Brian4Liberty
07-23-2013, 11:17 AM
What a fiesta!
Christians United for Israel is having a big shindig tonight. This is Pastor Hagee's annual Summit in Washington.
Glenn Beck, who would like to be Pastor Hagee, will be the keynote speaker. Many other politicians and pundits will be there, including Mike Huckabee, Michelle Bachmann, Eric Cantor, Lindsey Graham, Doug Lamborn, Tom Price, Peter Roskam and Dan Senor.
Here's a list of all speakers, descriptions truncated for brevity.
Sgt. Benjamin Anthony (IDF. Res.), is a combat veteran and reservist in the Israel Defense Forces. ... A graduate of the University of Manchester, UK, and a believer in the importance of clear verbal communication, Sgt. Anthony specializes in bringing his message to the campuses of North America where he convenes lectures for both the pro. and anti-Israel elements of those student communities.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. In 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann became the first Republican woman to be elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Pastor Jay Bailey currently serves as the Lead pastor of Solid Rock Church a fast growing and dynamic church in Midland, Georgia where he has been since July 2003.
Congressman John Barrow is currently serving his fifth term as Congressman from Georgia's 12th Congressional District.
Gary Bauer is the President of American Values. Bauer is a leading Christian advocate for a strong and secure Israel.
Glenn Beck is one of America’s leading radio and television personalities.
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. is serving his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's Second Congressional District.
Rev. Billye Brim is CUFI's Region Five Director and CEO of Billye Brim's Ministry.
David Brog is the Executive Director of Christians United for Israel. He worked in the United States Senate for seven years, rising to be chief of staff to a senior United States senator and staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prior to his time on Capitol Hill, Brog served as an executive at America Online and practiced corporate law in Tel Aviv, Israel and Philadelphia, PA. Brog is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
Bishop Keith A. Butler is the founder and president of Keith Butler Ministries (KBM), an international organization established to take the life-changing message of the Gospel to “the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Pastor Happy Caldwell is the founder and Pastor of Agape Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is also the founder and president of VTN (Victory Television Network).
Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists. Elliot is a major in the IDF reserves and is a graduate of the Home Front Command Senior Commanders Course. He presently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Population for the Northern Region of Israel in Home Front Command.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor is a results-oriented leader in Congress who is committed to helping solve problems for America's families.
Senator Ted Cruz. In 2012, Ted Cruz was elected as the 34th U.S. Senator from Texas.
Frank Gaffney is the Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gaffney contributes actively to the security policy debate in his capacity as a weekly columnist for the Washington Times and JewishWorldReview.com and he appears often on national and international television and radio news programs.
Lela Gilbert has authored or co-authored more than sixty books including her latest release Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner (Encounter Books, December 2012) and the award-winning Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion(Oxford University Press, 2008) with Paul Marshall and Roberta Green Ahmanson.
Senator Lindsey O. Graham is an American politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, serving in office since 2003.
Pastor John Hagee is the Founder and National Chairman, Christians United for Israel, Founder and Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, and President and CEO, John Hagee Ministries.
Pastor Matthew Hagee is the sixth generation to carry the mantel of Gospel ministry in the Hagee family.
Pastor Lynne Hammond is CUFI's Daughters for Zion Director.
Pastor Mac Hammond is senior pastor of Living Word Christian Center, a large and growing body of Christian believers in Brooklyn Park (a suburb of Minneapolis), Minnesota.
Malcolm Hoenlein is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the coordinating body on international Jewish concerns for 50 national Jewish organizations.
Governor Mike Huckabee is the host of the number one rated weekend hit HUCKABEE on the Fox News Channel and Cumulus Media Networks' syndicated radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show, heard on more than 175 stations.
Colonel Richard Justin Kemp, CBE (born 14 April 1959) served in the British Army from 1977 to 2005. He was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, an infantry battalion Commanding Officer, worked for the Joint Intelligence Committee and COBR and completed 14 operational tours of duty around the globe.
Pastor Steven Khoury is the Vice President of Holy Land Missions. Which has been reaching out to the lost in Israel for the past 30yrs.
