Equipping Our Neighbors and Churches to be Peacemakers

IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
LOVE THEIR ENEMIES AND INSIST ON ALTERNATIVES TO WAR

Cutout of my family, palestinian picnic or sword maker, Munther? Myself, BIPJ logo

We took a few days at an AirBnb as a family to celebrate my this huge answer to prayer.

Big news:

I’ve officially joined the team of Palestinian Christians full time!

This is an answered prayer that started back in November 2023 of asking if and how God was calling me to engage with the realities of this conflict.

Danniel Bannoura was the first Palestinian I heard speak on this conflict.

He’s a Palestinian Christian with his PhD from Notre Dame University and listening to an interview he did was the first step God led me down towards getting invovled.

He’s been working and speaking towards Western evangelicals on this conflict almost his entire life.

Now he’s my co-worker. 😀

I first heard Daniel on this episode where he explained the history of the conflict from the Palestinian perspective.

Listen to the Episode

My New Team

IN 2025, as I was getting involved in my London media mission trip I realized I would be working alongside a lot of the Palestinian Christians I’d already been following on social media and through podcasts.

At this same time Munther and his long-time friend, Anton Deik, were talking about how to start an institute within Bethlehem Bible College geared specifically towards amplifying Palestinian Christian voices towards Western Evangelicals.

Out of this work the Bethlehem Institute for Peace & Justice was started.

Munther Isaac and Anton Deik, are the leaders of this institute.

They are both Palestinians and graduated from Bethlehem Bible College many years ago. They have decades of experience working in this field.

We’re currently 4 full-time employees with a lot of help from volunteers & part-time helpers.

Our aim is to equip the church for true peacebuilding and justice globally and specifically in Palestine-Israel.

Munther Isaac was the main speaker in our 2025 “Sermon to the West” video.

What I’ll be Doing.

May 14th was Israeli Independence Day.

May 15th was Nakba Remembrance Day.

Nakba means “the Catasrophe” in Arabic. It summarize the two year period in which 80% of Palestinians lost their homes to make way for modern Israel.

Below is a one of the social media posts I built to help honor this day and portray the people of the land in dignity and peace.

I worked with a program called Weavy to turn the B&W images into color.

Swipe right for the full series.
The Brightline Project
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Stories like the one above are just a small part of the work we’re doing to battle conscious and subconscious bias.

When we see pictures of “the other” as dignified, peaceful and loving, it gives us pause.

"The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him."

Proverbs 18:17

For many evangelicals the challenge is we’ve only heard one side of this story.

We don’t need a debate on the pros and cons of Zionism, we simply need to hear the Palestinian experience to realize our country and churches have made serious decisions based off a biased narrative and theology.

To that end, much of my work revolves around using graphic design to engage people in the messages of my team, the Bethlehem Bible College we serve under, and our Christian allies.