When the walls come down by Julia Fisher

The Berlin Wall, or what’s left of it, has been in the news recently as we remembered how 20 years ago the wall fell. It all happened so quickly – there one minute and seemingly gone the next. Watching Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor (who came from East Germany) make that symbolic crossing, surrounded by a jubilant crowd that almost drowned her, showed once again that these things can happen very suddenly, when we have all but given up hope and when we least expect it. read article ...

Lunch in Jerusalem Julia Fisher meets Zvi Randelman, pastor/director of Beit Hayeshu

I had been invited to have lunch with Zvi Randelman at his drug and alcohol rehab centre in Jerusalem. I am deeply interested in work of this kind; anything that snatches people from the jaws of death and self destruction and restores them back to life as they were meant to live it is, to me, nothing short of a miracle. In this case I was to visit a newly founded centre that helps both Jews and Arabs under the same roof! read article ...

Nothing short of a miracle! Part 2

Julia Fisher continues with the story of Zvi Randelman, pastor of Beit HaYeshua, a new congregation that has emerged from the ashes of once broken lives. read article ...

Jack Sara ... from Prison to Pastor, by Julia Fisher

I first met Jack Sara ten years ago in 1999, a year before he became pastor of the Alliance Church in the Old City of Jerusalem. We lost contact until a chance meeting in a coffee shop in Bethlehem last year. Then there wasn’t time to talk; Jack was leading a tutorial with a group of students and I was leading a tour! But we agreed to meet at the earliest opportunity which happened to be earlier this year in Jerusalem when I went to his church one Sunday morning. read article ...

Whose news are you watching? - Julia Fisher reports on her recent visit to Israel

Whilst millions read, hear and watch secular news reports, unlike other journalists I feel challenged to report on what God is doing in Israel and the Palestinian Areas and get the stories of the people I meet to as wide an audience as possible, because, frankly, they defy the politics of the region. Jews and Arabs worshipping God together, reconciled as brothers understanding they are equally loved by God. How can this be? read article ...

Pastor Belay Birlie

Julia Fisher meets the leader of the Ethiopian Messianic Jewish community in Israel read article ...

As one born among you

… Sudanese Refugees in Israel … Julia Fisher tells the story of how one Messianic Jewish believer, Rita Tsukahira, found herself providing a refuge for these beleaguered people. Read article...

House of Victory

… a bold name for a rehabilitation centre in northern Israel that welcomes both Jewish and Arab drug addicts and alcoholics. Read article...

Beit Al Liqa’ … hope is alive in Bethlehem

Beit Al Liqa’ is a complete surprise - a magnificent centre built, miraculously, during the recent intifada for the local community in Beit Jala, a suburb of Bethlehem. read article ...

Rami Ayyad – matyred for his faith in Gaza

Last Sunday afternoon, along with 40 members of Kingdom Faith church, including Colin and Caroline Urquhart, I was in Beit Jala, a suburb of Bethlehem. We had arrived in Israel just a few days previously and after travelling around the Galilee, we had made our way up to Jerusalem. One of the reasons for this tour was to meet with as many local believers as possible … both Jewish and Arab … to sit with them and hear their stories with the intention of supporting them. read article ...

Jews for Jesus, the Church and Israel - Julia Fisher Talks to David Brickner

Mention Jews for Jesus and you might react with either a smile or a frown! Their aim is to provoke a reaction! The man currently responsible for shaping what is considered by many Christians to be a controversial whilst highly original mission to the Jewish people is David Brickner who, for the past 10 years has been Executive Director, although he’s worked for Jews for Jesus for 28 years. read article ...

Life from the Dead - Avi Snyder, Jews for Jesus talks to Julia Fisher

“Let me tell you what’s on my heart”, Avi began, “I’d like to tell you how the presence of Jews for Jesus on the streets of Germany gave birth to an idea called Life from the Dead.” read article ...

To build bridges of understanding and support, in a spirit of reconciliation, between believers (both Jewish and Arab) in the Holy Land (Israel and the Palestinian Areas) and Christians worldwide.