Update from the Nations
Published on: 11.9.2023
By: Staff Writers
ICEJ branches impact the globe by building and showcasing support for Israel in the nations through various ICEJ events and activities. From Eastern Europe down to Africa and all the way across to the Pacific, read how Auschwitz escapees are honored, new leaders are appointed, Israel’s 75th is being celebrated and so much more.
Czech, Slovak Branches Host Memorial Walk to Honour Auschwitz Escapee
The ICEJ’s Czech and Slovakian branches recently held their annual memorial walk from Auschwitz to Zilina to retrace the journey of Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, two Slovak Jews who escaped from the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp in April 1944 and gave eyewitness testimony for a report warning the Allies about the Nazis’ mass extermination of Jews. Several members of the ICEJ’s staff in Jerusalem joined dozens of other participants from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Zimbabwe, Germany and Holland for the week-long, 110-kilometer march through the fields and forests of eastern Europe.
Fresh Sounds from Thailand
In June, a new National Director of ICEJ-Thailand was officially appointed during a conference in Bangkok, with Dr. Mojmir Kallus representing the Jerusalem headquarters, Jehu Chan as the regional coordinator from Singapore, an ICEJ delegation from Malaysia, and hundreds of church and community leaders from all over Thailand. Pastor of Bangkok Praise Church, Poomwanetr Meteakrakul, now succeeds the former Thai national director, Pastor Krisada. The Board decided unanimously about the change of leadership and their presence at the event confirmed a good sense of unity. Worship teams from different churches blessed the audience with anointed worship times that drew a strong presence of God, while ICEJ-Thailand administrator Nuanlaor actively promoted the Feast of Tabernacles. Thailand brought the largest Asian delegation to the Feast last year and we are looking forward to welcoming them again for Feast 2023. The Christian population in Thailand is small, amounting to less than 2%, but the potential is huge. Please pray for the work of our new leader and his team, which have set as their main goal reaching and equipping the young generation.
Gabon Hungry to Bless Israel
In June, ICEJ Vice President of Operations Barry Denison travelled to central Africa to speak at an ICEJ Regional Conference held in Gabon that was organised and co-hosted by our national director Judicaël Mounguengui and the president of the Christian Missionary Alliance. More than 500 delegates attended the three-day gathering, including many pastors from some 20 denominations. During his visit, Barry also ministered in two churches, participated in a press conference, and was interviewed by the Gabon National News channel, as well as a national online news service. Barry was especially encouraged by the excellent teachings by local speakers and the tender hearts of the people shown towards Israel. A Messianic pastor with a network of churches in the region urged other pastors to join him in committing their fellowships to holding monthly prayer meetings for Israel and taking up separate weekly offerings to bless Israel.
ICEJ-Russia celebrates Israel’s 75th
ICEJ-Russia national director Howard Flower, who also serves as our Director of Aliyah, was a key organiser of a gala event to celebrate Israel’s 75th Anniversary held recently in the Hermitage Museum and Concert Hall in St. Petersburg. The celebration drew some 200 top Jewish community leaders as well as the Ambassador of Israel, the General Consul of St. Petersburg, Jewish Agency representatives, and the Chief Rabbi of the Grand Choral Synagogue. An earlier 75th anniversary event in St. Petersburg also featured the opening of an art show of paintings by Russian Jewish artists celebrating Israel’s diamond anniversary.
Jerusalem comes to the Gold Coast!
Recently, ICEJ-Australia and other regional ICEJ representatives joined together in supporting and attending the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast held in the city of Gold Coast. The event was hosted by the Mayor of the Gold Coast, Tom Tate, who welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Australia and other dignitaries from Israel’s Knesset, the Pacific Islands nations, parliamentarians from across Australia, visitors from the USA, and the JPB’s international team. Representatives from 16 nations prayed for the peace of Jerusalem in English, Hebrew and several Pacific languages, while Bible portions also were read throughout the event. Inspiring messages also were brought by various speakers, including ICEJ-Australia’s Youth Director, Pastor Moises Vasquez, and indigenous leader Pastor Tim Edwards. Among the other highlights, ICEJ-Fiji national director Pastor Mikaele Mudreilagi blew the shofar as a call to the Pacific nations to join their voices in support of Israel. And Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka declared: “I stand here today knowing a new dawn is happening for Israel in the Pacific… We all want to be there in support of Israel as a unit.”
Meanwhile, ICEJ-Fiji and our other national branches in the Australasia and Pacific regions are gearing up for their third Oceania Conference which is expected to draw hundreds of Christians together from throughout the region to the Fijian city of Suva in mid-November. The Conference will
be held in Suva’s Civic Centre, a premium venue overlooking beautiful Suva Bay. Besides regional speakers and worship teams, the Oceania Conference will host three of the ICEJ’s senior leaders from the Jerusalem headquarters, Mojmir Kallus, Barry Denison and David Parsons.
