Calvary Chapel Bible College, Jerusalem

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."                2 Timothy 3:16, 17

Calvary Chapel Peru Tour meets Calvary Chapel Bible College, Jerusalem.
This is where I continue my venture into how the Lord has brought me into His Land,
to discover the land, His Word, the people, Jews and Christians,
and especially HIM.

Calvary Chapel Bible College, Jerusalem was kept by the Harrington's a few years back, was closed down and kept in the hands of Dave Shirley, and now reopened since the Spring of 2009, under the leadership of Doug and Christine Search.  

Doug and Christine Search,
Calvary Chapel, Jerusalem Directors and Overseers
at Mt. Arbel, where they were married.

It is located in the Old City by the Jaffa Gate at the New Imperial Hotel, East Jerusalem. The classes are in a nearby classroom and sometimes in the garden areas of the city. Students get to be in the center of the Old City with everything there is to see in Jerusalem at walking distance. 

Imperial Hotel, in the Christian Quarter
by the Jaffa Gate. The living quarters of  all the students and directors.
One of the places students also serve at.

The Old City is divided into 4 quarters: the Christian Quarter (where the school resides), the Muslim Quarter, the Jewish Quarter, and the Armenian Quarter.

It is easy to meet the locals, especially the Muslims, who are extra friendly and the school has already set up relations with some of them that gets passed on and continues with upcoming groups as they come each semester.

Christine Search leading worship on the rooftop of our hotel,
followed by Doug Search giving the morning devotions.

The Semester goes through 4 or 5 blocks with visiting teachers coming out to teach a section of the Life of Christ, according to the Harmony of the Gospels. Being in Jerusalem and learning these things makes the places full color with visits to some of the Biblical sites, and allows students to see today's reality of this Holy Land in its multi-cultural diversity, in contrast to the Biblical past. Mainly, students are allowed to absorb 4 to 5 full days of study and worship, participating in sharing daily devotions, worship, and serving the community. Weekends are used to visit cities outside Jerusalem and even spend leisurely hours around the city with students and locals.

Steve Vigil and Tyler praying for a lady from the congregation.

During the middle of the semester the students took a week tour through the Galilee and the Dead Sea areas. Throughout the semester they also have weekends off to travel anywhere else within Israel. 

Tel Dan River Restaurant waiting to eat fish and salads.

Christine Search playing worship for our sunrise Galilean trip.
Block 2 teacher, Steven sits to the left. He made class a whole new
way allowing each student to be the teacher.

Block 3 teacher, Steven Lane, teaches the students how to do water baptisms
to each other at the River Jordan.

Mount of Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount and reflection with Steven Lane.

Afternoon class at the park outside the Old City Walls.

Temple Mount sifting project with Stacy Abel, Shavian, and Alexandrah.
Looking for treasures in the dust.

Chelsea Guzman, Stacy Abell, and Chase Cundiff chilling at Mt. Arbel.

This is the creativeness of our youth at Capernaum.

Capturing seashells at Caesaria.

As the different teachers come in, they also plan new ventures to the sites throughout Jerusalem, 

where we are enriched in the history of God's City.

Yad Vashem's memorial to a man who helped many orphans
after the Holocaust.

The students outside of Yad Vashem.

Block 3 teacher, Chad Lacomb, and his 13 year old help, Elijah, at

our YWAM fellowship and Independence Day Picnic Lunch

at Christ Church.

They fellowship at various churches in and outside of the Old City at King of Kings congregation, Christ Church, Calvary Chapel Tel Aviv, and a few others.

Outside of Narchiz street Congregation, under Chuck Kopp, in the Big City of Jerusalem.

This is a Baptist church that invited our group and another Bible College

to do worship and share some testimonies. 

The local Messianic congregation, Shemen Sasson.

Jewish law strictly forbids open proselytizing and especially to minors. However, spending time here and building relationships opens the door to conversations about Christ as our Messiah, in hopes that the Lord can make a way to have the truth of God shared, despite the laws of men.

Homeless ministry in Tel Aviv with Pat Apple.

Calvary Chapel, Haifa visit to their home ministry. Drew Grizzle plays
 worship with Robyn Miller. Melissa Smith plays the jimbe, and
Bryan Harrington teaches.

Steve Vigil and Odell Burton puttying the wall to be painted
at Haifa's new building soon to be a coffee house and homeless shelter.

The students are able to outreach at least once a week around the community and serve. Because the Hotel blesses the program by allowing a corner of rooms and community kitchen to be for the students, the students help out in hotel clean up at least once a week, and some evenings in the dining room. 

We also are much involved with the neighboring guest house: Christ Church, that houses volunteers as well for up to two years. 

Many volunteers also help at a local ministry called Shevet Achim that houses infants and toddlers that have just received heart transplants and are recovering from surgery. Volunteers help clean and the like.

A new ministry is opening up to serve in Bethlehem, there is a great NEED for volunteers. We are in the waiting process of how to be able to send some volunteers from the school there as well.

The Blind and special needs children at House of Hope and Stacy Abel.

Independent baptist church. Led by Musa Abuali, citizen Christian Arab Pastor. 

Just recently we met a man in Bethlehem that is trying to sell 3 lots of land in Jerusalem, outside of the old city. It is million dollar lots from about 1 to 2 acres. He gave us his phone number. 

It would have to be the grace of God that could grant the funding as well as the workers to make use of even one of these pieces of land to expand and have a full Bible College and congregation in Jerusalem. A piece of land like that could even have space for a farm or ranch and ministry for the community and long-term missionaries dedicated to Israel. 

Please pray for all these things and that if the Lord wills, He would complete His Work with His faithful servants in the Holy Land and keep Calvary Chapel teaching for students and community participants. Please pray for Doug and Christine Search and there ministry in Israel to be increased, blessed and provided for.

Daniel 6:10
"When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously."