by Mary Kay Turner, Board President, and Caryn Haman, Board Member
This article was originally published in PCJH’s Summer 2025 Pinnacle, “Partners in the Gospel”

With 22 years of work, the Holy Land Christian Society has been bringing hope and help to Christians in the Holy Land as well as many of their Muslim neighbors. People are living in fear and many are facing starvation and disease. With over 160 new roadblocks, the majority of people are unable to reach their places of work. In Gaza over 50,000 have been killed, including more than 20,000 children. The West Bank is also under intense pressure.  Christians have often been left with no choice but to flee the country, leaving less than 2% still struggling to remain. 

Our recent projects have included a Christian kindergarten.  We have worked with the Orthodox Church to provide three months electricity to families who cannot pay for it.  LaCreche orphanage in Bethlehem is one of our consistent projects.  Of interest to many who have been to the Holy Land is The Tent of Nations.  They have been under major pressure this year and a donor has earmarked funds to assist their survival. 

 Glass recycling is a new project for a group of people mentally and emotionally disabled, and assistance to get it launched has been a success and given employment to this segment of the population.  We continue to give funds to Dar Al Kalima and Bethlehem University as they continue to educate and encourage and bring hope to many living with trauma.  Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza is a Christian hospital serving all people.  It has been bombed a number of times this past year but is one of the few still operating.  It was recently nearly destroyed on Palm Sunday this year. We work faithfully so that their work continues

Holy Land Christian Society also works with members of Congress and the State Department to secure their support on critical issues as they develop in the Holy Land.

We are deeply grateful for the mission spirit of PCJH for enabling us to care for the people in the land where Christ was born and the Church began.