來自各國的最新消息
發佈於：2023年9月11日
作者：特約撰稿人
ICEJ 分支機構通過各種 ICEJ 活動和活動在各國建立和展示對以色列的支持，從而影響全球。 從東歐到非洲，一直到太平洋，包括了解奧斯維辛集中營逃難者如何受到表彰、新領導人如何被任命、以色列建國75週年如何慶祝等等。
捷克和斯洛伐克分支機構舉辦紀念步行活動以紀念奧斯威辛集中營逃難者
ICEJ捷克分會和ICEJ斯洛伐克分會最近舉行了從奧斯威辛到日利納的年度紀念步行活動，回顧魯道夫·弗爾巴(Rudolf Vrba) 和阿爾弗雷德·韋茨勒(Alfred Wetzler) 的旅程，這兩名斯洛伐克猶太人於1944 年4 月逃離臭名昭著的奧斯威辛集中營，並為一份警告報告提供了目擊者證詞。關於納粹大規模滅絕猶太人的盟友。 ICEJ 在耶路撒冷的幾名工作人員與來自斯洛伐克、捷克共和國、波蘭、津巴布韋、德國和荷蘭的數十名其他參與者一起，參加了為期一星期、全長110公里的遊行，穿越東歐的田野和森林。
來自泰國的新鮮聲音
6 月，ICEJ泰國分會的新國家主任在曼谷的一次會議上被正式任命，Mojmir Kallus博士代表耶路撒冷總部，Jehu Chan擔任新加坡區域協調員，ICEJ代表團來自馬來西亞，以及數百名教會和機構代表。來自泰國各地的社區領袖。曼谷讚美教會牧師 Poomwanetr Meteakrakul 現在接替前泰國國家主任 Krisada 牧師。董事會一致決定更新領導層，他們出席此次活動證實了良好的團結意識。來自不同教會的敬拜團隊以神聖的敬拜時間祝福觀眾，有著上帝的強烈同在，而 ICEJ管理員 Nuanlaor 則積極宣傳住棚節。泰國去年派出了最大的亞洲代表團參加節期，我們期待在 2023 年節期再次歡迎他們。泰國的基督徒人口不多，不到 2%，但潛力巨大。請為我們的新領袖和他的團隊的工作祈禱，他們的主要目標是接觸和裝備年輕一代。
加蓬飢餓祝福以色列
6 月，ICEJ 運營副總裁巴里·丹尼森 (Barry Denison) 前往中非，在加蓬舉行的 ICEJ 區域會議上發表講話，該會議由我們的國家主任 Judicaël Mounguengui 和基督教傳教聯盟主席組織和共同主辦。超過500名代表參加了為期三天的聚會，其中包括來自約20個教派的許多牧師。訪問期間，巴里還在兩座教會進行餵養，並參加了新聞發布會，並接受了加蓬國家新聞頻道以及國家在線新聞服務的採訪。 巴里尤其受到當地演講者的精彩教導和人們對以色列表現出的溫柔之心的鼓舞。 一位在該地區擁有教會網絡的彌賽亞牧師敦促其他牧師與他一起參與團契，每月為以色列舉行禱告會，並每週分別進行奉獻來祝福以色列。
ICEJ-俄羅斯慶祝以色列成立 75 週年
ICEJ-俄羅斯國家主任霍華德·弗勞爾（Howard Flower）同時擔任我們的Aliyah主任，他是最近在聖彼得堡艾爾米塔甚博物館和音樂廳舉辦的慶祝以色列 75 週年慶典活動的主要組織者。慶祝活動吸引了大約200名猶太社區高層領導人以及以色列大使、聖彼得堡總領事、猶太機構代表以及大合唱猶太教堂的首席拉比。早些時候在聖彼得堡舉行的75週年紀念活動中還舉辦了俄羅斯猶太藝術家慶祝以色列鑽石周年紀念畫作的藝術展。
耶路撒冷來到黃金海岸！
最近，ICEJ澳洲分會和其他分會的ICEJ代表一起支持並參加了在黃金海岸市舉行的耶路撒冷祈禱早餐會。 該活動由黃金海岸市長Tom Tate主持，他歡迎以色列駐澳大利亞大使以及來自以色列議會、太平洋島嶼國家的其他政要、來自澳洲各地的議員、來自美國的訪客以及JPB的國際團隊。 來自 16 個國家的代表用英語、希伯來語和幾種太平洋語言為耶路撒冷的平安祈禱，整個活動期間還宣讀了聖經部分內容。多位演講者也帶來了鼓舞人心的信息，包括ICEJ澳洲分會青年主任莫伊塞斯·巴斯克斯牧師和原住民領袖蒂姆·愛德華茲牧師。其他亮點包括，ICEJ斐濟分會國家主任牧師 Mikaele Mudreilagible 吹奏號角，呼籲太平洋國家共同支持以色列。斐濟副總理維利亞姆·加沃卡宣稱：「我今天站在這裡，知道新的黎明正在發生為以色列在太平洋地區的利益……我們都希望作為一個整體支持以色列。」
與此同時，ICEJ斐濟分會和我們在澳洲分會和太平洋地區的其他國家分支機構正在為第三次大洋洲會議做準備，預計該會議將於11 月中旬吸引來自整個地區的數百名基督徒聚集到斐濟蘇瓦市。會議將在蘇瓦市政中心舉行，這是一個俯瞰美麗蘇瓦灣的高級場所。除了地區演講者和敬拜團隊之外，大洋洲會議還將接待來自耶路撒冷總部的ICEJ 三位高級領導人：莫吉米爾·卡勒斯(Mojmir Kallus)、巴里·丹尼森(Barry Denison) 和大衛·帕森斯(David Parsons)。