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The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem is a prayer meeting organized by Pentecostal evangelists Jack W. Hayford and Robert Stearns through their organization "Eagles Wings". They annually invite people around the world to pray for Jerusalem on the first Sunday of every October, close to the time of Yom Kippur. The first prayer meeting organized by this group occurred in 2004. Hayford and Stearns organize the primary meeting in Israel. According to a CBN interview with Stearns, he believes that prayer meetings are important to combat various dangers to the Judeo-Christian worldview, such as Secular Humanism and Radical Islam, and he believes that Christians are especially obligated to support the State of Israel.〔(Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem )〕 ==International Participation== According to "Jerusalem Newswire" a small independent Christian publication, organizers of the 2006 event claimed that they had scheduled prayer meetings to be held in 150,000 churches around the world. The coordinators scheduled for prayer meetings to be organized in 169 nations.〔(Eagles Wings : International Coordinators )〕) In 2004, 500 global Christian ministries representing 50 countries and 53,000 churches said prayers for peace in Jerusalem on the same day. The organization's goal in 2006 was to have over 100 million people in over 100 countries participate in prayer meetings.〔(The 700 Club - Robert Stearns: Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem )〕〔http://ew.us.churchinsight.com/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=1000001929 The Promotional Website of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem〕 The prayer meeting in Jerusalem in 2006 was held inside the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem and was attended by "hundreds of Christian lovers of Israel gathered with Jewish friends." 〔http://www.jnewswire.com/article/1209 Goodenough, Stan, "Christian Zionism: Calling on the Lion of Judah," ''Jerusalem Newswire'', October 3, 2006.〕 International denominations Assemblies of God, and Elim Fellowship took part in the 2006 prayer and support the annual prayers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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