Congressman Doug Lamborn was first elected to represent Colorado's 5th district in 2006.
Minister of Tourism Uzi Landau, Ph.D. A senior leader of Israeli politics and a previously high ranking member of the Likud party, now with "Israel beytenu" party, Dr. Uzi Landau held central positions as a member of the Israeli Knesset and Government from 1984. Amongst his many political roles he served as the Minister of Homeland Security, a member of the Security Cabinet during the peak of the war on terror, a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for overseeing Israeli intelligence, secret services and the U.S-Israel strategic dialogue, and as Chairman of the Foreign Relations and Defense Committee of the Knesset.
Michael Little is a member of the Board of Directors and serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN).
Clare M. Lopez a senior fellow at the Clarion Fund, writes regularly for RadicalIslam.org, and is a strategic policy and intelligence expert with a focus on Middle East, national defense, and counterterrorism issues.
Clifford D. May is the President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, created immediately following the 9/11 attacks on the United States. In the decade during which he has lead the organization, FDD has become one of the nation’s most highly regarded policy institutes and a sought-after voice on a wide range of national security issues. Under Cliff’s direction, FDD has assembled a staff and advisory board of the most compelling scholars and experts whose ideas and research have helped shape important policies on terrorism, radical Islamism and democratization
Pastor Cheryl Morrison is the director of Women's Ministries and Israel Outreach at Faith Bible Chapel, a 4,000 member non-denominational church in Arvada, Colorado. She is the director of The International Singers and Dancers, a performing group from FBC that travels annually to Israel to show support and unconditional love to the nation of Israel and the Jewish People. Cheryl has been to Israel over 40 times. She taught a course on Judeo-Christian Perspectives at Rocky Mountain Bible Institute, and teaches Israel related courses at Faith Bible Chapel's lay college, Faith Bible Institute.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv and grew up in Jerusalem.
Pastor George Morrison is the senior pastor of Faith Bible Chapel, a 4500 member, non-denominational church in Arvada; a city located northwest of Denver, Colorado. Together with his wife Cheryl, Pastor Morrison is a leader in the Denver-metro area for supporting Jewish people and the nation of Israel. Together they support and lead numerous interfaith Pro-Israel rallies as well as host an annual Israel Awareness Day an educational, inspirational, and motivational series of performances, programs, and music designed to bring community awareness to Israel related issues.
Congressman Tom Price was first elected to represent Georgia’s 6th district in November 2004.
Ambassador Ron Prosor became Israel’s 16th Permanent Representative to the United Nations in June 2011. He currently serves as Vice President of the UN’s 67th General Assembly, presiding over the hall during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech last September.
Congressman Peter Roskam, born and raised in the district he serves, Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam is now in his fourth term in the United States House of Representatives.
Jordan Sekulow is the Executive Director for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). He is the host of the Jordan Sekulow Show, a syndicated radio program that provides cutting analysis of today's political and legal landscape and regularly features elected officials and conservative leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe.
Dan Senor is an author and investor. He has also served in a range of national security positions in the senior levels of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Senate, and on national presidential campaigns.
Erick Stakelbeck is a sought after authority on terrorism and national security issues with extensive experience in television, radio, print and digital media. Stakelbeck is a correspondent and terrorism analyst for CBN News.
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is the William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Since coming to Emory in 1977, he founded and developed the International Studies Center, was the first director of the Carter Center (1983-1986), and established in 1988, the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI).
Pastor Victor Styrsky, assumed CUFI's Eastern Regional Coordinator position after serving several years as CUFI's California Director. A Christian Zionist for over 30 years, Victor has been a frequent speaker at AIPAC, on college campuses, Zionist Organization of America, Eagles Wings, the Israel-Christian Nexus and other pro- Israel organizations across the nation.
Pastor Scott Thomas was born in Middletown, OH with a very traditional Christian upbringing. With more than two decades of full-time ministry behind them, Lead Pastors Scott is no stranger to service and leadership. Today, Scott serves on the Board for Operation Life Shield - an Israeli organization that builds and places bomb shelters in the terrorist-striken communities of Israel.
