Nic Lesmeister

Nic Lesmeister is an American pastor and the Executive Director of "Gateway Center for Israel”. He is also the Executive Pastor of Church & Jewish Relations at Gateway Church. Nic received a life calling to serve the Jewish people in 2011 while in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with one of his spiritual fathers, Dr. Wayne Wilks. After a successful business exit as an entrepreneur in the finance sector, Nic moved his family to Israel where in 2015 he earned a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2019, Nic Lesmeister led the vision to create the new "Gateway Center for Israel" as a part of Gateway Church, and serves as its Executive Director. Nic and his wife, Tabatha, have three children and live in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.

  
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As a follower of Jesus, do you ever feel helpless about how to effectively pray and support Israel? Gateway Center for Israel Executive Director, Nic Lesmeister, unpacks a seemingly basic yet biblical method that guarantees profound results.
End Times, Jewish Life, Modern Israel
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Is the current war in Israel simply God's way of judging it as an immoral modern nation - just like He did in the past? Gateway Center for Israel Executive Director Nic Lesmeister exposes how this erroneous way of thinking overlooks a key component of God's covenantal promises to the Jewish people.
End Times, Jewish History, Modern Israel
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Pastor David Blease and Pastor Nic Lesmeister with Gateway Center for Israel have an honest, unscripted conversation about the difficult questions coming from people witnessing the war in Israel.
Antisemitism, Interviews, Jewish Life, Modern Israel
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What is Gaza? A lot of us hear this word, the Gaza Strip, and we actually don’t know the history of it, so I want to unpack it for you really quickly.
Jewish Life, Modern Israel
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Why is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so hard to understand? In three simple steps, Nic Lesmeister with "Gateway Center for Israel" provides a basic framework for developing a biblically sound position on this conflict.
Jewish History, Modern Israel, Theology
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Director Nic Lesmeister of Gateway Center for Israel refutes "fulfillment theology," the claim that Jesus HImself has replaced the Jewish people in God's covenant promises to Israel.
Antisemitism, Theology
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With war breaking out in Israel, many Christians are asking "how can we love both Israelis and Palestinians and do we have to choose a side"? Pastor Nic Lesmeister, Director at the Gateway Center for Israel, answers this question.
Antisemitism, End Times, Modern Israel
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Many people read Revelation 19:16 and come to the conclusion that Jesus will have a tattoo when He returns. But is this biblically accurate? Director Nic Lesmeister with Gateway Center for Israel sorts it all out in this video.
Theology
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A lot of people claim Jesus never mentioned the promise of land to the Jewish people, and that land isn't important to Jesus. Is that true? Director Nic Lesmeister, Gateway Center for Israel, discusses how and when Jesus did indeed affirm these promises, and why it's important for us as believers to follow His lead.
Modern Israel, Theology
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For such a small place, why does the land of the Bible have so many names? Is it Israel or Palestine? In this short video, Director Nic Lesmeister, Gateway Center for Israel, unpacks the historical timeline behind these often weaponized names, and helps us navigate what it means today.
Jewish History, Modern Israel, Theology
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How does a person go about converting to Messianic Judaism? Simple. You don't! Director Nic Lesmeister with Gateway Center for Israel explains why.
Jewish Life, Jewish Outreach, Theology
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Let's talk about the shofar (or ram's horn). Like any instrument, it can be played well or played incorrectly. Nic Lesmeister, director of the Gateway Center for Israel, outlines three biblical ways God instructed shofars to be used by the Jewish people - and how their controversial use by well-meaning Gentiles can be misunderstood in the Jewish world.
Jewish History, Jewish Life, Modern Israel
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The phrase "Jewish Christian" sounds contradictory, doesn't it? Nic Lesmeister, who directs the Gateway Center for Israel, sheds some light on why Gateway prefers to use other phrases to describe Jewish believers in Jesus.
Jewish Outreach, Modern Israel, Theology
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So, why do most Jewish people reject the New Testament as part of Scripture? It's complicated. But Director Nic Lesmeister with Gateway Center for Israel gives us a brief summary of three historic and religious reasons for this Jewish rejection.
Jewish Outreach, Modern Israel, Theology
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Most Christians do not know that Jewish believers in Jesus, especially in Israel, are actually persecuted for their faith. Nic Lesmeister, director of the Gateway Center for Israel, shares some of the discriminatory practices found in Israel, and how we as Christians can affirm and stand with Jewish believers.
Antisemitism, Jewish Life, Jewish Outreach, Modern Israel
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Can a Gentile convert to Judaism? Up next in our "Ask Google" series, Gateway Center for Israel Director Nic Lesmeister tackles that big question and others related to Gentile/Jewish interactions.
Jewish Life, Modern Israel
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If a non-Jew celebrates Jewish holidays, is that person practicing "cultural appropriation," or taking another person's ethnic heritage as his own? Gateway Center for Israel Director Nic Lesmeister tackles this important question.
Jewish Life, Theology
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