More than 600 churches around the world marked “Solidarity Sunday” over the weekend, taking a public stance in support of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
The initiative was held for the third time since January 2024, following the Hamas massacre. It was timed to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which takes place this Tuesday.
“Two thousand years of Christian history have often been horrible to the Jewish people,” said Bishop Robert Stearns, founder and president of Eagles' Wings, which organized the event.
“Unspeakable atrocities were committed under the banner of the cross. If I had a hundred lifetimes, it would not be sufficient repentance. But I am here to say this: there is a new breed of Christian alive in the world today, one that says, for Zion’s sake, I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not be still. At this moment, Jews and Christians must unite and stand together.”
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The main Solidarity Sunday event in Buffalo, New York
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The participating churches represented more than 1,000 Christian leaders and tens of thousands of congregants worldwide, including in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and countries across Africa and Europe. Eagles' Wings organized the day through its pastors’ network, the Israel Christian Nexus, in partnership with the Moral Hearts Alliance.
Moral Hearts Alliance is a Jewish organization focused on strengthening Jewish-Christian ties. As part of Solidarity Sunday, it brought Jewish speakers into the churches to address the horrors of the Holocaust and the realities of modern-day antisemitism.
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The main Solidarity Sunday event in Buffalo, New York
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The main Solidarity Sunday event in Buffalo, New York
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Speakers included Holocaust survivors and their descendants, Nova music festival survivors, families of returned Israeli hostages, IDF soldiers, Israeli leaders and Jewish students who have experienced antisemitism firsthand on U.S. college campuses.
For communities that did not host a local Solidarity Sunday event, a live global broadcast was made available. The broadcast featured the main gathering led by Stearns in Buffalo, New York.