ICEJ Arise

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ICEJ Arise a project of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. It is a consciousness raising organisation which seeks to promote a favourable opinion of Israel amongst young people:

At ICEJ ARISE, we are entering the midst of this battlefield with a message that is far from popular and often very misunderstood - the restoration of Israel. The media is feeding the masses with huge doses of a message which far too often derides the Jews and demonises Israel. This agenda is also making inroads in public school systems - from grade school up to university level. This has had tragic conscious and non-conscious effects on young people's attitudes when they relate to Israel.

The fact that the majority of young adults have never read the entire New Testament, not to mention the Old Testament, adds to the challenge for all pro-Israel Christians. In these times when "humanism" is invading churches and undermining the credibility of the word of God, it is time for truth-loving believers to step up and answer back.

This does not mean moralising, patronising or introducing complicated theological equations, but loving and serving them as Jesus did. If we want the next generation to immerse themselves in Jesus and understand Israel, it is time to engage fully in the battle and not run away from it. If we want to see a change, we need to be the change. The information junkie generation needs guidance and they are screaming for it with silent voices. We must become their guide or the world will.

Activities

Israel Tours

ARISE organise regular ten-day tours of Israel, largely involving visits to places of Christian significance.

Media

ICEJ Arise produce an online magazine, 'AriseNow' which it describes as 'the first christian online magazine coming out from Israel.'

The March 2014 issue of the magazine carried an unattributed article highly critical of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement:

The BDS [Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel] movement… is led by Arab-Muslim professional propagandists who seek Israel’s destruction, along with leftist students and faculty members seeking a ‘cause,’ and finding none better than one “to stick it to the Jews.”

People

Staff circa July 2015

Jani Salokangas (International Director Israel) | Sarah Ajileye (Administrator Israel) | Christine Uy Van Rooyen (Arise Representative Canada) | Sami Cakau (Arise Representative Fiji) | Stephan Lehnert | (Arise Representative Germany) | Kayce Okengwu (Arise Representative Nigeria) | Pål Pedersen (Arise Representative Norway) | Jeff Lucas (Arise Representative Philippines) | Eleanor James (Arise Representative Sierra Leone) | Joel Bigler (Arise Representative Switzerland) | Jess Parkhouse (Arise Representative UK) | Paul Parkhouse (Arise Representative UK)