Pastor Allen Jackson used his platform this week to rally American Christians to stand with Israel and to promote the Flags of Fellowship movement, bringing a clear, unapologetic message to a national audience. Jackson’s World Outreach Church has hosted the flagship Flags of Fellowship ceremonies that remember the victims of the October 7 attacks and mobilize congregations to pray and act.
This year’s Flags of Fellowship campaign has scaled up dramatically, with organizers saying more than 1,300 churches, synagogues and universities will plant well over a million Israeli flags nationwide to honor the lives lost and to show solidarity. That kind of grassroots public witness is a rebuke to the elites who pretend neutrality while mobs burn Israel’s flag and mainstream outlets downplay the cruelty of Hamas.
Jackson and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews have made clear why the flags matter: each field of 1,200 tiny flags represents the victims of that horrific day, and the movement is meant to be an unmistakable statement that Christian Americans will not be silent in the face of terror and rising anti-Semitism. Faith leaders invited speakers with first-hand experience from Israel, and congregations around the country will take part in memorial services and prayer gatherings this weekend.
Let’s be blunt: praying for peace doesn’t mean soft-pedaling evil. True patriotism and true faith demand compassion for innocent civilians while also demanding justice against terrorists who butcher and kidnap. Pastor Jackson and others have urged prayers for the peace of Jerusalem and for those suffering across the region, even as they call for strength and security for Israel to root out the barbarism that produced October 7.
Too many in media and politics try to lecture American churches about “taking both sides” as if moral clarity were optional. Flags of Fellowship is a Christian, pro-life, pro-peace act — an act of conscience that refuses to equate victims with their executioners or to normalize antisemitic violence. The scale of this nationwide response shows ordinary Americans reject the moral confusion peddled by elites and are choosing instead to stand with Israel and with Judeo-Christian civilization.
If you believe in defending the innocent and standing up for allies, this weekend’s events are where patriots and people of faith should be — planting flags, praying, and ensuring our voices are heard. The Flags of Fellowship isn’t showy virtue signaling; it’s a determined, prayer-fueled show of solidarity that sends a message to our leaders and to the world: America still stands with its friends, and we will not abandon what is right.
