Under the Olive Tree Ministries (UtOT)

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Our Strategic Plan

In George Barna’s book The Power of Vision, he suggests that “a mission statement is a broad, general statement about who you wish [the organization] to reach and what the [organization] hopes to accomplish…. The vision statement ‘puts feet’ on the mission, detailing how the [ministry organization] will influence the world in which it will minister. Thus, while the mission statement is philosophic in nature, the vision statement is strategic in character.”

We endeavor to share our mission and vision statements with the understanding that these statements are “living” and thus may likely change, be amended, or modified. Periodically, as the will and direction of God for the ministry matures and we grasp more clearly His purpose - expect adaptations. 


Our Mission Statement 

Building biblical bridges and meaningful connections  between historical Christianity and Early Judaism, so that the millennia of distrust, misunderstanding, and antagonism between Christians and Jews  might be mended by the everlasting love of Adonai as demonstrated in the life,ministry,death and resurrection of Yeshua HaMeshiach.

Our Vision Statement 

To persuade Christians to reconsider and develop an appreciation for the Jewish-Hebraic roots to the historic Christian Faith; 

To encourage  our Jewish family to recognize we have been grafted into the Olive tree too, in order that we might become One New Man ( Ephesians 2:11-22)

To inspire believers to get better acquainted with the context and content of the Old Testament (Torah, Tanach)and New Covenant (Apostolic writings, New Testament). 

To help others to get a good grasp of ancient Jewish customs, manners, history and language which would allow one  to re-examine Scripture in a powerful new context; illuminating intricate details and discovering biblical treasures. 


 

Meet the Founders 

Founder and President

 Dr Ed Bez 

Co-founder and Vice President

Rachel Leah Bez

 

 God's Garden

    THE Lord God planted a garden
    In the first white days of the world,
    And He set there an angel warden
    In a garment of light enfurled.

    So near to the peace of Heaven,
    That the hawk might nest with the wren,
    For there in the cool of the even
    God walked with the first of men.

    And I dream that these garden-closes
    With their shade and their sun-flecked sod
    And their lilies and bowers of roses,
    Were laid by the hand of God.

    The kiss of the sun for pardon,
    The song of the birds for mirth,--
    One is nearer God's heart in a garden
    Than anywhere else on earth.

    For He broke it for us in a garden
    Under the olive-trees
    Where the angel of strength was the warden
    And the soul of the world found ease.

    Dorothy Frances Gurney