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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / PRESIDENT
Dearest Friend of Israel,
When I think about The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, I don’t think of an organization. I think of people like you who love Israel and want to bless the Jewish people.
You can join us in our mission by giving online further down this page.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. PROVERBS 3:6
Give a Soldier a Safe Place to Encounter God
Meet at the Mountain
Straight out of high school, Israelis must serve for 2–3 years in the military or related logistical service. Once done with their military service, it’s common for these young adults to try to find meaning and purpose in their lives. Many choose to backpack the exotic terrain of New Zealand, where they receive the warm hospitality of our FOI team and lodging, warm meals, hot showers, and comfortable beds. In this safe space, these young adults have spiritual questions; and with gentleness and respect, our team is able to give testimony to those who ask. You can help make an Israeli backpacker’s stay in New Zealand unforgettable, maybe even life changing, by making it possible for him or her to learn of God’s love for them.
Train Up a Child
Israel Youth Programs
Right now there is a tremendous need for fellowship and discipleship of young believers in the Church in Israel. The Body of Christ is growing, and so are the young Christians you can support in the Holy Land. Your love and support for this special group of young people, ages 3-18, helps them participate in youth groups at their local church, provides supplies and food for summer camps and Sunday school. Through these transformational programs, they learn of Jesus’ love for them in the places where He lived, taught, died, resurrected, and will come again. Please take advantage of this incredible opportunity to help growing believers in Israel so they may become more like Christ in the Holy Land.
Save a Life
Medical Care
Every day sick and injured people cross our clinic’s threshold, desperate for good medical care. Many people cannot afford the high cost of basic medical care. At our medical clinic nestled between three Jewish enclaves in Buenos Aires, every patient receives individual treatment by a certified nurse or physician, or is transported to a major hospital for intensive care. All medical care and transportation is provided free to the patients. No patient leaves without being offered spiritual support and experiencing Christian compassion. With your gift of $50, you will make a difference for one patient who receives the medical treatment he or she needs, as well as much-needed spiritual healing.
Meet Urgent Physical and Spiritual Needs
Eastern European Relief Fund
War continues in Eastern Europe. Millions of people are displaced within
Ukraine, and millions more have fled Ukraine. Our workers have served
in the region for more than 6 decades. They are risking their lives daily to
help transport, feed, house, and clothe refugees, while trucking massive
amounts of food, medicine, clothing, emergency equipment, and
generators to Jewish communities in Ukraine. Beyond Ukraine, ministry
continues and the delivery of humanitarian aid to desperate Jewish
enclaves in Belarus, Poland, Russia, and other parts of Eastern Europe.
The need is urgent and continues to grow as conditions worsen in the
Baltic region.
For mere dollars, you can feed a family for a month. For a little more,
you can help transport, feed, and house refugees for a week at one of
our safe houses in Poland. Your support will help meet the most serious
physical needs, right now, by supplying food, medicine, clothes, shelter,
and other essential needs in Eastern Europe.
Open the Word and Give Hope
Holiday with the Bible
Believers and seekers, both Jewish and secular, from Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Poland come together throughout the summer months to learn about the Bible, study, and enjoy fellowship. For many, it is the first time they have ever held a Bible in their hands. Many are coming from the war-torn regions of Ukraine, and this retreat provides a respite from air-raid sirens and fear. Your love and financial support will provide a unique opportunity for the Lord to calm their fears with His love through His Word, provide shelter and nourishment, and give them the opportunity to be still with God and take a Bible home with them.
"WHOEVER RECEIVES ONE OF THESE LITTLE CHILDREN IN MY NAME RECEIVES ME; AND WHOEVER RECEIVES ME, RECEIVES NOT ME BUT HIM WHO SENT ME." MARK 9:37
Comfort Children in His Name
Eastern European Summer Camps
Every summer, hundreds of children and their mothers come from
broken areas across Eastern Europe to summer camp in the serene
Polish countryside. This year has been especially important as all
these children and moms come from war-torn Jewish communities in
Ukraine. At camp, children enjoy fellowship, Bibles and Bible study, hot
meals, and peace and safety away from air-raid sirens. Mothers don’t
have to worry about how to provide food and necessities for their
children. And the children can be children, making visits to the zoo,
hiking in the woods, and living with a sense of security for their stay
in Poland.
Children’s camp at one of our Polish facilities has quickly become one
of the most important programs at The Friends of Israel. Each child
returns home with clothes, new shoes, a backpack, and a Bible. More
importantly, every child leaves camp knowing that God’s love for him
or her is real. You can give these children and their mothers food,
lodging, and clothing, but even more, you can give them the hope they
can find only in Jesus Christ.