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Christians United for Israel is having a big shindig tonight. This is Pastor Hagee's annual Summit in Washington.
Glenn Beck, who would like to be Pastor Hagee, will be the keynote speaker. Many other politicians and pundits will be there, including Mike Huckabee, Michelle Bachmann, Eric Cantor, Lindsey Graham, Doug Lamborn, Tom Price, Peter Roskam and Dan Senor.
Here's a list of all speakers, descriptions truncated for brevity.
Sgt. Benjamin Anthony (IDF. Res.), is a combat veteran and reservist in the Israel Defense Forces. ... A graduate of the University of Manchester, UK, and a believer in the importance of clear verbal communication, Sgt. Anthony specializes in bringing his message to the campuses of North America where he convenes lectures for both the pro. and anti-Israel elements of those student communities.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. In 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann became the first Republican woman to be elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Pastor Jay Bailey currently serves as the Lead pastor of Solid Rock Church a fast growing and dynamic church in Midland, Georgia where he has been since July 2003.
Congressman John Barrow is currently serving his fifth term as Congressman from Georgia's 12th Congressional District.
Gary Bauer is the President of American Values. Bauer is a leading Christian advocate for a strong and secure Israel.
Glenn Beck is one of America’s leading radio and television personalities.
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. is serving his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's Second Congressional District.
Rev. Billye Brim is CUFI's Region Five Director and CEO of Billye Brim's Ministry.
David Brog is the Executive Director of Christians United for Israel. He worked in the United States Senate for seven years, rising to be chief of staff to a senior United States senator and staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prior to his time on Capitol Hill, Brog served as an executive at America Online and practiced corporate law in Tel Aviv, Israel and Philadelphia, PA. Brog is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
Bishop Keith A. Butler is the founder and president of Keith Butler Ministries (KBM), an international organization established to take the life-changing message of the Gospel to “the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Pastor Happy Caldwell is the founder and Pastor of Agape Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is also the founder and president of VTN (Victory Television Network).
Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists. Elliot is a major in the IDF reserves and is a graduate of the Home Front Command Senior Commanders Course. He presently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Population for the Northern Region of Israel in Home Front Command.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor is a results-oriented leader in Congress who is committed to helping solve problems for America's families.
Senator Ted Cruz. In 2012, Ted Cruz was elected as the 34th U.S. Senator from Texas.
Frank Gaffney is the Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gaffney contributes actively to the security policy debate in his capacity as a weekly columnist for the Washington Times and JewishWorldReview.com and he appears often on national and international television and radio news programs.
Lela Gilbert has authored or co-authored more than sixty books including her latest release Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner (Encounter Books, December 2012) and the award-winning Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion(Oxford University Press, 2008) with Paul Marshall and Roberta Green Ahmanson.
Senator Lindsey O. Graham is an American politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, serving in office since 2003.
Pastor John Hagee is the Founder and National Chairman, Christians United for Israel, Founder and Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, and President and CEO, John Hagee Ministries.
Pastor Matthew Hagee is the sixth generation to carry the mantel of Gospel ministry in the Hagee family.
Pastor Lynne Hammond is CUFI's Daughters for Zion Director.
Pastor Mac Hammond is senior pastor of Living Word Christian Center, a large and growing body of Christian believers in Brooklyn Park (a suburb of Minneapolis), Minnesota.
Malcolm Hoenlein is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the coordinating body on international Jewish concerns for 50 national Jewish organizations.
Governor Mike Huckabee is the host of the number one rated weekend hit HUCKABEE on the Fox News Channel and Cumulus Media Networks' syndicated radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show, heard on more than 175 stations.
Colonel Richard Justin Kemp, CBE (born 14 April 1959) served in the British Army from 1977 to 2005. He was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, an infantry battalion Commanding Officer, worked for the Joint Intelligence Committee and COBR and completed 14 operational tours of duty around the globe.
Pastor Steven Khoury is the Vice President of Holy Land Missions. Which has been reaching out to the lost in Israel for the past 30yrs.
