Gateway Center for Israel

Gateway Center for Israel “Gateway Center for Israel” is an organization seeking to engage church leaders with Israel.

Gateway Center for Israel is an organization based in Southlake, TX, seeking to engage church leaders with Israel. It was formed in 2019, as an initiative of Gateway Church, to resource and inspire the global church to a biblical and sincere love for Israel and the Jewish people. Gateway Center for Israel does this through research, publications, media engagement, and events.

09/08/2026

The battle over Israel isn’t only political or legal. It’s spiritual.
In this episode of The Covenant & Conflict Podcast, international lawyer Andrew Tucker explores how the language of international law can become part of a larger battle over Israel, the Jewish people, and God’s purposes.
For Christians, the question is deeper than what the world says about Israel. Can we recognize the spiritual battle and stand firmly on the Word of God?

09/03/2026

Is Israel an apartheid state?

In this episode of Covenant & Conflict, international lawyer Andrew Tucker breaks down what apartheid actually means and why he argues that the term does not accurately describe Israel.
Israel is a complex society, and discrimination exists, as it does in societies around the world. But discrimination and apartheid are not the same thing.

Understanding the difference matters, especially when words this serious are shaping the global conversation around Israel.

09/01/2026

Israel is one of the most inflammatory topics in the world right now, and terms like “genocide,” “occupation,” and “settlements” are often used without a clear understanding of what they actually mean legally.

In this informative episode of Covenant & Conflict, international lawyer Andrew Tucker helps us move beyond feelings and headlines to understand Israel through the framework of international law.

How can we have conversations about Israel that are grounded in truth, clarity, and actual legal definitions?

🎧 Watch the full episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast.

08/28/2026

Did the Church replace Israel?

In this session of Israel Masterclass, Preston Benjamin unpacks replacement theology and what Scripture actually says about the relationship between Israel and the Church.

Jew and Gentile are united in one Messiah without erasing either identity. And at the heart of it all is a bigger question: Do we believe God keeps His promises?

08/26/2026

Sometimes obedience can feel like a loss in the moment.

On Covenant & Conflict, Trysten Tice shares how, at 16, she chose to honor her mother and postpone her baptism, trusting that God would honor her obedience.
Biblical submission to authority requires a deep trust in God, believing that He is still sovereign even when obedience means surrendering something we deeply desire.

And He honored that trust.
Years later, Trysten’s baptism story became a miracle of its own, taking place in Israel. What once felt like giving something up became part of a story only God could have written.

08/22/2026

On the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Wayne Wilks shares the remarkable story of being called to Ukraine and heading to the airport without the visa he needed to go.

That morning, one verse anchored his faith: “The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 37:32
Wayne believed he was simply attaching himself to something God had already declared His zeal was behind. So they went, and the visa arrived just as they were boarding the plane.

When God calls, His zeal is able to accomplish what He has purposed.

08/20/2026

What does it really mean to live out “to the Jew first”?
Nic Lesmeister shares why Gentile believers have a responsibility to relate to the Jewish people with genuine love, not coercion, condescension, or combativeness, but in a way that reflects a love for the God of Israel.

Hear the conversation on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast.

08/19/2026

On the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Wayne Wilks and Nic Lesmeister ask: in an uncertain moment in the Middle East, how do we remain faithful?

Wayne points to the basics: love the Jewish people, stand against antisemitism, support the Messianic Jewish community, strengthen churches with a heart for Israel, and stay faithful to God’s calling.

After decades of ministry, he’s seen God’s faithfulness through every season, even when the path wasn’t clear.

08/15/2026

What changes when we begin to see Israel and the Jewish people in their proper biblical perspective?
For Wayne Wilks, it started with simply opening the Scriptures. As he and his church leadership began to study God’s heart and purposes for Israel, something shifted. What they saw wasn’t merely a historic priority, but a present one: the gospel is “to the Jew first,” and God’s purposes for Israel are deeply connected to His purposes for the nations.
That revelation became a strategy, a calling, and ultimately part of the story that would lead to Gateway Center for Israel.
Hear the full conversation with Wayne Wilks and Nic Lesmeister on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast.

08/13/2026

The Gospel is not coercion. It’s an invitation.
In this episode of Covenant & Conflict, Nic Lesmeister and Wayne Wilks reflect on decades of ministry among the Jewish people and the heart that has shaped it from the beginning: a love for Israel, a love for the Jewish people, and a desire to simply offer the good news of Israel’s Messiah.

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