How does a self-professed “extremely introverted” Messianic Jewish boy from Corpus Christi, Texas survive on an Israeli farm for close to 40 years? Only with God’s help.
Author - David Lazarus
David is a Jewish Israeli Yeshua (Jesus) believer and has been a teacher/communicator of the Jewish roots of the New Testament for more than 35 years. He has traveled to over 25 nations teaching on the Hebrew Scriptures and Israel. David served on the Steering Committee of Israel’s National Hebrew-Speaking Pastors Conference defining and communicating relevant issues affecting local Messianic congregations in Israel as well as organizing and teaching conferences for Messianic Jewish and Christian leaders around the world.
After serving as a Combat Medic with an IDF Tank Battalion in the First Lebanon War, David went on to earn university degrees in Biblical Studies, Communications and Journalism. Together with his wife Michaella they served as Senior Leaders of the Hebrew-speaking Beit Immanuel Congregation in Jaffa, Israel since 1987.
David and Michaella have four married children and a growing generation of grandchildren.
More articles from David Lazarus
The Story Behind Mobileye
Three years ago, Mobileye became the most valuable Israeli stock ever on the US stock market. Now, the Israeli startup has set a new record: being acquired for over $15 billion by Intel.
A disturbing number of young Messianic Jewish adults are leaving the Messianic movement in Israel.
The Maccabiah Games
“Nice Jewish boys should be in the study hall, not at the gym,” my mother used to say.
As the leader of an Israeli Messianic Jewish congregation in Israel, it was a life-changing experience for me to visit a home in Jaffa where local Christians are caring for sick children from Iraq, Syria and the Gaza Strip.
A Christ-Centered perspective on Jerusalem by David Lazarus, an Elder of Beit Immanuel Messianic Jewish Congregation in Tel Aviv.
David Davis, long-time pastor of Carmel Assembly, had left behind a promising acting career to minister to Israel
“In 1942 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, some say it’s true, but only a few knew, that Christopher was, in fact, a Jew.”
For nearly 2,000 years, Jews have unwaveringly rejected Jesus, often with deep loathing.
This year’s Steiger Award was bestowed upon Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bochum, Germany.
