The Isaac Ishmael Initiative is centered on the person of Jesus Christ – who he is, what he taught, what he claimed about himself. Our work begins and ends with Jesus.
We believe God is fundamentally FOR the Jewish people and for Muslims. He wants relationship with all people and pursues that relationship.
Followers of Jesus are called to extend grace and love to Jews and Muslims – always.
In 2011, Brian founded The Isaac-Ishmael Initiative to bring together the three monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Born and raised in a Muslim family, Ashraf was groomed from a young age to become the next leader of the family after his grandfather.
Elias Nawawieh joined The Isaac Ishmael Initiative in 2018. He co-leads our Holy Land tours and is the leader our refugee work in Jordan and beyond.
Our work centers around the person of Jesus Christ – his teaching, his claims, his life, death and resurrection. God’s grace is expressed most exactly in Jesus as Lord and Savior. People come to a personal understanding of and submission to Jesus Christ to be in relationship with God. (Romans 10:10-14)
The purpose of Israel and the Church is to be a blessing to the nations and to bring people to God and into His Kingdom – what is called the Missio Dei (God’s Mission). The Church and Israel each have unique roles in God’s redemptive plan. The Church has not replaced Israel. The state of Israel today is not the equivalent to Israel in the Bible. Our theology is a broad Kingdom mission theology that includes Israel and the Church in God’s purposes.