Gateway Center for Israel

Gateway Center for Israel “Gateway Center for Israel” is an organization seeking to engage church leaders with Israel.

Gateway Center for Israel is an organization based in Southlake, TX, seeking to engage church leaders with Israel. It was formed in 2019, as an initiative of Gateway Church, to resource and inspire the global church to a biblical and sincere love for Israel and the Jewish people. Gateway Center for Israel does this through research, publications, media engagement, and events.

08/26/2026

Sometimes obedience can feel like a loss in the moment.

On Covenant & Conflict, Trysten Tice shares how, at 16, she chose to honor her mother and postpone her baptism, trusting that God would honor her obedience.
Biblical submission to authority requires a deep trust in God, believing that He is still sovereign even when obedience means surrendering something we deeply desire.

And He honored that trust.
Years later, Trysten’s baptism story became a miracle of its own, taking place in Israel. What once felt like giving something up became part of a story only God could have written.

08/22/2026

On the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Wayne Wilks shares the remarkable story of being called to Ukraine and heading to the airport without the visa he needed to go.

That morning, one verse anchored his faith: “The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 37:32
Wayne believed he was simply attaching himself to something God had already declared His zeal was behind. So they went, and the visa arrived just as they were boarding the plane.

When God calls, His zeal is able to accomplish what He has purposed.

08/20/2026

What does it really mean to live out “to the Jew first”?
Nic Lesmeister shares why Gentile believers have a responsibility to relate to the Jewish people with genuine love, not coercion, condescension, or combativeness, but in a way that reflects a love for the God of Israel.

Hear the conversation on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast.

08/19/2026

On the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Wayne Wilks and Nic Lesmeister ask: in an uncertain moment in the Middle East, how do we remain faithful?

Wayne points to the basics: love the Jewish people, stand against antisemitism, support the Messianic Jewish community, strengthen churches with a heart for Israel, and stay faithful to God’s calling.

After decades of ministry, he’s seen God’s faithfulness through every season, even when the path wasn’t clear.

08/15/2026

What changes when we begin to see Israel and the Jewish people in their proper biblical perspective?
For Wayne Wilks, it started with simply opening the Scriptures. As he and his church leadership began to study God’s heart and purposes for Israel, something shifted. What they saw wasn’t merely a historic priority, but a present one: the gospel is “to the Jew first,” and God’s purposes for Israel are deeply connected to His purposes for the nations.
That revelation became a strategy, a calling, and ultimately part of the story that would lead to Gateway Center for Israel.
Hear the full conversation with Wayne Wilks and Nic Lesmeister on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast.

08/13/2026

The Gospel is not coercion. It’s an invitation.
In this episode of Covenant & Conflict, Nic Lesmeister and Wayne Wilks reflect on decades of ministry among the Jewish people and the heart that has shaped it from the beginning: a love for Israel, a love for the Jewish people, and a desire to simply offer the good news of Israel’s Messiah.

Watch or listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or at centerforisrael.com

08/08/2026

Faith isn’t only found in the miracle moments. It’s also formed in the wilderness, in the waiting, and in the prayers we continue to pray when we haven’t seen the answer yet.

In this conversation on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Trysten Tice reflects on her own journey of faith, the story of the prodigal son, and what it means to keep believing for the friends and family we long to see encounter God.

08/04/2026

Persecution didn’t weaken Trysten Tice’s faith. It deepened it. Every challenge sent her back to Scripture, where she found answers, confidence, and a growing conviction that Yeshua is the promised Messiah.

Watch this conversation on the Covenant & Conflict Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or at CenterForIsrael.com.

08/03/2026

On this episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Trysten Tice shares the powerful prayer that changed her life. After asking God, “If Jesus is the truth, answer me,” everything began to change. As she read Scripture, her desires, relationships and future were transformed, leading her to the realization that Jesus is the Messiah.

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