Nineteenth Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics

The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Headquarters

1179 Almonesson Rd, Westville, New Jersey 08093 (Philadelphia area)

September 16-17, 2026

 

“Israel, War, and Antisemitism”

 

This year there is a modest registration fee of $25 for the Council to help cover the costs of the meeting. Approved speakers for the conference as well as employees from the host institution do not have to pay the registration fee. However, we do ask for everyone to register, even if they do not have to pay the fee so that we can get an accurate prediction of how many are planning to attend.

We would also request that you consider making a donation at the Council website to help cover increased costs such as the publication of JMAT and ongoing ventures. 

 

Conference Schedule

Papers can be downloaded from the website for council attendees.  Passwords will be given at the conference. The papers will usually be scrolled on a screen during the presentations.  Live streaming will be made available for all plenary sessions. We ask all participants to register whether attending in person or by livestream. All times are Eastern according to the location in New Jersey.

Tuesday Evening, September 15

• Steering Committee meets for dinner, discussion, and planning at 6:00 PM at a location to be determined.

Wednesday, September 16

8:15 am Opening Session

Welcome to FOI – Jim Showers

Welcome to CDH — Mike Stallard

Introduction of the Steering Committee – George Gunn, Shasta Bible College

Opening Statement and Review of Schedule – Mike Stallard

Opening Prayer – Chris Katulka, Friends of Israel

 

8:30 am – Mike Stallard, Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry

“Should Dispensationalists Be Christian Zionists”

 

9:45 am Break

 

10:00 am Breakout Session # 1

TRACK A

• Brian Overholtzer, Friends of Israel, “The Literal and Consistent Use of the Messianic Psalms in the New Testament”
• Mark McGinnis, Chafer Seminary & Liberty University, “An Uncomfortable but Biblical Response to Antisemitism from Psalm 83”
• Panel Discussion: Overholtzer, McGinniss

 

TRACK B

• Ray Mondragon, Chafer Seminary, “The Roots of Antisemitism”
• Paul Scharf, Friends of Israel, “Luther and Antisemitism Revisited”
• Panel Discussion: Mondragon, Scharf

 

12:00 Noon Lunch (Catered at Friends of Israel)

Jewish Rabbi Panel – “The Jewish People and Evangelicals”

Sam Yolen, Kesher Israel Congregation, West Chester, PA

Maury Hoberman, Kesher Israel Adult Education Lecturer, West Chester, PA

Shmuel Polin, Congregation Etz Chaim – Monroe Township Jewish Center, Monroe Township, NJ

 

2:00 pm Breakout Session # 2

TRACK A

• Olivier Melnick, Shalom in Messiah Ministries, “Collateral Antisemitism: A Heavy Price for Being a Dispensational Christian Zionist”

TRACK B

• A. Jacob Reinhardt, The New York Theologian, “Evaluating Criticisms of the Nation of Israel for Antisemitism”

 

3:15 pm Break

 

3:30 pm Breakout Session # 3

TRACK A

• Paul Miles, Chafer Theological Seminary, “Antisemitism in Russian Political Theory: Translating Ruscist Views on Dispensationalism, Replacement Theology, and the Pentateuch”

 

TRACK B

• Paul Himes, Baptist College of Ministry, “Did the Jewish People Commit Genocide? One More Look at the Syntax of Esther 8:11”

 

5:00 pm  Dinner Break (Catered at Friends of Israel)

James Fazio, Southern California Seminary, “From Jesuit Aberration to Mystical Apparition: A Consideration of the Intellectual Influences on J. N. Darby’s Rapture Doctrine”

 

7:00 pm Elliott Johnson, Dallas Seminary, retired – “An Overview of a Pauline System of Dispensationalism”

 

 

Thursday, September 17

 

8:15 am  Randall Price, World of the Bible Ministries

“Biblical and Hermeneutical Support for the Modern State of Israel within God’s Prophetic Plan”

 

David Gunn, Friends of Israel

“Modern Israel and Biblical Israel: A Case for Continuity”

 

Panel: Price, D. Gunn

 

10:15 am Break

 

10:30 am Breakout Session # 4

TRACK A

Lucas Ramirez, Southern California Seminary, “The Recipients of Old Testament Covenantal Promises and Consequences: Interpreting Romans 9:4 and Assessing Antisemitic Implications of Competing Theological Frameworks”

 

TRACK B

Joshua Bailey, Tyndale Theological Seminary, “Examples of Practical Application of the Biblical Covenants for Israel within Both the Old and New Testaments”

 

12:15 pm LUNCH (Catered at Friends of Israel)

PASTORS PANEL

“The Jewish People and Evangelicals”

Mike Dellaperute, Calvary Baptist Church, Little Egg Harbor, NJ

Ed Muska, Mount Calvary Union Church, Runnemede, NJ

Jason Parmer, Faith Bible Church, Vineland, NJ

 

2:15 pm Breakout Session # 5

TRACK A

Jason Coke, Dallas Theological Seminary, “The Literary Argument of Galatians and ‘The Israel of God’”

 

TRACK B

Tim Sigler, Ariel Ministries, “Israelology among the ‘-ologies’: To What Extent Should Israelology Be Used as a Category in our Systematic Theologies?”

 

3:30 pm Break

 

3:45 pm  Ian Bacon, Calvary University

“The Character of God Vindicated Through the Restoration of Israel on Their Land: An Examination of Ezekiel 36:22-36”

 

5:00 pm  Dinner Break

 

7:00 pm  Cory Marsh, Southern California Seminary, “From Election to Reception: Toward a Dispensational Israelology from Romans 9-11”

Panel: Marsh, G. Gunn (Shasta)