Israel on a highly publicized tour. They came declaring solidarity, proclaiming blessing, and taking photos at holy sites. Yet in all their proclamations, one thing was painfully absent: any acknowledgment of the living, suffering Body of Christ in this land.

You walked where Jesus walked—but refused to walk beside His followers who are struggling to survive here. You prayed at stones—but ignored the living stones who bear witness to Christ today. You blessed a state—but looked away from the people being displaced, bombed, or silenced.

Here in Jerusalem, Jesus’ name is not an idea but a living memory—spoken in prayers, whispered in grief, and held onto in hope. It is a land that has seen too much war, too much loss, and too many attempts to claim God for one side or another. And so when the name of Jesus is invoked in political speech, especially in ways that distort His life and message, it cannot go unanswered.

A recent statement issued by the Heads of Churches of Jerusalem is a timely and necessary intervention. It addresses a growing and deeply troubling phenomenon: groups that claim to represent “Christians from the Holy Land” while speaking instead for political ideologies, foreign interests, and theological distortions that have little to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

They represent no recognized church, no accountable congregation, and no indigenous Christian community rooted in this land.

These organizations—often styling themselves as embassies, bridges of love, or voices for peace—present themselves before governments and international bodies as authentic representatives of local