HISTORY OF THE GALILEE EXPERIENCE MINISTRY/BUSINESS CENTER

The Galilee Experience was founded in 1990 by Eric and Terri Morey, A Messianic couple that made Aliya (The Biblical term for Jews Coming back to the land) in 1983 with the vision for a ministry that would accomplish three things:

1. Help Israelis connect with their Messiah,
2. Help Christians connect with Israel and the Jewish roots of their faith,
3. Accomplish this in a profitable business setting.

It took several years to learn the language and adjust to the culture, to gain business experience here, to develop relationships in Israel, to raise the investment, to build the facility and to produce the show.

The facility includes the 200-seat theater, a book and souvenir store, an art gallery and a coffee shop with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Sea of Galilee.  We were ready to open the Galilee Experience Ministry Center in September 1990.  At this point the City of Tiberias, because of intense pressure from anti-Messianic ultra-orthodox activists, refused to give us a business license, even though the Mayor had personally approved the project from the very beginning, in writing.  We had to go to the Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, which took ten months and cost a lot of money.  The Supreme Court miraculously ordered the city to give us a permanent license (the license itself literaly says “forever”!), for which we thank the Lord!  We opened on July 11, 1991, the day of the court decision.

Since that time we have had hundreds of thousands paying visitors to our show, both tourists and Israelis.  

Up to 1999 our main source of income, by far, was tourism.  This began to dry up in 2000 due to the “intifada” and by 2002 it had fallen off by 90%.  In the meantime we had started, according to what we believe to be the inspiration of the Lord, other business activities which fulfilled our ministry purposes, but which did not depend on tourism:  retail, wholesale and premium sales of Israel and Jewish roots products and publications, primarily Jewish Calendars for Christians.  And now the tourism, as you know, is finally beginning to recover.

NOW Under new management, the Galilee Experience has developed into one of the largest tourist centers in Israel and one of the largest Jewish roots product distributors in the world.

With our world class multimedia presentation we will inspire, inform and entertain you with what God has done in this incredible Land.

In addition to our show and shop overflowing with some of the most unique and exclusive products you can enjoy a delightful  meal in our First Class Cafe/restaurant with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Sea of Galilee and Golan Heights.