The Bridge Builders Forum The Olive Tree Campaign: What Does It Mean to Be a Christian Who Stands With the Jewish People?
Many Christians want to stand clearly against antisemitism and with the Jewish people—but often struggle to explain why doing so is a deeply biblical expression of Christian faithfulness.
In this special episode, Ryan Lambert introduces the Olive Tree Campaign, a new initiative from Bridge Builders Forum designed to help Christians develop clear, responsible, and biblically grounded language for supporting the Jewish people—without erasing Judaism, repeating harmful assumptions, or relying on inherited theological frameworks that strain Jewish–Christian trust.
Drawing on the Apostle Paul’s olive tree imagery in Romans 11, Ryan explores how Scripture envisions Jews and Gentiles not in rivalry or replacement, but as distinct companions sustained by the same covenant-keeping God. The Olive Tree Campaign centers on the Olive Tree Affirmations—ten biblical commitments rooted in Romans 9–11 that articulate what it looks like when God’s enduring covenant with the Jewish people is taken seriously.
This episode also introduces the Olive Tree Course, a four-week guided learning experience designed to help Christians move beyond abstract affirmations and into thoughtful teaching, conversation, and lived practice.
Beginning Wednesday, January 14, Bridge Builders Forum will host a free, four-week Pilot of the Olive Tree Course, meeting Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM Eastern Time. The course includes focused teaching and guided discussion in a shared learning environment—designed not as a lecture series, but as a space for clarity, better questions, and faithful language.
To learn more or register for the Pilot Course, visit
www.bridgebuildersforum.com/olivetree and click “Join the Pilot Course.”
If you care about strengthening Jewish–Christian relationships and helping shape a better theological path forward, we invite you to walk with us in the Olive Tree Campaign.
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