National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel
Tel. (248) 557-4540 · Fax. (248) 557-4527 · E-mail: nclci@msn.com

Board of Directors
CHAIRMAN
Dr. David A. Lewis
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Dr. Franklin H. Littell
Dr. Rose Thering, O.P.
Nancy Gabriela Carroll
SECRETARY TREASURER
Dr. William H. Harter

Officers
PRESIDENT
David Blewett
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Rt. Rev. John H. Burt
Dr. David A. Lewis
Dr. Franklin H. Littell
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Paul R. Whitham
Dr. Richard C. Lux
SECRETARY
Elizabeth L. Gutterman
TREASURER
Dr. William H. Harter

Executive Committee
Daniel Bennett
Prof. David Bossman
Sr. Marge Boyle, nds
Dr. Paul R. Carlson
Dr. Joan Cook, S.C.
Dr. John H. Cushman
Prof. Alice Eckardt
Stephen Diaz Gavin, Esq.
Mark Z. Gentry
Rev. Jess Gibson
Jean L. Holmes
Dr. Reed M. Holmes
Sr. Ruth Lautt, Esq.
Dennis L. Lewerke
Dr. Hubert G. Locke
JoAnn Magnuson
Cheryl Morrison
Solomon M. Ortiz
Dr. John T. Pawlikowski
Rev. Ivan A. Rogers
MaryRose Ryan
Sen. Paul Simon
Dr. Michael C. Walker

Israel Contacts
Petra Heldt
Clarence H. Wagner, Jr.

National Director
David Blewett

What is NCLCI?

The National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel (NCLCI) is a network of Christians from diverse racial, ethnic, political and theological backgrounds, who are united in a shared commitment to the security and well-being of Israel in today's world.

Before the formation of the State of Israel, NCLCI's founders were advocating the need for a Jewish state in their historical homeland. They acknowledged the culpability of Christians in the two-millennial persecution of Jews and took up the battle to purge Christian teaching of its anti-Jewish contempt. Some of them wrote, taught and developed Holocaust studies while others created programs for Christian-Jewish dialogue. Their spirit animates present NCLCI deliberations and actions to confont the theological animus that has debased Christendom.

NCLCI recognizes that the land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem have been at the heart of Jewish hope and identity for some four thousand years, ever since the days of Abraham, and acknowledges their importance to Jews everywhere, whether they live in Israel or elsewhere.

NCLCI appreciates the value of the reborn State of Israel being a democracy, where its citizens elect their government leaders and manage their own affairs.

NCLCI does not involve itself in Israel's internal politics. Instead, it tries to influence public opinion in America by encouraging Christians generally and people of influence particularly to learn about Israel and respect the right of Israelis to live as they chose in the peace and security of their homeland.