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 the 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.