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.

CZECH, SLOVAK BRANCHES HOST MEMORIAL WALK TO HONOUR AUSCHWITZ ESCAPEES

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

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.

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.