Emissaries in Israel

Ariel Blumenthal
Ariel grew up in a Reform Jewish home. He was searching for meaning in life in Zen Buddhism after college, when he was born again at a church in downtown Tokyo. He made Aliyah in 1998 and co-leads Ahavat Yeshua Congregation in Jerusalem. He is the author of ‘One New Man—Reconciling Jew & Gentile in One Body of Christ’, and teaches the Bible in English, Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese. Ariel and his wife Vered, a 5th generation “sabra,” have 4 children, and live in downtown Jerusalem.

Avishalom Teklehaimnot
Avi Tekle is the senior leader of Tents of Mercy Ministry in the Haifa Bay/ “Krayot” area. Together with his wife Hannah, he leads the community of TOM as well as directs the Tents of Mercy Humanitarian Aid Ministries. Avi & Hannah live with their four children in the suburbs of Haifa.

Ilana
Ilana has been a part of the Tikkun network of ministries both in the USA and for the past 10 years in Israel. Ilana has served as a dedicated member of the staff in hospitality, office administration, and is currently ministering with ProLife in Israel.
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David
David and his wife were founding members of Tents of Mercy and Revive Israel. They live in the central Galilee area and serve through the Olive Tree Project to equip Israeli children, youth and young adults. This includes outdoor adventure experiences (internalizing Biblical truth through hands-on experience and fun); and impartation regarding the Creator-Inventor, the Creation and intelligent design. As King David wrote in Psalm 19, Creation declares the glory of God. And as Rabbi Paul wrote in Romans 1:20, "For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made]..." (AMP)

Eli Ben Moshe
Eli and Vanessa are the founders of ASHIRA (‘I will sing’), a music production ministry. They raise funds in order to produce high quality Israeli praise and worship music performed by Israeli believers. Eli, the son of the late Marc Chopinsky, serves as worship pastor and head of media at Tents of Mercy congregation in Kiryat Yam, Israel. He is an accomplished studio engineer and operates the studio his father, Marc, founded. This is where most of ASHIRA's music is produced. Vanessa is studying and working in Montessori education, is part of the Shabbat school team and homeschools their four children.

Guy Cohen
In 1997 Guy and his wife Tali joined the Tents of Mercy congregation just south of Akko. Soon after, they received a calling and vision to restore the altar of worship in Akko, the biblical territory of the tribe of Asher. Some years after, a door opened for the Harvest of Asher Congregation to be birthed, as part of the Tents of Mercy network. Today, the Harvest of Asher ministry, led by Guy and Tali, continues to serve believers in Akko and the surrounding areas. The ministry also conducts various humanitarian aid projects as well as children’s prayer and worship.

Jackie Santoro
Zion's Glory was founded by Eddie and Jackie Santoro in 1997. Together they served the Lord in Israel for 25 years. They were part of the establishment and senior leadership of Congregations Tiferet Yeshua and Ahavat Yeshua where Eddie served as senior pastor. Since Eddie's passing in 2019, Jackie has continued the vision they pioneered together; counseling and being a conduit of Yeshua’s love to those in need and reaching out to the lost with the truth of Yeshua. Jackie's life is her ministry and her ministry is her life as she shines with His light and life in Israel.

Jonathan Moore
Jonathan and his family are based in Jerusalem, Israel, and became part of the leadership of Ahavat Yeshua Congregation in 2016. He has a passion for leadership, homegroups, discipleship, and an insistence on inevitable revival. He also has been called to bring business and ministry together and has a consulting practice helping unlock people, teams, and organizations to fulfill their God-given purpose. Jonathan has enjoyed leading many Israeli entrepreneurial initiatives (www.yoshertours.com, ExperienceIsrael.app) and guiding strategic planning for organizations ready to rise up. Jonathan and his wife Simcha Naomi (Juster) Moore have four young children.

Leon Mazin
In 2001 Leon and Nina planted the Shavei Tzion (Return to Zion) community in Haifa to help reach Russian Jews from the former Soviet Union. Since then, it has grown from a fledgling Messianic Jewish congregation into a multi-faceted center. Shavei Tzion is a place to worship the Lord, seek His will and hear His prophetic voice. There are educational opportunities for both children and adults. Outreaches include assisting the weak and needy, and a broadcast studio to help answer the questions of Jewish people seeking the truth. In addition, Shavei Tzion has planted a daughter congregation in Upper Nazareth.

Simcha & Bella Davidov
Simcha and Bella, native Israelis, live in Ashdod and share the gospel face to face and through literature distribution. The couple share the burden of Romans 10:1: “Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is their salvation.” They direct a Prayer Tent Ministry called “My House” (Isa 56:7) where the Lord is worshiped and intercession is offered for the salvation of Israel and for various needs that are brought up. They host events that are a mix of outreach and celebration during the holidays, with believers, family and friends that are not yet believers.