Congressman Doug Lamborn was first elected to represent Colorado's 5th district in 2006.
Minister of Tourism Uzi Landau, Ph.D. A senior leader of Israeli politics and a previously high ranking member of the Likud party, now with "Israel beytenu" party, Dr. Uzi Landau held central positions as a member of the Israeli Knesset and Government from 1984. Amongst his many political roles he served as the Minister of Homeland Security, a member of the Security Cabinet during the peak of the war on terror, a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for overseeing Israeli intelligence, secret services and the U.S-Israel strategic dialogue, and as Chairman of the Foreign Relations and Defense Committee of the Knesset.
Michael Little is a member of the Board of Directors and serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN).
Clare M. Lopez a senior fellow at the Clarion Fund, writes regularly for RadicalIslam.org, and is a strategic policy and intelligence expert with a focus on Middle East, national defense, and counterterrorism issues.
Clifford D. May is the President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, created immediately following the 9/11 attacks on the United States. In the decade during which he has lead the organization, FDD has become one of the nation’s most highly regarded policy institutes and a sought-after voice on a wide range of national security issues. Under Cliff’s direction, FDD has assembled a staff and advisory board of the most compelling scholars and experts whose ideas and research have helped shape important policies on terrorism, radical Islamism and democratization
Pastor Cheryl Morrison is the director of Women's Ministries and Israel Outreach at Faith Bible Chapel, a 4,000 member non-denominational church in Arvada, Colorado. She is the director of The International Singers and Dancers, a performing group from FBC that travels annually to Israel to show support and unconditional love to the nation of Israel and the Jewish People. Cheryl has been to Israel over 40 times. She taught a course on Judeo-Christian Perspectives at Rocky Mountain Bible Institute, and teaches Israel related courses at Faith Bible Chapel's lay college, Faith Bible Institute.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv and grew up in Jerusalem.
Pastor George Morrison is the senior pastor of Faith Bible Chapel, a 4500 member, non-denominational church in Arvada; a city located northwest of Denver, Colorado. Together with his wife Cheryl, Pastor Morrison is a leader in the Denver-metro area for supporting Jewish people and the nation of Israel. Together they support and lead numerous interfaith Pro-Israel rallies as well as host an annual Israel Awareness Day an educational, inspirational, and motivational series of performances, programs, and music designed to bring community awareness to Israel related issues.
Congressman Tom Price was first elected to represent Georgia’s 6th district in November 2004.
Ambassador Ron Prosor became Israel’s 16th Permanent Representative to the United Nations in June 2011. He currently serves as Vice President of the UN’s 67th General Assembly, presiding over the hall during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech last September.
Congressman Peter Roskam, born and raised in the district he serves, Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam is now in his fourth term in the United States House of Representatives.
Jordan Sekulow is the Executive Director for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). He is the host of the Jordan Sekulow Show, a syndicated radio program that provides cutting analysis of today's political and legal landscape and regularly features elected officials and conservative leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe.
Dan Senor is an author and investor. He has also served in a range of national security positions in the senior levels of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Senate, and on national presidential campaigns.
Erick Stakelbeck is a sought after authority on terrorism and national security issues with extensive experience in television, radio, print and digital media. Stakelbeck is a correspondent and terrorism analyst for CBN News.
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is the William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Since coming to Emory in 1977, he founded and developed the International Studies Center, was the first director of the Carter Center (1983-1986), and established in 1988, the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI).
Pastor Victor Styrsky, assumed CUFI's Eastern Regional Coordinator position after serving several years as CUFI's California Director. A Christian Zionist for over 30 years, Victor has been a frequent speaker at AIPAC, on college campuses, Zionist Organization of America, Eagles Wings, the Israel-Christian Nexus and other pro- Israel organizations across the nation.
Pastor Scott Thomas was born in Middletown, OH with a very traditional Christian upbringing. With more than two decades of full-time ministry behind them, Lead Pastors Scott is no stranger to service and leadership. Today, Scott serves on the Board for Operation Life Shield - an Israeli organization that builds and places bomb shelters in the terrorist-striken communities of Israel.
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