Willem J. J. Glashouwer

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Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer is the president of Christians for Israel International, a Christian Zionist organisation and the international wing of the Netherlands-based Christians for Israel.Born in 1944 Glashouwer studied Theology at the Univerisities of Groningen and Utrecht and was subsequently ordained as a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church.[1] For two decades he worked as a producer, host and executive director in the Television department of the 'Evangelische Omroep' (Evangelical Broadcasting Company).[1] Glashouwer was instrumental in the establishment of the Institute for Evangelical Higher Education in the Netherlands, and the Christian School for Journalism.[1] He served as chairman of Christians for Israel until 1999 when he became president of Christians for Israel International.[1] In February 2010 he was knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.[1]

Books

Glashouwer has written several books on Israel and Christianity. Those books include Why End Times?: Learning to Interpret the Signs of the Times (Evangelista Media) [2] and Why Israel? Understanding Israel, the Church, and the Nations in the last Days (Evangelista Media). [3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Christians for Israel Website Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer President Christians for Israel International Honorary President European Coalition for Israel. Accessed 26 May 2015. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Rev. Willem" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Rev. Willem" defined multiple times with different content
  2. amazon.com Why End Times?: Learning to Interpret the Signs of the Times. Accessed 26 May 2015.
  3. amazon.com Why Israel?. Accessed 26 May 2015.