A recent report involving a mining company in Western Pennsylvania has caused a stir among the Evangelical Christians in the area. The company was requiring all of its employees to begin using a bio-metric scanning system that would track them on the…

The majority of Christians have knowledge on the subject of the seven feasts, or festivals of Israel. God required all men – over twenty years of age in Israel, to attend three of the seven feasts in Jerusalem and celebrate in His presence. These were Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. 

     Presently, VOE hosts a Partner’s conference in June and the Main Event in fall (with plans to add a prophetic conference in the late spring.)  Some partners have asked why we do not select the exact date of the three festivals to host our conferences. The fact is, this city has many large conferences and college events, and we must work our calendar around the events in the city to ensure our attendees will have hotel rooms when participating in our major conferences and meetings.    

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Alan Cooperman, deputy director of the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, presented an overview of the findings of the Pew Research survey of U.S. Jews at an Oct. 1 event in New York City, hosted by the Neubauer Family Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. To see more video by the Pew […]

One of the first decisions that had to be made in conducting this study and analyzing its results was to answer the question, “Who is a Jew?” This is an ancient question with no single, timeless answer. On the one hand, being Jewish is a matter of religion – the traditional, matrilineal definition of Jewish […]

American Jews overwhelmingly say they are proud to be Jewish and have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people, but their identity is also changing: 22% of American Jews now say they have no religion.