The Northeast Church Project is part of the the Sussita/Hippos Excavations, sponsored by the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of the University of Haifa and directed by Prof. Arthur Segal. 

Sussita, known as Hippos in antiquity, was a Decapolis city located 2 km east of the Sea of Galilee on the top of a flat diamond-shaped mountain that rises 350 m above the sea. It is likely the "city set on a hill that cannot be hid" (Mt 5:14). During Roman times, Hippos was a center of Greek culture. In the Byzantine era it became a significant Christian center.

The Concordia team, led by Prof. Mark Schuler, is continuing a multi-year project to unearth the Northeast church tentatively identified as a sixth-century Byzantine structure.  Located a short distance from the dramatic north cliff of the city, the Northeast church stands between the cathedral with its tri-apsidal baptistery and the Northwest church that is currently being excavated by a Polish team.