Cafe Night



We have  had two wonderful coffee shop night events.  When we started the Gospel Cafe Thursday night events in 2005, we never dreamed of the success that such an event would generate. Our idea was fairly simple. People who may be interested in getting to know us as Messianic Jews might not be comfortable going to a congregational service. So I sat with a group of friends and we planned a coffee shop event, one night a week. We wanted a cool atmosphere that would create opportunities to discuss spiritual things. That's how the Gospel Cafe was born.  In 2005, about 35-50 people came every Thursday and the numbers grew to average about 120 on Thursday nights in 2010. After not having this event open since 2013, we reopened again this month (September 2017).

It will take us some time to build a new crowd, but looking at the numbers there is one set of numbers that means the most to me. In 2012, FORTY FIVE people came to faith through this event. I can't know for sure how many lives were changed because of this outreach, but I know of quite a few more people that give credit to the Gospel Cafe as an important part of their journey to faith in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus).   This fact alone is reason to reopen this weekly event in our new Greater Tel Aviv Messianic Center.




As we look to the future of these events we expect more and more people to come. We would appreciate your partnership with us in prayer that many seekers would start their faith journeys here as well.



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