Showing posts with label Chaim Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chaim Report. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

From Jerusalem, bringing the Chaim Report to life - The Jerusalem Journal

From Jerusalem, bringing the Chaim Report to life

Brian Schrauger   April 26, 2017


Do you remember my brief introduction to our new Chaim Report? I mentioned it the last time I wrote two weeks ago.

Based on the model of the well-known Drudge Report, the Chaim Report offers Israel-related headlines from around the world. Every headline is linked to its original report. Stories are selected that reveal the shape of end-times events the Bible told us would occur - with Israel at the center of it all.

Chaim, by the way, is the Hebrew word for life. By calling it the report, Chaim, we are insisting that, even when the world is falling apart, God's plan is to redeem it all, and to do so with nothing less than his vibrant, vigorous, and irrepressible life. L'chiam!


I thought that giving birth to the Chaim Report would be a simple thing, especially once Rhonda Ballance came on board as its editor. In fact, it has been a frustrating challenge. Not because of Rhonda, however! She is amazing. Perhaps the next time I write, I will make a proper introduction so that you will understand why I am so thrilled and thank God for her.
The biggest challenges in launching the Chaim Report are spreading the word to people like you, and upgrading components on the website to improve the presentation of stories.

There are several ways you could help in tackling these challenges. 

1. Sign up to share Jerusalem Journal posts with five or ten Facebook Groups that we have identified. If you are willing to do this easy thing - every day, not just once - send me a personal email at Brian@JerusalemJournal.net, would you? I will send you a list of Facebook groups from which to chose your five to ten for daily shares.
Because we do not yet have funds for advertising, this is our best way to spread the word. Facebook, of course, is the king of social media. But unless it is fed money, it has a way of making posts unlikely to be seen - even by those who have "liked" our Page!
2. There is no getting around the need for money to get in front of the right people. Our target market in the millions. The best place for reaching this market is Facebook. But the Big F must be fed.
There is one hugely important reason we need to increase the numbers of those who read and follow. That reason is so the Jerusalem Journal can be officially recognized by Israel's Governmental Press Office as a listed news provider. 

I cannot stress enough how important this is. It affects visa status for volunteers living here, and maintaining necessary press credentials for getting stories.

In short, we need to grow to 100,000 "likes" on our Facebook Page asap. That sounds like a lot and, of course, it is. But when compared with the millions who fit our target market, it a reasonable short-term goal.

In order to get there this year - which is very doable - we need to advertise on Facebook. Make this possible by clicking here.

You are also welcome to write me about this need. Send your personal email to Brian@JerusalemJournal.net.
3. If you are website-literate, we really need a webmaster. Our site is built on a Joomla platform. If you qualify and this interests you, contact me asap! Send an email to Brian@JerusalemJournal.net.

The Jerusalem Journal is doing...
...God's kingdom work, informing end-times watchmen
...from his land
...on behalf of his people,
...for your benefit, and
...in such a time as this.
From Jerusalem and, as always, thanking God for you, especially in such a time as this...
~Brian

P.S. I have a few personal needs. If God is leading you to do so, send me an email and I will let you know what they are. You can write me at Brian@JerusalemJournal.net.
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Also, you are welcome to respond by phone, text or email. If you phone, please send an advance text so that I know who is calling. And if I am unable to answer, please, send a text. :-)
✡ My Israeli mobile number is +972​.53.337.1108.

...From the UK, you can reach me on my Israeli mobile using this UK number: +44 203.807.4211

...From the US, you can reach me on my Israeli mobile using this US number: +1 312.818.3578
✡ Using the Israeli number, you can add me to your WhatsApp list for encrypted, international texting.
✡ If you are on Facebook, its texting service, Messenger, is a helpful tool that I often use.

✡ On Skype, my ID is domelot.
✡ And the fastest way to reach me by email is by sending to either
Brian@JerusalemJournal.net 
I look forward to hearing from you.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

What is happening with the Jerusalem Journal? - Brian Schrauger



What is happening with the Jerusalem Journal?

Brian Schrauger 


It's been awhile. Have you missed me? Lol. Actually, there is a lot to report. Here in Israel, God is opening amazing doors for the Jerusalem Journal. As usual, however, moving through them means spiritual warfare; a lot of it.

As write these words, my immediate reaction is a rueful chuckle.

