Naming Names: The American Pastors Who Swore Their Allegiance to Israel | Redacted News

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Who were the Christian pastors that went to Israel last week, pledging to become Ambassadors for Israel in their home congregations?

A list of the participating churches was crowdsourced and published by a popular X user, GenXGirl.

Why does this matter? Because these spiritual leaders signed a pledge to support the government of Israel through their teachings. That is against the bible they claim to follow. The Christian Bible does not allow for allegiance to world governments. It's not too much to ask that a pastor adhere to the scripture they preach.

The participating pastors were largely from the Southwest and represented evangelicals, Methodists, Baptists, and non-denominational churches. Noticeably absent from this list are Catholics and Orthodox churches, whose doctrines do not teach that modern Israel fulfills prophecy or that Jews must return to a homeland for the Messiah to come.

Shouldn’t the pastors who participated register as foreign agents now? Well, they don’t have to, because the Department of Justice under President Trump doesn’t seem interested in enforcing foreign-agent rules. Watch reporting of this move.

Will there be backlash from Christians who want their pastors to be spiritual leaders and not political operatives? Who knows. If there isn’t, Israel plans to recruit 10,000 more pastors to do this again in the new year.