General Information

Ministry focus in the Holy Land began in the 1990s, the decade when Russian-speaking Jews from the former Soviet Union were returning to their homeland, and the Oslo accords went into effect. The second phase of Oslo had Bethlehem - among other cities, towns and villages in the territories - turned over to the Palestinian Authority.

By the year 2000, around one million former Soviet Jews had made their way to Israel. That year, the Oslo peace process broke down and the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising) began. Throughout these years, HIM has maintained a presence in Israel proper and the West Bank, providing assistance to local churches - both Jewish and Arab. Our goal is to encourage and strengthen local church leadership in fulfilling their God-given responsibilities.

The overall number of Bible believers among Jews and Arabs remains relatively low in the land where the Gospel was born. Whether or not the current Road Map to Peace yields any progress in resolving the conflict, assisting the local church body with teaching, leadership training, counseling, visitation, personal evangelism, Bible camps and charity work remains a top priority. At the present time, much prayer is needed in the potential of planting a New Testament local church inside a strong Muslim community.