Campaign 2021 ![]() ![]() as of November 9, 2021 |
2021 Jerusalem Mite CampaignThe needs of Christians in the region are urgent. American Templars are there to help, working to preserve Christianityʼs presence in the place of its birth. GPUSAʼs Jerusalem Mite program focuses on risks facing Christians in an effort to restore hope and encourage families to rebuild their lives in the Holy Land and the Middle East. |
Annual giving by Knights, Dames and friends is making a difference in the lives of our Christian brothers and sisters in the Middle East through the organizations that we fund.
Some examples:
The hospitals and clinics we support are treating, and saving the lives of, thousands of Christians every year.
476 Christian families have moved into new or renovated homes that were completed by Christian tradesmen, helping them all to continue raising families in the land of their ancestors.
The Christian schools and colleges we support are educating over 3,500 boys and girls in the Holy Land. In addition, GPUSA members personally have provided scholarships to 27 high school graduates since 2013, all of whom scored in the top percentiles on standardized academic tests. Our college scholarship recipients were able to complete their education, thus broadening their understanding of the world in which they live and raising their value to future employers.
With a student body of 420, ETVTC provides vocational training that gives graduates an important head-start in a difficult job market.
Roughly 38,000 Christian refugees, driven from their homes by terrorists, are currently sheltered, fed, clothed, and treated in refugee camps and local churches that we support in Israel, Iraq and Jordan. Many churches have converted their places of worship to places of Christian refuge.