THE OCTOBER 6 MARKET
Market open: October 6, 2023
Christian support for Israel: HIGH
Young Christians coming to Israel: HIGH
Church interest: HIGH
Jerusalem Light: NEW
Very promising.
Market close: October 6, 2026
Let’s check the numbers.
↓ DOWN: CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
2023 rating: STRONG BUY
Churches love Israel. Christians know their Bibles. Jerusalem practically markets itself.
2026 rating: HIGH RISK
Some Christians have taken a position against Israel. Others have taken the safer position:
No position anywhere near Israel.
↑ UP: “ZIONIST”
2023:
“What do you mean by that?”
2026:
No one asks.
The word arrives already carrying the accusation, evidence, trial, and verdict.
Conversation over.
↓ DOWN: CHURCH INVITATIONS
2023:
“Come tell us what God is doing in Jerusalem.”
2026:
“We have to be careful.”
↑ UP: HESITATION
2023:
We said Israel easily.
2026:
Sometimes the word comes out quiet or not at all.
↓ DOWN: RELATIONSHIPS WE THOUGHT WERE SAFE
2023:
There were things we disagreed about. We still had each other.
2026:
For some relationships, Israel became the disagreement that swallowed everything else.
↑ UP: COMMENT-SECTION THEOLOGY
2023:
“Praying for your ministry.”
2026:
“You support genocide.”
Bible verse in bio.
↑ UP: STUDENT SOCIAL COST
Students are being told two things:
If you go to Israel, you could die.
and
If you go to Israel, you are supporting genocide.
The prospective student is simultaneously the potential victim and the perpetrator.
We just wanted them to study Luke.
↓ DOWN: PEOPLE WILLING TO COME
2023:
“When can we come?”
2026:
Is it morally okay to come?
↓ DOWN: ENROLLMENT
19 → 14 → 12 → 11.
Those are the students who came.
The spreadsheet has no column for the ones who wanted to and were talked out of it.
GONE: MAIN CAMPUS
2023:
Jerusalem was an extension campus.
2026:
There is nothing left to be an extension of.
Jerusalem remains open.
↓ DOWN: FIVE-YEAR PLAN
2023:
Five years.
2026:
Let’s get through Tuesday.
↓ DOWN: CONTROL
We have learned to hold everything with open hands.
*We would like it noted that this was not voluntary.
NEW: CALVARY CHAPEL OLD CITY
2023:
No church. No plan for a church.
2026:
Shabbat service in the Old City.
Worship. Communion. Bible teaching. The gospel.
Operating model:
When Jerusalem fills, open the doors.
American ministry logic has several questions.
Jerusalem “It’s complicated”
OCTOBER 6 CLOSING BELL
DOWN:
Christian support for Israel
Church invitations
Enrollment
Five-year plans
Control
UP:
“Zionist” accusations
Hesitation
Student social cost
Comment-section theology
BIGGEST LOSS:
Assumptions.
GONE:
Main campus.
HELD THEIR POSITION:
Jerusalem Light supporters.
The market moved.
They didn’t.
Analysts remain baffled by our survival.
They are less baffled after looking at the donor list.
NEW:
Calvary Chapel Old City.
UNCHANGED:
The gospel.
JERUSALEM LIGHT
2023: Opening position
2026: Position held
OTHER MARKET MOVEMENTS
AI ↑↑↑
Sent from ChatGPT.
PICKLEBALL ↑↑↑
STANLEY CUPS ↑↑↑
PROTEIN ↑↑↑
CARBS ↓
SOURDOUGH ↑↑↑
WIDE-LEG JEANS ↑↑
Millennials negotiating.
SKINNY JEANS ↓↓↓
Thoughts and prayers.
OZEMPIC ↑↑↑
POLITICAL OPINIONS ↑↑↑
POLITICAL MODERATION ↓↓↓
Delisted.
BOUNDARIES ↑↑↑
TOXIC PEOPLE ↑↑↑
Everyone but us.
Podcast ↑↑↑
REAL PHOTOS ↓↓↓
Analysts have given up.Thank you to those who have stood with Jerusalem Light through these three years.
You have prayed, given, encouraged us, sponsored students, and helped keep the doors open through years none of us could have predicted.
Much of what you just read was possible because you stayed with us.
We are deeply grateful.