Pray for Christians in Holy Land!

[TrueVoice]

In preparation for my pilgrimage to the Holy Land next week I did research on Christian communities in Israel and neighbouring countries. I've learned that the outlook appears bleak for Christianity in the Middle East, in the very home of the religion, where Christ walked the earth and the central events of Christianity occurred.Christians of the Holy Land have endured for two thousand years through the rise and fall of empires. I invite you to pray with me for them in these challenging times.Here's just a few tacts. After World War II, Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, was 80% Christian and Nazareth 60%. Now those percentages are 20% and 30% respectively, and are shrinking. Jerusalem Christians were a plurality in the 1920s; today, they number under 2 percent of the city's population. Thousands of Christian families left their homeland, caught literally in the crossfire between Palestinians and Israelis. For more info see: http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_current_christians.php

 

[Jerusalem Junkie]

Shalom and may G-d be with you on your journey to the Holy Land. We all need to pray for Israel and not just the Christians there but the Jewish population as well since 76% are of the Jewish faith. May G-d bless you and keep you and good luck.