Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the beloved founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, passed away suddenly on Wednesday. He was 67 years old.

The charismatic rabbi leaves behind a long legacy of philanthropy and robust interfaith partnerships between Christians and the Jewish people.

When Rabbi Eckstein founded The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983, his goal was simple: to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews, and to show Christians how to reestablish their biblical connection to the land of Israel and the Jewish people.

For more than three decades, IFCJ has far exceeded expectations. Not only is the organization a leader in Jewish-Christian relations, but it has also helped thousands of Jews around the world escape poverty and anti-Semitism and return to their biblical homeland—Israel.

The organization has funded humanitarian assistance that has touched millions of Jews worldwide. IFCJ raises about $140 million a year, making it one of Israel’s largest humanitarian organizations.

Overall, the organization has raised more than $1.4 billion, mostly from evangelical Christians.

Those funds go towards Holocaust survivors, social programs, hospitals and even bomb shelters for those affected by conflicts with Hamas. {eoa}

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Major end-times prophecies, including the building of the third temple, are ready to be fulfilled, pastor John Kilpatrick tells The Jim Bakker Show.

“It has to happen because the Antichrist is going to set himself up in that temple,” Kilpatrick says.

“While all this is going on here, it’s a big distraction,” Kilpatrick says. “There are a lot of things taking place prophetically that people are not even paying attention to.”

Watch the video to see what they are.

Ossie Mills, known for his work with Empowered 21, Oral Roberts University and new streaming platform tvChaz, died suddenly Tuesday. He was 58.

“It is with a broken heart that I share the news of the passing of alumnus Ossie Mills, ORU’s former vice president of marketing and communications, as well as former executive director and global Council member for Empowered21. Ossie passed away February 5, 2019 as the result of an apparent heart attack,” ORU President Billy Wilson says in a statement.

“On a personal level, Ossie was a wonderful friend. Over the last few years, we shared amazing times witnessing what God is doing around the world in the Spirit-empowered movement,” Wilson says. “We made history together. I will miss Ossie’s friendship deeply. God’s Kingdom on earth has been diminished by this loss of giftedness and knowledge. However, I know that our loss is heaven’s gain and that Ossie’s reward will be great,” Wilson says.

Mills’ time at ORU began when former president Mark Rutland hired him in 2011.

“When I was the president at ORU, Ossie Mills was one of the finest executive vice presidents I had the privilege to work with,” says Rutland. “Far more than an employee, Ossie was a friend. He was an ebullient, encouraging Christian man of powerful faith and a sweet spirit. Like many of others around the world, I will miss him terribly.”

At the time of his death, Mills was president and CEO of tvChaz, a faith-based streaming platform.

“Ossie lived to spread the gospel through multimedia. I was honored to work with him and call him friend during my time at Oral Roberts University,” Charisma Media Executive Vice President and Publisher Dr. Steve Greene says. “He was loved by everyone who ever spent time with him. He will be missed by all of us. Please pray for his sweet wife, Bonnie, and family.”

According to the biography on his website, Mills spent years working in media, management, marketing communications, content creation and distribution both for profit and nonprofit organizations in the faith-based community. He engaged in significant and unique leadership roles in television, production, marketing, interactive communications and commerce development.

Mills served as an executive vice president at ORU from 2011-2018. His roles at the university also included executive director of Empowered 21, CEO of GEB America TV Network and vice president of marketing and communications.

Mills previously served as executive vice president of Inspiration Networks & Ministries.

Mills was also president/CEO of Belmont Mills Entertainment, which provided family content for networks like ESPN, A&E, Discovery, Fox Family Channel, Hallmark, TBN, FamNet, INSP and ION.

Mills was a board member of Convoy of Hope and Next Generation Institute. He previously served on the Forest Hill Council of Elders and the board of advisers for Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

He was a member of the National Religious Broadcasters, Direct Marketing Association and Empowered 21 Global Council.

Mills was awarded 3 Emmys, 10 Telly Awards, 2 Cable Aces, 15 Angel Awards, 3 International Communicator Awards, a CBA Impact and Dove Award for his work in media.

Please pray for the Mills family as they grieve the loss.

John Boyega, most recognizable for his role as Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has a new project called God is Good, which he is producing.

Deadline reports that the upcoming movie’s storyline is, “set in Cape Town’s Cape Flats,” and that “the English-language film will follow a reformed gangster-turned-pastor and a volatile detective who cross paths after an act of brutal violence sets them on [a] collision course with a heinous gang lieutenant.”

