A Theme Park For The Holy Land?

10 November 2005 - 9:00am

American Evangelicals and Israeli officials plan to unveil this month a $60 million park where Jesus walked.

"Officials in Israel say that out of about 2 million people who will realize their dream of visiting the Holy Land this year, more than half will be Christian. And among those, more than half will be Evangelical.

With that in mind, the Israeli ministry of tourism has gone public with a plan to build -- in partnership primarily with American Evangelical churches ---a sprawling Holy Land Christian Center on the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee, home to some of the most notable chapters in Jesus' ministry. The center, to be built on approximately 125 acres that the Israeli government is offering free of cost, would be a Christian theme park and visitors' center, one that would be particularly attractive to Evangelicals and other Christians who want to spend more time in the places where Jesus walked."

Source: The Christian Science Monitor, November 9, 2005
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