Wednesday, June 29, 2011

ONLY 30% OF U.S. EVANGELICAL LEADERS STAND BEHIND ISRAEL

Over the past several years I have been encouraged that nearly half my email response comes from evangelicals! My most popular articles often address Israel in Bible prophecy. (See, Babylon the Great is Israel, Michael Savage: Obama 'Laying Groundwork' For Apocalyptic War Against Israel) Increasingly, tens of thousands of Christians visit Truthtellers.org and Rense.com, the largest anti-Zionist internet news site with over one million unique visits a month (Rense.com's readership now equals World Net Daily, the largest Christian pro-Israel internet news service).

This trend toward greater openness to a truly Biblical perspective is seen in a new Pew Research poll of 2,196 evangelicals worldwide, 16 percent of which included evangelical leaders in the United States. "Among evangelicals from the United States three-in-ten (30%) sympathize more with Israel. Thirteen percent favor Palestinians and nearly half (49 percent) say they sympathize with both equally.

The survey showed that many evangelical leaders do think for themselves about the Mideast, particularly after Israel's embargo in Gaza and terrorist attack on the "Free Gaza" flotilla. Many clearly reject pressure to support Israel by Jewish muscle groups such as ADL as well as evangelical media and authorities. Over the past ten years, the voice of our National Prayer Network has been joined by other vocal Christian ministries. Through the airwaves, internet and direct mail we are blanketing the world with truth about Zionism. This Pew poll provides encouragement that together we may have had a more extensive impact than we dreamed. John Hagee-style support of Israel does not describe all evangelicals!

Tea Party Also Hears Truth about Israel

Two years ago, the National Prayer Network began sending our e-alerts to 850 Tea Party chapters in America. Within several weeks, about 185 chapters demanded removal from our e-list. But soon the objections stopped. For nearly two years, about 650 chapters have received our articles with hardly a murmur. Clearly, they remain curious and tolerant of truth they find nowhere else.