Israel Masterclass for Leaders

NOVEMBER 1-8, 2027 | 6 nights and 7 days in Israel

$5,299 flights, land tour, hotels, guide, tips, and health insurance

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Israel is where your influence begins. Jesus has a plan for world transformation and you are part of it.

The Masterplan of Evangelism is the guidebook of the Israel tour. This classic best-seller reveals in 8 steps how Jesus will multiply your influence for him.  Each day on tour in Israel, ponder how Jesus raised up leaders of influence. Return home and raise up more influencers for Jesus.

Experience sites around Galilee where Jesus walked. Follow his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. Let's meet Jesus in the Promised Land.

This Israel retreat price includes group airfare from Grand Rapids to Tel Aviv, Israel, medical insurance, land tour, tour guide, breakfast, dinner, and tips.

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A trip to Israel is an investment into your relationship with the Lord that pays dividends for the rest of your life.

$500 is considered a non-refundable deposit.

Our tour company, Philip's House, will introduce us to Israeli believers, Jews, and Arabs. Our licensed tour guide will give us time for personal reflection at Bible sites. 

Israel's leading tour company, Sar-El Tours, partners with Philip’s House to provide the safest and best in travel, accommodation, professional tour guides, and opportunities to help. Sar-El has kept 1.25 million international travelers safe over 31 years.

Get the same sand in your shoes that the disciples shook from their sandals.

This is not your normal bus tour. Jesus was active, so his message is best understood on the move. HIKE a lakeside trail in the morning with Jesus. Paddle a kayak on the Sea of Galilee in order to halt and hear, “Peace, be still.” In the streets of JERUSALEM and through underground tunnels, you will trace Jesus’ last and most influential week.

THE INFLUENCERS MASTERCLASS is 8 rejuvenating days and 6 restful nights in Israel designed for leaders in business and church life. Tour with LEADERS not just tourists. Discover how Jesus changed the world with a small team of leaders. Then go home and do the same.

Walk Jesus’ MASTERPLAN for evangelism with Israelis. Your guides are Messianic Jews and Israeli Arabs. See Jesus’ homeland through the eyes of those who make Israel home. See more than ruins. Visit Israeli congregations in REVIVAL!

READ YOUR BIBLE WHERE IT WAS WRITTEN. Read slowly. Think deeply. You will have time.

You want enough education at holy sites to make the Bible to spring to life. You also want time to encounter Jesus with an open Bible. The right tour guide is the secret to a great tour.

Searching for the best licensed tour guides is an obsession at Philip’s House. Our team eavesdrop on tours incognito to experience guides and pick the one best for you and your group.

Professional tour guides in Israel have completed a rigorous academic course accredited by the Israeli government and even take refresher courses to keep up to date with the latest discoveries. Philip’s House searches for believing guides who also know that you need time to meet with Jesus.

Sit at any holy site in Israel long enough and you will spot tourists snapping selfies. We teach the secret of encountering—the power of the pause. Just a few moments to reflect is often just enough to be surprised by the Lord.

Encounter Jesus in the Promised Land. Jesus said, "I will go before you to Galilee.” Jesus still waits to meet disciples there.

Israel is more than places, it is also about the people. See the rocks of archaeology and also met the living stones of the land.

Witness surprising friendships between Jews and Arabs. Discover their secret and take it home.

Experience the pain, resilience, and hope of the Jewish people living in the land.

Worship with followers of Jesus in Messianic congregations and discover their secrets of reaching more for Jesus.

Tour Israel to make a difference at home. Jesus has a plan for world transformation and you are part of it. Each day on tour in Israel, ponder how Jesus raised up leaders of influence. 

Return home and raise up more influencers for Jesus.

Depart from your USA departure airport to connect with an international flight to Israel.  (Airlines, flights, times, hotels, and sites are subject to change without notice.) 

Flights are booked through Philip’s House. Please contact flights@philipshouse.com.

Before you board your flight to Israel, you may be met by an airline official for a security check. You will be asked questions. The goal of this interview is to determine if you are a safe person to fly. Be grateful that these questions keep Israel travel safe.

Note that all international travelers from visa-exempt countries to Israel must have a valid ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorization) before departing for Israel. A small fee may apply. Visit the State of Israel visa website here https://israel-entry.piba.gov.il/

Welcome to the Promised Land. You have arrived at Ben Gurion Airport, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

• When you arrive in Israel, you may hear the passengers around you applaud the pilot for bringing them safely to the homeland.

• When you exit the aircraft, you will eventually come to a long series of moving walkways. At the end of those moving walkways, you will see scanning machines on the left and right side of the hallway.

• Step in line, insert your passport, look into the camera, and a little blue and white ticket will be spit out from the machine. keep this little piece of paper very secure. It is your entry pass into Israel. You will need it throughout your trip.

• It’s always a good idea to snap a picture of it on your phone to keep it handy.

• From there, follow the crowds through a series of walkways. Eventually, you will come into a grand entryway with beautiful Jerusalem stone surrounding you.

• At the bottom of the walkway turn right to proceed through immigration.

• Once you have collected your bags and exited customs, a Philip’s House representative will be standing ready to welcome you to Israel.

• Keep an eye out for someone with a Philip’s House shirt holding a sign that says Philip’s House.

You will spend the night at David's Harp Galilee, overlooking the sea of Galilee where Jesus started his ministry.

