Christ the Checkpoint – A Preliminary Response By Aigle Middle East • March 2012 • Views: 790 For the past five days, a group of approximately 600 Evangelical Protestants have attended a conference in Bethlehem titled ‘Christ at the Checkpoint.’ This conference, organized by the Bethlehem Bible College, a well-known evangelical institution located on the West Bank, has generated a significant amount of attention, controversy, and concern in Israel and in Jewish communities throughout the world for one simple reason: The words that come out of Christian mouths have had a huge impact on the safety and well being of the Jewish people for most of the past 2,000 years. The sad reality is that Christianity’s message of peace has oftentimes been intertwined with horrific expressions of hostility toward the Jewish people and their institutions.