Give Hope on Campuses
Campus Ministry
Do you remember your days on the mall of your college campus?
Maybe you encountered a friend who shared the gospel with you or
invited you to a Bible study. Maybe you only attended the study for the
free food and ended up finding salvation through Jesus Christ . . .
Today, students are denying Christ in an effort to express themselves
and their feelings about the church. That’s why we make it a priority to
reach young adults on their own turf in multiple ways. Maybe you can’t
make it to your alma mater to share God’s truth, but you can help! You
can help spread truth and the love of our Savior in the harsh spiritual
climate of academia. When you give to FOI’s campus ministry, you are
opening hearts, leading a new generation to life in Christ, and helping
them grow in their faith rather than abandon it.
Reach a New Generation
Video Teaching Initiative
The work of keeping an evangelical ministry relevant and reaching the next, distracted generation of believers and non-believers is never done. Communications have changed and more than 8 in 10 Americans get their information online. Our new video studio is done and we are creating, producing, and publishing new content to help reach younger generations where they are online. Your help means the same excellence in Bible teaching you enjoy from Israel My Glory magazine, FOI Today Radio, and at our prophecy conferences will reach a new generation on YouTube and other places online. Your gift will reach more people in more places than ever before.
Launch a Worker for Christ
North American Mission Launch
Exhilarating, sobering, challenging, and yes, frightening are a few of the emotions felt on a journey to serve in full-time ministry with The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. We call it a blessing, and that is what you will receive when you make any part of that journey a reality for one person called by the Lord into Jewish ministry. Your gift, today, will launch, equip, train, and prepare new FOI field workers for serving the Jewish community, full time, in our neighborhoods and teaching in our churches tomorrow.
HOPE תקוה
Give "Tikvah"
Tikvah Team Network
“Tikvah” is the Hebrew word for “hope.” Biblically speaking, hope is
more than a wish, hope is an eager expectation of good things to
come, and there is much eager expectation for our new ministry,
The Tikvah Team. The Tikvah Team is The Friends of Israel’s North
American Ministries Volunteer Network. We have created a network
of like-minded believers that mobilizes volunteers to serve, support,
and bless Jewish people with the love of Messiah Jesus by using their
own individual gifts and talents in their local community.
Why is it so important to train believers to love and support
Israel and the Jewish people?
Because we need biblically-minded Christians who stand alongside
us in our mission. Our goal is to multiply our ministry by training
believers to become Friends of Israel right where God has placed
them. Small acts from each volunteer add up to big hope for the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Please bless this effort to reach more Jewish communities through a
gift to the Tikvah Team. You will be providing training, resources,
organization and motivation to a global effort to mobilize in
new communities.
Preparing Hearts and Minds to Serve
FOI Equip Ministry
Your gift to our FOI Equip Ministry will help keep our FOI Equip online courses free as well as help mentor and guide interns whom God might call to volunteer or serve in full-time ministry with The Friends of Israel. Their experiences with Jewish people may include visiting a synagogue, sharing a Shabbat meal, completing a service project, and interacting with the Jewish community locally and abroad. Your gift will help these potential workers encounter Judaism and ministry firsthand, and help prepare their hearts and minds to serve.
Spread the Gospel over the Airwaves
The Friends of Israel Today Radio
The Friends of Israel Today Radio has a rapidly growing audience on the Internet. When you support The Friends of Israel Today Radio program and podcast, you are helping people find their way to Christ and encouraging others in their walk with Him. Your gift produces weekly podcasts and broadcasts The Friends of Israel Today Radio on the airwaves on more than 500 stations. Your gift will directly impact the lives of more than 2 million listeners, providing encouragement and uncompromising biblical truth all while blessing the Jewish people.
Sponsor a Basket of Joy
Holiday Basket Ministry
A small gesture of love goes a long, long way! Every year, Friends of Israel workers around the world prepare and hand-deliver thousands of gift baskets for Hanukkah and other Jewish holidays to our Jewish friends. Delighted to receive a basket of delicious and thoughtful goodies, the recipients are often overwhelmed by this act of kindness. When you sponsor a basket, you are making a special moment possible. You are sharing the love of the Messiah and showing that it is the Lord’s love that compels us to remember our Jewish friends during their holiday season. You can put a smile on someone’s face by giving a gift basket today.