Explore the Sea of Galilee with a boat cruise on the water where Jesus walked.

Visit the church overlooking the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus drew from the local scenery to illustrate the Sermon on the Mount.

Hike down the slope of the Mount of Beatitudes and step into Grotto a cave at the base of where tradition suggests Jesus may have often prayed and perhaps pondered the words of the Sermon on the Mount.

In 2009, during a hotel construction, workers discovered the remains of a first-century synagogue and the ancient city of Magdala, home of Mary Magdelene. The retreat site features a church with a massive picture window overlooking the lake and an unforgettable painting of the woman touching the fringe (tzitzit) of Jesus' prayer shawl (tallit).

Step into the Jordan River to experience baptism at the Yardenit Baptismal site.

Return to David's Harp Hotel Galilee.

Journey to Caesarea Philippi and touch the red bedrock where Peter stood, see the literal Gates of Hell, and the spiritual significance of announcing on this spot the church--the "called out ones."

Hike the rapids of Banias Falls, that inspired King David to write Psalm 42 and later Jesus would walk on his way up to Mount Hermon, the place of the Transfiguration.

At Mount Bental, Lt Col Eyal Dror of the IDF will meet your group to give you fascinating insights into Israel's struggle. Eyal is an expert in relations between Israel and her neighbors. He created the Good Neighbor project, a hospital built by the IDF to serve Syrian refugees.

Return to your Beautiful David's Harp Galilee Hotel for evening reflection and dinner.

Today drive south to Jerusalem.

Stop along the route at Tel Shiloh or Ancient Shiloh, Israel’s religious heart before Jerusalem. The Tabernacle stood here for 369 years. With engaging technology, you can almost see Samuel and David walking by and smell the incense burning on the altar.

Drive to the seaside city of Ashdod to join the Beit Hallel Congregation for their Shabbat Service with Pastor Israel Pochtar. This congregation has started 7 other churches in biblical Judah and does remarkable humanitarian work with refugees coming to Israel on Aliyah.

Check into the Dan Panorama Hotel in Jerusalem offers an ideal location, just a short walk to the historic Jaffa Gate and the vibrant Mamilla Mall, making it the perfect base for exploring the city's cultural and shopping attractions.

Visit the Garden Tomb and its realistic depiction of a first-century grave and experience communion as never before.

Take in Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives Rehavam Overlook, then follow the triumphal route of Jesus down the Mount of Olives to the Garden of Gethsemane.

Step into the olive groves of the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed before his arrest and surrendered to the Father's will.

Spend quality prayer time in the private garden near the Garden of Gethsemane for prayer.

Enter Jerusalem through the Lion's Gate, the spot where tradition teaches that Stephen was stoned.

St. Anne’s Church in Jerusalem is a stunning 12th-century Crusader church famed for its acoustics, located beside the biblical Pools of Bethesda where Jesus healed the paralytic (John 5:1-9).

Step onto the Lithostrotos—the fateful stone pavement in the heart of Jerusalem, Gabbatha—where Pilate’s verdict set the Savior on His path to Calvary

Step into the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built around the Golgotha Hill where Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected. Today, seven church denominations oversee the building, showing its significance to believers.

Return to spend the night at the Dan Panorama Hotel.

Ascend to the Temple Mount, a massive platform constructed by King Herod, where once the Temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel stood. On the Foundation Stone, Abraham offered Isaac, David stopped the plague with his intercession, Solomon prayed at the dedication and fire fell, the Babylonians and Romans demolished, and Jesus taught. One day, he will return through the Eastern Gate.

Walk through the Jewish Quarter and see the Golden Menorah prepared for the Third Temple. See the Cardo Romano, a marketplace Jesus would have used.

Great Stone Tunnel Tour

Step into the Upper Room where Jesus hosted the first communion and visit the Tomb of David on the lower floor.

Experience the history of Jerusalem at the Davidson Center and sit on the Southern Steps where Jesus taught.

Pray at the Western Wall and touch the stones that made the disciples marvel.

Return to rest and restore at the Dan Panorama Hotel.

Ponder God’s plan for Israel at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.

Immerse yourself in The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel's largest cultural institution founded in 1965, is renowned for housing the Dead Sea Scrolls in the iconic Shrine of the Book, extensive archaeology collections, fine arts, and the Billy Rose Art Garden sculpture park.

Visit and see how Insert yourself into the story of modern Israel at the Friends of Zion Museum. Some report that this is one of the most powerful places they have visited in the land.

Visit Hatikvah project and learn how they build up the Israeli Body of Messiah and serve needy Israelis in the name of Yeshua as we fulfill His commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself”.

Cap off your journey with a Celebration Dinner in a local restaurant. Ponder with your traveling team how you will answer your friends at home who will ask, "How was your trip to Israel?" How will you stir their curiosity to ask for more?

After dinner, you will travel by motorcoach to Ben Gurion Airport and home. You need to arrive at the airport 3 hours before your departure time for immigration processing. Expect to leave the hotel about 4 hours before your departure time.

You now have social media friends in Israel. A part of yourself is left in the Holy Land. You want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and go back one day soon.

Your flight departs just after midnight.

You now have social media friends in Israel. A part of yourself is left in the Holy Land. 

You want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and go back one day soon.

Leave Friends in Israel and Go home to greater influence. 

Thanks to the time zone, you will arrive home on the same day!