Christianism Watch

"We take literally what the Bible says. We believe that Israel composes the people of God and that they have fallen away at the moment, but that God has grafted the gentiles into the same roots. So that's why we're very strong support of Israel because we feel that Israel is the root of our faith. And so we support Israel strongly. We know that there is a – there's not really good religious freedom in Israel. We're very sorry about that. But the Bible says, that someday, and don't ask me how this is gonna happen because it seems impossible, that all of Israel will be saved. That they'll all believe in Jesus. And so we just take that by faith and none of our activities are geared toward that or anything else, but we just believe that that's gonna happen. So before Jesus returns, Israel, as a social group, will acknowledge Jesus Christ as their messiah," – the New Apostolic Reformation's C. Peter Wagner, whose group was instrumental in setting up Rick Perry's campaign launch, The Response.