Former Sony Pictures International producer Joseline Ross (Slaughterhouse Rulez) will partner alongside Boyega. The movie will be directed by first-time major motion picture director, Willem Grobler, who currently has film festival shorts and a crime-drama series on his credits. The Star Wars actor said of the collaborative venture, “Willem has written a superb screenplay, and we are looking forward to working with him to realize the vision behind it.” {eoa}

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Gateway Church Pastor Robert Morris made an announcement to his Southlake, Texas, congregation that took everyone by surprise. Morris told the audience about the church’s newest campus site, located in the Lone Star state’s largest prison.

As the audience rose to give a standing ovation, Morris turned to the screen and said, “We welcome you guys!”

The Gateway Church Coffield Prison Campus launched at the end of November last year, with more than 300 in attendance.

“We’ve seen 500 salvations since our launch. I hope you’ll join me in praying for our newest campus,” Morris wrote on his Facebook page.

The Coffield prison unit, located an hour and a half outside of the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area, houses more than 4,000 inmates. Up to 2,000 minimum security inmates can attend services if they choose. Medium security inmates can only attend services on special occasions. However, like those in maximum security, they will regularly receive materials from the Gateway Church, including a church magazine, devotionals and books, including Morris’ best-seller, The Blessed Life.

“At Gateway Church, we’re all about people because God is all about people,” Morris, the lead senior pastor of Gateway, told Fox News. “Many of the men and women inside prison have been forgotten by society, but we want them to know we love them and God loves them, and they are our brothers and sisters in Christ.” {eoa}

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Lance Wallnau says that the U.S. church is the “most powerful collective untapped force.”

As the country hurtles toward what could be another civil war, Wallnau has some critical insights that could turn the tides in favor of Christianity.

“We’re in a cultural civil war, and here’s the tragic part,” Wallnau says. “The church has the ability to shift the battle at the gates.”

How? Why? When? Wallnau answers all these and more in the video. Take a look!

Demons attack people in many ways, says pastor, author and speaker Perry Stone.

“I believe that there are individuals around the world that are demonized, and that’s a word that means controlled by an evil spirit,” Stone says. “Now I believe that there are many that are oppressed by demons, but they are not possessed by demons. I believe there’s others that are vexed by spirits; there’s others that have spirits of sickness, but they are not necessarily to the point of not being able to control their life or control the things that they do.”

So what’s the difference between these? Watch the video to see.

Feeling like your to-do list is too much and you can’t make it through?

It might be the Jezebel spirit, John Kilpatrick says.

“You can tell if you’re under a witchcraft or spirit of intimidation, the Jezebel spirit … you feel overwhelmed by almost everything,” Kilpatrick says. “Even things that shouldn’t overwhelm you, you just feel overwhelmed.”

What are some of the other signs? Watch the video to see!

Come Sunday, America’s eyes will be on Atlanta as the Rams face off against the Patriots in the biggest game of the season.

But how did they get to this moment? No, I’m not talking football; I’m talking faith.

New England Patriots Running Back Rex Burkhead says, “I’m constantly trying to learn and grow because I feel like that’s where it all starts—the Word of God.”

Los Angeles Rams Wide Receiver Brandin Cooks says, “I like to say that you can believe in God, but if you’re not reading His Word—like we talk about in chapel a lot, The Word is sharper than any double-edged sword, you know what I mean? It’s what you need.”

Fellow Rams receiver Cooper Kupp says, “I think there’s great value in being able to wake up in the morning and just meditate and know that you’re going to be filled with the Spirit and just be able to have some peace going forward.”

Watch the video to find out what really drives them.

As temperatures plunge below freezing—and zero degrees in some cases—churches are opening their doors to the community.

“40 below wind chill is not a joke and it’s not something to play around with and we know there are just some people that find themselves in some unfortunate situations,” Pastor Jason Georges of Immanuel Baptist Church of Corunna, Michigan, says.

His church is not the only one. In Washington, more than 37 churches are listed as warming stations.

And in Holland, Michigan, Hope Church opened as the Community Kitchen at the Western Theological Seminary closed.

“People are aware of how bad the storm was, and they’re aware of how many people are connected with the Community Kitchen, so we had a lot of people respond,” says Rev. Gordon Wiersma, a pastor at Hope.

“It’s a sense of hospitality and being connected to our neighbors that we all have different situations and times that we all need support,” Wiersma says. “And our facilities are here to provide that.”

Watch the video to see a report from Saint Louis.