Spiritual war, especially here, is not a surprise. After all, as a non-profit news agency, our mission is to inform Christian watchmen with regional and global news, especially events that are setting the stage for things the Bible has prophesied.

That's why our news slogan is, "For such a time as this."

Considering where we are and the fascinating days in which we live, spiritual warfare is not going to diminish. With your support, however, it will not stop our advance.

As partners with us — as partners with God — in this venture, I am grateful for your cover as together we move toward and through each door.

Have you seen our daily videos? Almost every day we are posting a one to two minute video report from locations around Jerusalem and other places too.

In fact, the Jerusalem Journal is about to have two locations: one in Jerusalem and the other in the Galilee! In two months, James and Maddy Worthington and their young family are moving north. Their new, and gorgeous, location means the Jerusalem Journal positioned to report directly from the hotpoint of Israel's north, close to its borders with Syria and Lebanon.

When Israel's next war comes, most concur: it will come from one, or both, of these countries.

Oh, and have you seen the Chaim Report? Based on the model of the well-known Drudge Report, the Chaim Report offers Israel-related headlines from around the world. Every headline is linked to its original report.


 
Updated 24/7, the Chaim Report offers watchmen a first-stop location for end-times related news. We glean the news and give you the results.

Actually, our newest volunteer, Rhonda Ballance, is the reason we are able to do this. For many months, I tracked stories Rhonda was posting to her Facebook Group, "Yesterday's Prophecies, Today's News."

Her ability to identify and glean stories is a remarkable gift. I am thrilled she has agreed to be Editor of the Chaim Report.

Other opportunities are presenting themselves as well. We need your support to move ahead.

How can you help?
1. We need $1,000 a month to let other Christian watchmen know who we are and the timely information that we offer. Click here.

2. We also need $1,000 a month to set up a "Righteous Palestinian" division. Click here.

3. And there are equipment needs. Two MacBook Air computers would be a tremendous help in composing reports, posting news and managing the website. Two more regular MacBooks are also needed. Oh, and we need a number of video production items.

4. Volunteer! Right now, our top need is for a gifted administrator.

5. Funding for operating expenses is not a jazzy need, but it is a critical one. Transportation, housing and food costs are the stuff of everyday life. Right now, the need here is for an additional $5,000 a month. Click here.
I know you have a giving budget and/or designated funds for partnering with God and his kingdom.

The Jerusalem Journal is doing...
...his kingdom work
...in his land
...on behalf of his people,
...for you, and
...in such a time as this.
Would you, right now, designate funds you have already allocated for his work, his plan, specifically for the Jerusalem Journal?

Let me know, would you? The encouragement of your support is priceless.

From Jerusalem, I am thanking God for you, especially in such a time as this...
~Brian

P.S. If you have an interest in supplying personal things I need, let me know in a private email or by text. :-)


Did you miss these emails? Or, perhaps, would like a refresher?
✡ Subject line, "A personal note." You can read it here.
✡ Subject line, "Questions I am being asked." You can read it here.
✡ Subject line, "In, and for, such a time as this." You can read it here.

✡ Subject line, "How was Moses able to keep his arms up?" You can read it here.

✡ Subject line,"Thanksgiving in Jerusalem" You can read it here.

✡ Subject line, "A spirit comes with it." You can read it here.

✡ Subject line, "Who are the prophets of the 21st century?" You can read it here.
Note: because the Jerusalem Journal is a US nonprofit, your donation may have tax benefits. Please check with your accounting advisor.
Also, you are welcome to respond by phone, text or email. If you phone, please send an advance text so that I know who is calling. And if I am unable to answer, please, send a text. :-)
✡ My Israeli mobile number is +972​.53.337.1108.

...From the UK, you can reach me on my Israeli mobile using this UK number: +44 203.807.4211

...From the US, you can reach me on my Israeli mobile using this US number: +1 312.818.3578
✡ Using the Israeli number, you can add me to your WhatsApp list for encrypted, international texting.
✡ If you are on Facebook, its texting service, Messenger, is a helpful tool that I often use.

✡ On Skype, my ID is domelot.
✡ And the fastest way to reach me by email is by sending to either
BrianSchrauger@JerusalemJournal.net or Brian@ZionComputer.net
I look forward to hearing from you.