Save a Life in Israel
Israel Relief Fund
When missiles and mortars rain down on Israel and citizens have 10–14 seconds to find shelter, you protect thousands of people from destruction in bomb shelters. When a mother fears she cannot keep the baby growing in her womb, you encourage her to save her child’s life from a needless abortion. When a drug addict lies helpless in the streets of Tel Aviv, thirsty, dirty, and desperate for a Savior, you minister to him. When a child is so hungry she cannot concentrate in school, you feed her. When a terrorist strikes at the heart of the Jewish people, you provide counseling and care. When an IDF veteran is wounded, you provide long-term physical therapy and rehabilitation. And when a woman is desperate to escape the violent abuse of her husband, you give her and her children a safe sanctuary. When you give to the Israel Relief Fund, you are tangibly and directly serving the least of these in Israel.
"ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, IN AS MUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME." MATTHEW 25:40
Bless a Holocaust Survivor
Holocaust Care Fund
Around the world, Holocaust survivors are forgotten, impoverished, and suffering, many dying alone. It can be difficult for them to do basic tasks on their own. Many are lonely, and their suffering reminds them of days they were hungry, cold, and unable to escape their suffering. You can be a hero to a Holocaust survivor, wherever they are. Your support delivers food, clothes, medicine, eyeglasses, coats, cleaning supplies, and much-needed spiritual support.
Equip New International Workers
International Mission Launch
To find someone with a passionate love for God and the Jewish people, and who is called by the Lord into Jewish ministry is amazing. And the Lord continues to amaze us with new prospective field workers as He calls people into full-time Jewish ministry around the world. Just in the last year, thanks to your support, five new field workers began ministry in Australia, Ukraine, and Poland. Your support will equip new international field workers with the tools they need to transition into full-time ministry building. Please help launch a new worker through the International Mission Launch Initiative today and watch it bear fruit for eternity.
Comfort My People
Elderly Care Fund
The late years in life for a Gentile or Jewish person can be the loneliest time. Helping and spending time with an elderly person is the perfect way to demonstrate Christ’s love. You help form unique friendships with these precious people by supporting the Elderly Care Fund. Through your support, you send workers to spend time with our elderly friends near and far. You bring them food and medicine, help transport them to doctor appointments, assist them with small projects around the house, and give them spiritual support. Please help provide life-giving support via medicine, food, and love to our elderly Jewish friends worldwide.
YES, I WILL REJOICE OVER THEM TO DO THEM GOOD, AND I WILL ASSUREDLY PLANT THEM IN THIS LAND, WITH ALL MY HEART AND WITH ALL MY SOUL. JEREMIAH 25:41
Help a Jewish Person Return Home
Aliyah Return Fund
Israel has become a refuge for Jewish people fleeing Eastern Europe, Russia, and Argentina. And Israel is absorbing as many as 250,000 Jewish. Most are desperate to leave situations of war, poverty, and extreme antisemitic persecution. We can see how the Lord is gathering His people and planting them in the Holy Land as more and more people make aliyah, or immigrate, to Israel each year. You can be part of God’s plan to rescue the Jewish people and bring them home, help them learn Hebrew, find work or a school, receive job training and opportunities, and integrate into Israeli society.
Be the Hands and Feet of Christ in Israel
Ministry Trips to Israel
There is no better way to influence a new generation of believers and teach them about the relevance of Israel than taking them to the Holy Land and putting them to work serving the Jewish people. Some people call it “experiential learning,” but we call it ministry. This immersive experience ingrains the significance of the Jewish people into the hearts of these young volunteers—and ingrains the significance of Christian love into the hearts of Israelis. These volunteers are often young and need to raise support to afford the trip. Can you help them? When you help sponsor a volunteer, you send the love of the Messiah directly to the Jewish people and you forever imprint Israel in the heart of a young believer.
Share Your Love of Israel
Give Israel My Glory Magazine
What’s the first page you turn to in your Israel My Glory (IMG) magazine? We know it’s “Apples of Gold,” and we know you are as excited about Israel’s prophetic future as we are! Because of donors like you, FOI can continue to provide strong biblical teaching and a connection to the Jewish people that reaches people in more than 70 countries through Israel My Glory magazine. Your support enables IMG magazine to continue to publish and distribute solid, biblical teaching—even to those who cannot afford a subscription. If you have read and loved Israel My Glory magazine, please give the gift of a subscription to share this beloved resource with someone who needs its message of hope today.
Be A Friend of Israel
Where Needed Most
Just as you love God, so do we! We love God, His Word, and the Jewish people. Like you, we share our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, support Israel’s right to the land, oppose antisemitism, and live lives of humility, integrity, and respect for others.
The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry is a worldwide evangelical ministry proclaiming biblical truth about Israel and the Messiah, while bringing physical and spiritual comfort to the Jewish people.
Since 1938, our vision has been to see everyone believe in God’s Son and understand God’s plan for the ages. When you give to the greatest need at The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, you demonstrate that you are a true friend of Israel and a follower of the Lord.
Thank you!
Building Bridges. Bringing Hope.
