An Israeli government-backed public relations campaign aimed at evangelical Christians lists 38 Arizona churches as potential targets.
Publicly available documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in late September say the goal of the campaign is "encouraging Christians to have a more favorable view of the Nation of Israel."
One of its proposed tools is geofencing: drawing a virtual boundary around places of worship and sending targeted ads to cell phones that enter the boundary. According to the documents, the campaign plans to "geofence the actual boundaries of every major church in California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado and all Christian colleges during worship times."
A list of churches attached to the documents includes thirty Phoenix-area churches, two in Prescott and six in Tucson: Pantano Christian Church, Victory Assembly, Calvary Tucson, Casas Church, Christ Community Church and Faith Community Church.
According to the documents, the campaign is organized by Show Faith by Works LLC—a California company run by conservative political consultant Chad Schnitger—representing Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The campaign's $3.26 million budget is coming from Havas Media, a company that has received Israeli government money for other influence campaigns.
A slideshow attached to the documents details the campaign's planned messaging. It says the digital ads aim to "increase positive associations with the Nation of Israel while linking the Palestinian population with extremist factions."
Slides list potential messages for the campaign, such as "question the long-standing policy of a 2-state solution" and "educate Christians that Palestinians shelter terrorists, built the tunnels for Hamas, hide weapons in their schools and hospitals, and joined in on the attacks on October 7th."
Meanwhile, it aims to "use biblical arguments to highlight the importance of Israel and the Jewish People to Christians" and encourage tourism to Israel.
Beyond geofencing, the documents propose creating resources for pastors, such as "video messages and history lessons that can be played to congregations," and hiring students to table at Christian colleges.
They also propose creating "The 10/7 Experience," a mobile, custom-built trailer that would use virtual reality, wall-length TVs and props to "highlight some of the atrocities from 10/7" at different churches and Christian colleges. The campaign's potential hires include a "Hollywood Coordinator" on a $50,000 salary who would "use Hollywood connections" to build the trailer.
The attached slideshow says the campaign aims to "combat low American Evangelical Christian approval of the Nation of Israel."
Historically, evangelicals have overwhelmingly favored strong US support for Israel. But several polls have found that support slipping in recent years among younger evangelicals.
In a 2021 University of North Carolina-Pembroke survey of 700 18-to-29 year-old evangelicals, 33.6% said they side with Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, down from 69% in 2018. A 2025 poll by Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter found that 29 percent of evangelicals under 35 believe Jews to be God's chosen people, compared to 49 percent of evangelicals overall. In a 2025 University of Maryland poll, 36% of young evangelical Republicans said Israeli actions in Gaza were justified, compared to 59% of older evangelical Republicans.