INDEPENDENT BAPTIST PASTORS TOUR 2019
Samson Tours has been offering pastors familiarization tours for nearly 7 years now. This tour encompasses the best of Israel and is by no means your normal FAM tour.
Our Pastors tours are guided by expert guides and leaders, have quality 4-star hotels and expert services all around. This year, Pastor Jeff Voegtlin of Fairhaven Baptist has kindly accepted to lead this 10 day (9 day/8night on land) tour of Israel.
There are only 10 spots available for this tour.
UPDATE: October 11. We have updated the brochure to accommodate all members who are arriving on their own flight. We've also updated it with final hotel choices and more.
NEW: You can now pay for your pre-arrival or post-departure services from the Add-Ons section in your My Account area. Let us know if you need any assitance.
Day 1 - Tuesday - January 15th, 2019
- Depart at your convenience.
Day 2 - Wednesday - January 16th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Arrive at your convenience, preferably in the afternoon, to Ben Gurion International Airport at Lod (Biblical Lydda).
- Welcome “Home” dinner
- Overnight & Dinner: by the Mediterranean Sea at the Seasons, Netanya
Day 3 - Thursday - January 17th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Explore Caesarea – Herod’s Port City and the home of Pontius Pilate (Theatre, Palace, Hippodrome & Aqueduct)
- Stand on Mt. Carmel and see the story of Elijah vs. the prophets of Baal come alive
- Visit Tel Megiddo and lookout over the Valley of Armageddon.
- Stand on the Brow of the Hill and look out over the Jezreel Valley and Nazareth.
- End the day at Cana of Galilee
- Overnight & Dinner: Ein Gev, Sea of Galilee
Day 4 - Friday - January 18th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Visit the Arbel Pass, Jesus’ passageway into the Galilee.
- Visit Capernaum, mentioned more times in the New Testament than any other city.
- Visit Bethsaida, home to 5 of the 12 disciples
- Drive by Korazin
- Walk down the Mount of Beatitudes
- See Mensa Christi, the setting for John 21 - "Feed my lambs!"
- Visit Tabgha and the Church of the Multiplication
- Visit the 1st century ‘Galilee boat at Ginosar’s Yigal Allon Museum
- 16:00 - Set sail on the Sea of Galilee from Ginosar and hear the music of Dani Carmel, a local Messianic.
- Overnight & Dinner: Ein Gev, Sea of Galilee
Day 5 - Saturday - January 19th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Visit Tel Hazor and see the destruction by Joshua and the Israelites as reported in Joshua 11.
- See the Hula Valley (Waters of Merom)
- Lookout over the Lebanese Border from Misgav Am
- Visit Tel Dan and stand in the temple built by Jeroboam.
- See Caesarea Phillipi (The Temple of Pan & Agrippas’ Palace)
- Drive up to the Golan Heights. Stand on Mt. Bental (Syrian/Israeli bunkers) and lookout over Syria and the Road to Damascus.
- Overnight & Dinner: Ein Gev, Sea of Galilee
Day 6 - Sunday - January 20th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Visit Beth Shean, the capital of the Decapolis
- See Mayan Harod (Harod’s Spring), where Gideon chose his men
- Stand on Tel Jezreel, Naboth’s Vineyard
- Visit Qasr el Yahud Jordan River Baptismal Site (Bethany beyond the Jordan)
- See Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered
- Visit the nature park of Ein Gedi to see the desert ibex, rock hyrax and the cave where David hid from Saul.
- Enjoy a relaxing swim in the Dead Sea
- Overnight & Dinner: Leonardo Club, Dead Sea
Day 7 - Monday - January 21st, 2019 - (B/D)
- Have the option to climb to the top of Masada via the Roman Rampart to see Herod the Great’s desert fortress (25-minute hike). A cable car option will be available, as well.
- Tour Masada
- Lookout over Wadi Kelt and the Road of the Good Samaritan.
- Lookout from the Mount of Olives
- Walk down the Mount of Olives and visit Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept.
- Enjoy a time of prayer and devotion in a private garden at Gethsemane
- Visit the House of Caiphas.
- Visit Mt. Zion and the Upper Room
- Visit the Pools of Bethesda
- Stand on the Lithostratos, “Pavement”, in the Ecco Homo Convent.
- Walk part of the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
- See the Damascus Gate, where Stephen was stoned.
- Overnight & Dinner: Leonardo, Jerusalem
Day 8 - Tuesday - January 22nd, 2019 - (B/D)
- “Go up” to the Temple Mount to see the site of the ancient temple and the modern-day Dome of the Rock
- Explore the Jewish Quarter and see the Burnt House, Herodian Quarter and the Roman Cardo
- Enjoy lunch and shopping time on your own in the Old City.
- See the Southern Wall Excavations and a 3D model of the 1st century temple, walking along the 1st century street and climbing up the 1st century steps.
- See a 3D Movie & explore the City of David
- Go underground through Hezekiah's Tunnel to the Pool of Siloam
- Visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book & Model of the 2nd Temple.
- End the day with a visit to the Western Wall tunnels & the Wailing Wall
Overnight & Dinner: Leonardo, Jerusalem
Day 9 - Wednesday - January 23rd, 2019 - (B/D)
- Herodium – See Herod the Great’s tomb
- Bethlehem – Visit the Church of the Nativity and Kando’s Shop (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first bought)
- See the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament Building
- Visit the Yad vaShem Holocaust Memorial
- Enjoy the rest of the afternoon on your own shopping in New Jerusalem
- In the evening we’ll have a special dinner and Leaders’ Roundtable session
- Overnight & Dinner: Leonardo, Jerusalem
Day 10 - Thursday - January 24th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Enjoy a morning of leisure
- Visit the Garden Tomb (Gordon’s Calvary)
- Walk along the Road to Emmaus in Abu Ghosh and see the location of the House of Abinadab, where the ark of the covenant was held.
- Drive through Samson country and see the ancient site of Beth Shemesh
- Stand in the Elah Valley, where David fought Goliath
- Visit the port city of Jaffa (Simon the Tanner’s House)
- Have a farewell dinner out in Tel Aviv
- Transfer to airport for late night departure
Day 11 - Friday - January 25th, 2019 - (B/D)
- Choose to stay an extra night or arrive back to your home city

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