Yonas Belay
Yonas Belay lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children. He served as a border patrol officer for almost 20 years, including command roles during some of the most difficult terrorist seasons in Israel's history. Today, Yonas serves as a pastor at Ahavat Yeshua in downtown Jerusalem. He also leads “Project Yonah,” a community-based initiative focused on restoring, mentoring, and empowering families of new immigrants. In both arenas, God has placed on Yonas’ heart a Nehemiah vision — restoration and rebuilding. Yonas and his wife are strengthening families within the Body of Messiah and the Jerusalem community as a foundation for spiritual, social, and communal resilience, ultimately resulting in spiritual awakening in the Holy Land. This vision cannot be fulfilled alone — it requires the cooperation, support, and prayers of brothers and sisters. Together, we can bring true resilience and restoration to the core family of many families, help them overcome crises, and build a strong and healthy future throughout the Land of Israel.
Emissaries Worldwide

A.C.
Since 1998 Ann has served in Jerusalem in various ways that brought her many blessings and joy. She is one of the first and longest Revive Israel board members, a women’s community leader, host to the visiting nations, and founder/director of several Israeli nonprofits - one fighting human trafficking and the other promoting ‘aliyah’ (immigration). With a passion for covenant trust-based relationships, Ann enjoys connecting the Christian world with the family of Messiah in Israel for mutual collaboration and unity.

Avi & Tzofiya Rogers
Avi and Tzofiya Rogers are Messianic ministers and emissaries ordained by Tikkun America. Tzofiya is an international itinerant minister, teacher, and conference speaker who specializes in training and equipping the body in prophetic and deliverance ministries. Tzofiya, a Jewish believer and mother of 10, is the founder of As You Go Ministries, an ambassador for Tikkun Global, and is a commissioned prophet by Harvest International Ministries (HIM). Through Tzofiya’s ministry and counsel, God brings transformation to individuals, families, leadership teams, and congregations. They currently reside in the South Florida area and serve the local congregation Beth Yeshua as Messianic Ministers.

Benjamin & Lorena Juster
Benjamin serves as the president of Tikkun America and is one of the apostolic leaders on its Apostolic Team. He is an ordained elder within Tikkun and holds a master’s degree in Jewish studies from the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute. Benjamin’s focus is on planting Messianic congregations, mentoring and releasing emerging leaders, and building unity among churches and ministries to stand with Israel today and in preparation for the end times. Both Benjamin and Lorena are emissaries with the international teaching ministry Restoration from Zion, affiliated with Tikkun Global. They currently live in Jacksonville, FL with their three children.

David & Jennie Wright
David was born during the London blitz to believing parents. Brought up in a Congregational church, he came to faith in a Methodist church, was water baptised in a Baptist church, active in the Open Brethren movement, attended a Pentecostal assembly and was a founder member of one of the first house churches in the UK. Later, in the armed forces he became a backslider. He met Jennie in Scotland where they married and raised their family. Jennie was brought up in Glasgow by Church of Scotland parents. She had a grandparent who kept Shabbat. She lived in an area with Italian Catholic and Jewish communities and had friends in both. At 16 she left home to work with ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’ in Forfar, Angus. She turned her back on religion but still believed there was a God. She met and married David in 1967. Jennie worked as a PCB prototype technician before embarking on a nursing career working in psychiatry. David’s career was in engineering, technically very successful but spiritually empty. One day he prayed ‘God, I need to get back to you, but you are going to have to drag me back’. So he did! David and Jennie then joined a Brethren congregation before moving to a charismatic congregation after being baptised in the Spirit. As a professional engineer David was asked to visit business clients in Israel. When his foot touched the ground in Israel he knew this was where they had to be. Arriving in Israel in 1997 on a work visa, David and Jennie joined ‘Adonai Roi’, a new congregation founded by Avi Mizrachi out of ‘Dugit’ a coffee house ministry. After training and vetting David was ordained as an elder alongside Jennie. After thirteen years in Israel, and a highly successful engineering career, Jennie and David had to leave Israel when David’s work visa was withdrawn. Being ordained in eldership and as emissaries of Tikkun they explored openings in the USA, but were unable to get a US visa. They then moved to Plymouth UK where they started a study group that became the congregation ‘Beit Ezra Messianic’, now registered as the UK charity 1177526. Following up on a local relative David found he did in fact have orthodox Jewish antecedents! David and Jennie are accepted by the Plymouth Orthodox Synagogue as Messianic believers. David has been approved by the synagogue to visit schools in Plymouth to teach about the Jewish faith. Beit Ezra is a member of ‘Churches Together in Plymouth’ and ‘Churches Together in Devon’. Jennie works alongside David in the ‘Beit Ezra Messianic’ congregation and is an ‘End of Life visitor’ and as a chaplaincy pastoral visitor in a large hospital. David was a chaplain in Devon and Cornwall Police caring for officers and staff at a large local station, but has retired for health reasons. He is currently exploring a chaplaincy activity in the local community.

