Nazareth Village is a wonderful "living museum" in the heart of old Nazareth that should be on every visitor's must-see list. Several Team members have been involved in helping this become a reality, and some of the children are active in portraying first-century boys and girls going about their routines.

photos by JSam

Unity and cooperation among evangelical churches is one of the main aims of the Convention of Evangelical Churches in Israel. Both Saleem Hanna and Hani Billan, members of the CHLF team in Israel, have served on the executive committee of this convention, which has initiated a number of witness and fellowship projects covering all of Israel.
 

Several of the CHLF Team members are students a the Nazareth Center for Christian Studies (NCCS), a recently established theological seminary in Nazareth, Israel which opened its doors in September 2007. The seminary operates as an independent body which seeks to be inclusive in character. The Programs offered are a Bachelors of Divinity Degree and MTh degrees in Applied Theology, Bible, and Contextual Missiology. These degree programs are of international standard and are internationally accredited.

The Center acts as its own publishing house and seeks to promote theological research and writing. It also has a department of intercultural studies concerned with Islamics, Judaism, Contemporary Judaism and Christianity under the heading of Abramics, and with Holy Land studies and Reconciliation.

The President is Rev. Dr. J Bryson Arthur BD (hons) Ph.D. Glasgow University Scotland.
The Chairman of the Board of Governors is Mr. Bader Mansour, Bsc., MBA, Israeli Institute of Technology.

www.Hope-Nazareth.org is a local ministry in Nazareth in which Andera Hanna has been actively involved.

The vision of HOPE is: to raise up the prayer warriors in Nazareth & the Galilee region as well as training, equipping and releasing Arab women to fulfill the calling.