If you go
What: Night to Honor Israel
Where: The Harvest Training Center, 69 Myrtle St., Cranford
When: Sunday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m.
The event will be followed by a kosher dessert reception.
Information: Eagles’ Wings at 1-800-519-4647 or go to www.daytopray.com
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August 27, 2009
Stressing their ongoing solidarity with Israel in the face of threats from Iran, national Christian groups announced they will hold their third annual evening celebrating the country and the Jewish people.
Christians United for Israel and Eagles’ Wings are two of the main organizations sponsoring Night to Honor Israel, which will take place locally on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Calvary Tabernacle in Cranford.
Members of the Jewish community are invited to attend as “honored guests” of the organizers, whose national leaders include Pastor John Hagee and CUFI executive director David Brog.
“The purpose of this night is to show the world that we as Christians unconditionally love and support the Jewish people,” said the Rev. Charlie Cacici of Calvary Tabernacle.
He told NJ Jewish News that those attending will be urged to attend the Stop Iran Rally in Manhattan on Sept. 24. In a press release about the event he wrote, “A new Haman is ranting from Iran but the spirit of Esther will prevail! We stand with Israel and the Jewish people and say, ‘No More!’ We will draw that battle line around both Christians and Jews as one.”
Christian supporters of Israel, usually drawn from evangelical Protestant churches, have been a major presence at all the New York City rallies in recent years condemning Iran’s nuclear ambitions and belligerence toward Israel.
As he did at the previous two events, Ambassador Asaf Shariv, the consul general of Israel in New York, will be one of the featured speakers in Cranford. He will appear alongside the Rev. Robert Stearns, the founder of Eagles’ Wings and Northeast regional director of Christians United for Israel.
Those groups are also involved in the event scheduled to follow on Sunday, Oct. 4, the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem. This year, more than 200,000 churches in 175 nations are expected to participate in what has also become an annual event, held in Jerusalem, with audio-visual links to church congregations around the world.
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