Greta Mavro
Greta comes from a Greek background and was raised in a Jewish community. Her burden to see the gospel go to the Jew first and to the Greek has led her to build a bridge between Israel and Greece. After many years in Israel, Greta is now building on the Greek side of the Jewish-Greek bridge. She hosts people from Israel and the nations to walk in the footsteps of Paul – through evangelism, teaching, intercession, and touring New Covenant cities. She organizes Jewish-Greek conferences and Shabbat dinners teaching Jewish roots, Jewish vs Greek mindset, and the One New Man.

Jonathan & Belinda Allen
Jonathan and Belinda Allen have been in covenant relationship with Tikkun for over twenty years and have served as Tikkun emissaries in the UK since 2003 where they lead Messianic Education Trust. Jonathan earned his Ph.D. in Theology at Trinity College, Bristol, and was ordained as a Messianic Rabbi by Tikkun. He has been teaching adult classes for nearly twenty years. Jonathan teaches biblical Hebrew as well as a wide range of subjects from biblical criticism to the gospels, to studies of individual books, and practical subjects like prayer and how to read or study the Bible.

Jorge Walters
Jorge is based out of Europe and works extensively with Tikkun Global Espaňol.

K.M.
K.M. is committed to shepherding the Bride of Messiah into the fullness of God in preparation for the restoration of all things. He loves to teach God’s word and facilitate fruitful transformation, and leads by modeling communion with the Holy Spirit. He is an author, singer, and musician committed to corporate night and day worship and prayer. He helps restore the hurting and traumatized bringing them into life-giving covenantal relationships to restore their connection with Yeshua and others. He currently strengthens the work at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. He enjoys active outdoor recreation.

Marty Shoub
Marty and Sue reside in the Vancouver area, Canada. Marty serves as the National Director of Tikkun Ministries Canada. Marty is also the co-leader of Vancouver’s Messianic Jewish Synagogue, Kehilat Tsion. Marty has authored three books and is a director of Return Ministries and the Altar of Prayer. The couple have three children and four grandchildren.

Nathan & Susan Puro
Nathan was raised in a Reform Jewish home in Scarsdale, N.Y. At the age of eighteen, through the testimony of others, Nathan came to know Yeshua as his Messiah and Lord. He has been involved in the Messianic Movement since 1994 and served as pastor of Shoresh David Messianic Congregation from 2005-2019. Nathan currently leads PLEA OVER PITTSBURGH, a ministry inviting Christians into a fixed priesthood of intercession for Pittsburgh’s Jewish community leaders.

Ted Simon
Ted has served the body of Messiah in many ways, including as a pastor and senior rabbi. He worked under Asher Intrater, being mentored and discipled, before being anointed to lead a Messianic congregation in Maryland. He has spoken nationally (and internationally), bringing a message of faith, reconciliation and teaching churches their Jewish roots. Along with Jeffrey D. Miller, Ted has been recording Messianic Minutes, a nationally (and international) syndicated radio show for almost 30 years. He is married to Diane, a fine artist and author, and together they serve on the leadership team of Rosh Pina Congregation in Baltimore.

Vladislav Nagirner
Vladislav is a teacher of the Scriptures from a Messianic Jewish perspective. Over years of study and involvement in dialogue with other mature leaders, he has gained credibility as one who handles the Word well and helps many to better understand it in its Jewish context. He teaches mostly in Russian. The goal is to see the Ukrainian and the Russian churches embrace an understanding of the election of Israel, the Jewish people, and to be in alignment with Messianic Jews and their unique calling in the Body of the Messiah.

Yosef Platania
Yosef Chaim Platania also known as Giuseppe is the Founder and Director of “the Israel Cornerstone Foundation” an organization based in Jerusalem, dedicated to strengthening relationships between Israel and the international community; building a bridge with the church around the world, teaching and sharing about modern Israel and what God is doing in the Land today. Yosef is married to Batel, they have five beautiful children, Yoel, Odelia, Elior, Adiel and Elia. Yosef is involved in several initiatives, to see this generation rising up in Israel and in the Middle East with the fear of the Lord and His anointing. During the current conflict in Israel, Yosef and his team have been involved in providing aid, accommodation and various support to those directly impacted by the war.