BIBLICAL ISRAEL TOURS - Biblical Tours with a Personal Pastoral Touch, Led by Rev. Dr. John DeLancey, pastor and author of the book Devotional Treasures from the Holy Land.

Welcome to Biblical Israel Tours! If you are searching for a solidly biblical, evangelical, and life-changing tour to Israel, I'm glad you found this site. I look forward to sharing my personal friendship and ministry with you! As a former one-year archaeology and historical geography student in Jerusalem, and leader of 21 previous Israel tours, I'm excited to offer 4 up-coming tours:

A 13 Day Extensive Israel Tour (April, 2012) - ** Now filled. A waiting list has been started.
A 11 Day Israel Tour (June, 2012). ** Now filled. A waiting list has been started.
A 15 Day Egypt/Jordan/Israel Tour (November, 2012)
A 11 Day Israel Tour, with a 3 Day Option to Jordan (April, 2013)

Each of these tours will not only make the Bible "come alive," but also touch your heart. Specifically, the all-Israel 13 Day tour (April, 2012) uniquely include 60+ sites (see below for a listing of sites), including at least 15 sites most tour groups don't visit. This identical tour just took place in Oct/Nov, 2011. (The video of this amazing trip is posted HERE). The June, 2012 and April, 2013 tours includes 45+ sites. The November, 2012 tour includes the Pyramids/Sphinx, Memphis, Sakara (in Cairo); Petra, Nebo, Medeba, and Jerash (in Jordan); and 45+ sites in Israel.

As God leads and provides, I warmly welcome you to join me on an upcoming tour!

From the south to the north, the itinerary for each Israel tour will help you explore many of the stories of the Bible, from the narratives of the Old Testament to the life and ministry of Jesus!

This web site is also filled with many pages of tour information, photos, video clips of previous tours and sites, and other resources that will help your own exploration of the world of the Bible "in context" of the land.

I am the pastor of the Stoneridge Covenant Church in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I lead 2-3 trips each year. I'm humbled by the 100's of people who have joined me throughout the past years from all over the U.S., Canada, and even from various other countries of the world.

In God's saving grace,

Pastor John DeLancey

Sites included in the next all-Israel 13 day tour (in order of site-seeing): Gezer, Maresha (Beit Guvrin), Azekah/Elah Valley, Lachish, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Arad, Ben Gurion's Tomb, Wilderness of Zin, Dead Sea, Masada, Engedi, Qumran, Jericho, Wilderness of Judah, Beth Shean, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Mt. Beatitudes, Tabgha, Bethsaida, Chorazin, Hazor, Katzrin, Bental, Mt. Hermon, Nimrod, Caesarea Philippi, Dan, Mt. Arbel, Yadenit (Jordan River baptism), Nazareth, Jezreel Valley, Megiddo, Mt. Carmel, Caesarea, Bethlehem, Jerusalem: Mt. of Olives, Domius Flavet, Garden of Gethsemane, Kidron Valley, Via Dolorosa, Pools of Bethsesda, Lithostrotos, Holy Seplechur Church, City of David, Hezekiah's Tunnel, Siloam Pool, Western Wall, Temple Mount, Southwall excavations, Cardo, Upper Room, Oscar Shindler's tomb, Old City rampart wall walk, Garden Tomb, Israel Museum, Yad Vashem (Holocaust Meseum/Memorial).

"Quick Facts" about the up-coming extensive all-Israel tour: (April 22 - May 4, 2012) To date, 46 are signed up for this tour. So this tour is now filled. Sorry! A waiting list will be started. An additional 11 Day all Israel trip may be added in July as well. Stay tuned!

All inclusive price of $4,025 for the October, 2011 tour from JFK airport, NY. The price of this tour includes all departure taxes and fees, airfare, hotels, 2 meals/day, private coach, site entry fees. The price even includes all tips handled by me.
Beside full-day touring, optional morning and evening walks and gatherings are offered for those who just can't "get enough."
Personal assistance in making all travel arrangements to and from JFK, NY, our departing airport.
A group of 30-40 is projected, making it ideal for group travel.
Click HERE for a quick look at the tour brochure for April/May, 2012 (colored brochure). Click HERE for the corresponding Tour Registration form for April/May, 2012.
Directly call (412-999-5697) or email Pastor DeLancey for a tour information packet to be sent directly to you.

"Quick Facts" about the all Israel 11 Day Israel Tour: (June 17-27, 2012). To date, 45 are signed up for this tour. So this tour is now filled. Sorry! A waiting list will be started. An additional 11 Day all Israel trip may be added in July as well. Stay tuned!

All inclusive price of $3,599 from JFK airport, NY. The price of this tour includes all departure taxes and fees, airfare, hotels, 2 meals/day, private coach, site entry fees. The price even includes all tips handled by me.
Even though this is a shorter tour, we still will have 2 full days/3 nights in Galilee (not just one day like most other tours) and 4 in Jerusalem in addition to other days from the coastal plain, Jezreel Valley, and the Wilderness of Judah/Dead Sea. Additionally, even a free day is scheduled for the last day, a favorite day for everyone!
Shlomo, my personal guide, will once again be with us. You will thoroughly enjoy him!
Click HERE for a quick look at the tour brochure (colored PDF). Click HERE for the corresponding Tour Registration form for June, 2012.
Directly call (412-999-5697) or email Pastor DeLancey for a tour information packet to be sent directly to you.

"Quick Facts" about the Egypt, Jordan, & Israel Tour: (November 3-17, 2012)

All inclusive price for this "grand-daddy" biblical tour is $4,955 from Dulles Airport, DC. A $100 "early bird" discount will be offered for tour deposits paid by February 13, 2012. The price of this tour includes all departure taxes and fees, airfare, hotels, 2 meals/day, private coach, site entry fees. The price even includes all tips handled by me.
The trip will begin from Dulles Airport (D.C.), and travel via Austrian Air into Cairo. If circumstances would not advise traveling into Cairo, the tour will begin in Jordan. Extra time in Israel will be added. (glowing positive reports of a recent trip by another group traveling to Cairo in January will be posted soon).
Itinerary includes 2 nights in Cairo, 2 nights in Jordan (in Petra), and 9 nights in Israel.
Sites in Egypt will include Sakkara, Memphis, the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx, and the new Egyptian Museum. Sites in Jordan include a full day in Petra, as well as the sites of Medeba, Mt. Nebo, and Jerash.
Optional morning and evening walks, and gatherings are offered for those who just can't "get enough."
Click HERE for a quick look at the tour brochure (colored PDF). Click HERE for the corresponding Tour Registration form for November, 2012.
This tour will be limited to 45 people (this tour sold out with 72 people in 2010).
Directly call (412-999-5697) or email Pastor DeLancey for a tour information packet to be sent directly to you.

"Quick Facts" about the all Israel 11 Day Israel Tour, with 3 day option to Jordan: (April 7-17, 2013). This specific pricing and details of this tour will be announced shortly. This tour will limted to 45 people.

The same itinerary will be used as the June 2012 trip.
An option to Jordan will be offered (April 17-20). This will include "Bethany Beyond the Jordan," Mt. Nebo, Medeba, and a full day at Petra.
We will cross back into Israel for our flight home, seeing a few extra sites in Israel (Bethshemesh, Elah Valley, etc...), specifically in the Lowlands of Judah, before our flight home.
Pricing will be forthcoming.

** On each tour to Israel, you will hear Shlomo, our private Israel guide, and myself share the archaeological, historical, and biblical backgrounds, making the Bible "come alive." Scripture is read at virtually every site, with occasional worship and reflective/prayer times.