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 An American woman killed in a forest outside Jerusalem had deep spiritual ties to Israel through her involvement with an evangelical ministry that promotes Christianity among Jews.Kristine Luken, who was in her mid-40s, was stabbed to death Saturday while hiking with a friend. Israeli police had originally identified her as Christine Logan.Luken was involved with the  Church s Ministry among Jewish people,  first in the U.S., then in England, where she became a ministry staffer. The church is active in Israel.On the CMJ USA web site, Luken quoted inspirational poet Minnie Louise Haskins  words,  Go into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way. A 2007 study tour in Israel,  Walking with Jesus in his Jewish world,  brought Luken to the church, she wrote on the site, after having worked for 16 years in the federal government.        She and Kaye Susan Wilson, a naturalized Israeli from the U.K., became friends on a study tour to Poland earlier this year, the Rev. David Pileggi of CMJ s Christ Church in Jerusalem said Monday. Luken, an avid hiker, and Wil 
stanley cup son, a professional tour guide, decided to go hiking together in Israel during Luken s Christmas holiday, he said.On Saturday, the two headed for the wooded hills. Wilson t 
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