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| Jim
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| Jim
in Vietnam |
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| Jim
in Israel |
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Dr. James M. Hutchens is
a man on a mission for Israel -- A mission
to make God's purposes for Israel and the
Jewish people an unavoidable issue. As
President of The Jerusalem
Connection, International and
Editor of The Jerusalem Connection
, he is on the forward edge of the battle
area of informing, educating and activating
the Christian community on issues related to
Israel, from a Biblical perspective.
From his military experience, Jim is
well acquainted with the concept of
"Mission." He came to faith in Christ as an
enlisted paratrooper, under the ministry of
a chaplain. After college and seminary, Jim
returned to Army as a chaplain. Decorated
for personal bravery in VietNam, including
the Purple Heart, where he served with the
famous 173rd Airborne Brigade, and later
with the celebrated "Green Berets," he
retired with the rank of Brigadier General
in 1994. His book, Beyond Combat
, tells of his experience as a combat
chaplain in VietNam.
Dr. Hutchens was ordained to
the ministry in 1962 and has served,
concurrent with his chaplain duties, as a
church planter and senior pastor for over 24
years. His wife, Patty, is an exhibiting
artist and teacher at the Corcoran School of
Art in Washington, D.C. and the Northern
Virginia Community College system. The
Hutchens have three married children and
eleven grand children. Jim and Patty tell of
their life-long love for Israel in their
newly released book, Guilty: Keeping
God's Covenant Love with Israel.
The "General" now brings his military
leadership skills and pastoral devotion to
duty to accomplish the mission of
The Jerusalem Connection, International
.
The name, The Jerusalem
Connection, International is made up of
Christians who are for Israel. As Christian
Zionists, we support the modern State of
Israel as a partial fulfillment of the
national, ancestral, God-promised homeland
for the Jewish people. Rather than
"replacing" Israel and the Jews, we see
Christians as having been "engrafted" into
the family of God and thus joint-heirs of
the covenant promises of God. The
Jerusalem Connection, International
is called to combat anti-Semitism and to
encourage an appreciation of the Hebrew
roots of Christianity. Under Dr. Hutchens'
guidance, The Jerusalem Connection,
International wants to encourage
all believers to wait with expectation "for
the blessed hope and glorious appearing of
our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."
This mission is carried out in an attitude
of extending mercy, because of the mercy we
have received in Christ.
Under Jim's leadership,
The Jerusalem Connection, International
stays current on all the issues of the day
regarding the Middle East and Israel. The
"General" would welcome the opportunity to
come and share the mission and the vision of
this ministry that has been raised up "for
such a time as this."
We are bold to believe
that we follow in the distinguished
tradition of the "men of Issachar, who
understood the times and knew what Israel
should do." We believe that a Christian's
perspective on what God is doing in Israel
is a vital key to seeing the big picture of
God's plan and how he is operating in the
world today. Seeing what God is doing in
Israel, brings a sense of urgency and
reality to Christians to be used of God as
never before. We in The Jerusalem
Connection, International want to
be on that team of major players helping to
make this happen.
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