▁to ▁fight ▁for ▁past ors ▁disc rimin ated ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁Christians ▁for ▁their ▁Jewish ▁ancest ry . ▁This ▁c oven ant ▁helped ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church es , ▁which ▁par alle led ▁in ▁all ▁destroyed ▁Protest ant ▁church ▁bodies ▁the ▁official ▁German ▁Christian - subject ed ▁church ▁bodies , ▁which ▁the ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁sch ism atic ▁for ▁their ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁the ▁universal ▁sacr ament ▁of ▁bapt ism . ▁Most ▁past ors ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land ▁s ided ▁with ▁the ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church ▁as ▁also ▁did ▁most ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁executive ▁board ▁of ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association , ▁among ▁them ▁R aben au , ▁an ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁Naz ism ▁since ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁appointed ▁past ors , ▁fired ▁or ▁f url ough ed ▁by ▁Naz i - sub miss ive ▁official ▁church ▁bodies , ▁for ▁con greg ations ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land . ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 1 8 – 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁the ▁German ▁Protest ant ▁mission ary ▁end ow ments ▁within ▁Deutsch er ▁Evangel ischer ▁Miss ions bund ▁( DE MB ) ▁conven ed ▁in ▁Bar men ▁and ▁rejected ▁the ▁attempt ▁to ▁subject ▁the ▁mission ary ▁soci eties ▁– ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁per vas ive ▁G leich sch altung ▁of ▁all ▁civ ic ▁organis ations ▁– ▁to ▁the ▁Naz i - sub miss ive ▁German ▁Evangel ical ▁Church . ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁retained