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Dr. John Hagee, the American evangelical pastor who last month announced plans for a Christian-style AIPAC, says the organization is a "canopy group" encompassing Christian supporters of Israel from across America and is coming together "with a speed and harmony I never would have believed possible." Hagee says he attempted something similar, though on a smaller scale, 25 years ago, but to no avail. "I called 30 pastors together... At the end of the first hour, I lost 29 of them." Now, by contrast, "I called 400 [pastors] and all 400 have agreed to participate in Christians United for Israel."...

Christians United For Israel Rapid Response Update March 20, 2006 Let me begin this Rapid Response by congratulating Mac Hammond of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Billye Brim of Missouri and Robert Stearns of New York for the splendid progress they are making in their regions. Our targets remain: 1) Get your State Directors and City Directors appointed and functioning. 2) Build and develop the E-mail/Fax Rapid Response capability in your region. There is a matter in Washington D.C. that merits our attention. We need to support the Hamas Anti-Terrorism Act. There are two Bills in the House and Senate that would deny...

C.U.F.I. Rapid Response March 6, 2006 URGENT! This week is our very first E-mail/Fax Rapid Response to Washington D.C. I have chosen this week because I will be in Washington and can measure the effectiveness of this e-mail/fax blast. I want every Regional Director, State Director, City Director, Radio/Television Station owners and Pastors to get the people on your E-mail list to send the following message to their two Senators and the Congressmen in their district in their own words: A) Your name and that you are a member of Christians United for Israel. B) That this organization has been...

February 20, 2006 To: C.U.F.I. Executive Directors, Regional Directors, Regional Directors, State Directors and City Directors. From: Dr. John Hagee National Chairman C.U.F.I. RE: C.U.F.I. Washington D.C. Israel Summit, Press Conference and Congressional Meetings on July 18-19, 2006. I spoke with the majority of the Regional Directors of C.U.F.I. on Tuesday, February 15th and we have mutually agreed that the Washington D.C. Israel Summit, Press Conference and Congressional Meetings will occur on July 18-19, 2006. All previously scheduled meetings have been canceled. The session on July 18th will be held at our host hotel beginning with the evening meal at...

A leading US evangelist is forming an umbrella organization under which all pro-Israel Christians in America can speak as one in support of the Jewish state. Pastor John C. Hagee of San Antonio, Texas, is to launch Christians United for Israel (CUFI) at an invitation-only "Summit on Israel" next Tuesday at his Cornerstone Church. The Texas-size church seats 5,000 worshipers and has some 17,000 members, but the summit will host a much smaller congregation: the spiritual leaders of an estimated 30 million US Christians. "Think of CUFI as a Christian version of AIPAC [the American Israel Public Affairs Committee]," Hagee...