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A recently filed FARA document just exposed a $4.1 million contract with Israeli government to target Evangelical Christians in the U.S.
In what they describe as the "largest geofencing campaign in U.S. history," an LLC based out of San Diego called "Faith By Works" is deploying propaganda campaigns targeting Evangelical Christians in California, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
Invoices within the recently filed Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing show Faith By Works is set to be paid $3.25 million over five months while receiving an additional $835,000 for equipment and expansion.
The payment instalments are routed through Havas Media, a global marketing and communication group. Havas Media was also utilized in the Parscale and Bridges contracts who both filed under FARA and together contacted $600,900,000 to target youth on social media using AI to push a pro-Israel narrative.
In a Times of Israel article from October 9th headlined "Israel to spend up to 4.1 million in a bid to bolster support among Christians in the western US," says this campaign highlights, "how Israel's government is deploying unprecedented recourses to shape American opinion amid what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as the country's 'eighth front."
The founder of the Faith by Works, Chad Schnitger, is also a managing partner of Graystone Public Affairs, a political consulting and grassroots organizing firm and leader of the state chapter of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, a conservative Christian political advocacy group.
The firm's stated mission is to, "combat low American evangelical Christian approval of the nation of Israel. To use biblical arguments to highlight the importance of Israel and the Jewish people to Christians. To educate Christians on the historical importance of Israel and its significance in the region."
The document also states it will "Geofence the actual boundaries of every Major church in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado and all Christian Colleges during worship time. Track attendees and continue to target with ads."
The document plans to use mobile set-ups, deploy and pay social media influencers, create "pastoral resource packages" and even use Christmas messaging to include, "Israel protects Christians like no other nation in the Middle East," and "Israel is the birth place of Jesus."
The document also includes plans to use celebrity influencers like, actor, Chris Pratt, athlete, Tim Tebow, mega church pastors Greg Laurie And Mark Driscoll and "additional big name pastors."
Melissa O'Connor, a citizen journalist based out of San Diego, has been investigating these documents and warning people that they are, "becoming a product as a church member for a foreign nation."
She is working to expose registered names working on behalf of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs which include members of the LA GOP and National Republican Congressional Committee.
"It's sad to see the American Christian Church, specifically evangelicals, being either complacent - or willing - to be a product of a foreign nation. My hope is that the church today can see how they are being used to further an agenda that is not self-serving to Americans nor Christians worldwide."
O'Connor also shares concerns over biblical texts like Genesis 12:3 being misrepresented to "exploit the American Christian church as faithful supporters of a foreign nation."
Would you feel comfortable attending a church that was accepting money to push a political narrative in support of a foreign nation?
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