Bridges
for Peace (BFP)
Speakers Information
Jim
Solberg – BFP-USA National Director
As USA National Director, Jim is the lead servant of the work of Bridges for
Peace in the United States. Jim first traveled to Israel in 1974, as
part of a college study program. Like so many others, the Land and the
people left an indelible mark on his heart. He is vice-chair of the BFP-USA
Board, and a member of the BFP International Board of Directors. He is a graduate
of Saint Olaf College and has done graduate work at Luther seminary and at
Liberty University. He is an ordained minister, and holds a Doctor of Ministry
degree. He regularly teaches on the weekly Torah reading, Rabbinic comments,
and what Christians today can learn from our roots in Judaism. Jim’s
regular topics include:
• What
can Christians learn from the Torah and Talmud?
• Bible Secrets that the Rabbis knew.
• How to convince your skeptical friends to support Israel
• What is going on in the Arab world?
• Hurts, Heresies and Holocaust: What the Church could have
• avoided or prevented.
• The work of Bridges for Peace around the world.
Jim
and his wife Sharon live in Edina, Minnesota, and are
active in church activities and prison ministry.
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Cheryl
Hauer – USA Deputy National Director
Cheryl is part of the national leadership team. As well as directing and promoting
the BFP representative network, she is also involved in the production of BFP
educational and promotional materials and developing curricula. Cheryl is a sought-after
speaker who travels in the US speaking to churches, educators, and Christian
organizations and in Israel introducing travelers and Christian pilgrims to the
land of the Bible. Cheryl is an ordained minister with a doctorate in religious
philosophy. She is a member of the Bridges for Peace USA Board of Directors and
serves on its executive committee. Cheryl and her husband Steven reside in Burnsville
MN where they are involved in a variety of church and community activities.
Cheryl’s
regular topics include:
The
Middle East Conflict: How to Advocate for Israel
The Biblical Feasts – What Christians should know
The role of Messiah – Christian and Jewish views
Women in Religion: Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Jesus, the Parables and Jewish Prayer
Education…the Hebrew Way
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Susie
Sandager – BFP
USA Associate Director – Education
Susie has been with BFP since 2002. Prior to this, Susie and her husband John
co-founded the ministry Yad b’ Yad (Hebrew for hand in hand.) In 2002
Yad b’ Yad merged with Bridges for Peace. Susie is the developer of a
one woman show based on the life of Corrie Ten Boom. This moving drama recounts
the efforts of one family to stand for God, and to stand with and for the Jewish
people during the darkest days of the Holocaust. This one woman show is a perfect
presentation for either a Christian, Jewish, or combined audience. Audiences
are constantly surprised that the 80 year old Dutch woman they see on stage
is really the much younger Susie.
Susie’s
topics include:
Corrie
Remembers – A one woman presentation
My story – how a Baptist girl from Kentucky came to love the Jewish people
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