Ministry Updates from Jason and Janice Rose

Dear Friends,  we need your prayers! Today! An anti-missionary organization (we have a few in Israel) has decided to try and intimidate us. They published an ad (see below) in the local ultra-orthodox Jewish newspaper calling for a mass protest against our Ramat Gan Ministry Center tonight at 7pm Israel time (noon EST).  Technically, they are calling to STOP THE PRAYERS. So we want to start the prayers!   We are NOT going to be intimidated! We are going to hold the event, but we are going to be smart about it. SOME BACKGROUND.  We had  planned a lovely event, with two musicians and their bands that are starting to gain traction and publicity.  Both competed on TV shows for upcoming stars and one is a known believer.  The anti-missionaries are being somewhat dishonest in their ad claiming that we are holding a young adults conference, rather than a public - open for all ages - concert. We filed a police complaint and hope that this may have an affect,...

Dear Prayer Partners, Jason and Janice Rose We are really excited to share some incredibly amazing news! This update is a bit longer than usual, but our big news is here at the beginning!  We are incredibly blessed by your prayerful support of our ministry. God has truly expanded and stretched us, as we have grown into the ministers that we are today. Through that growth, the Lord also expanded the team of people that minister alongside us. When we relocated to Israel in 2015, Mitch Glaser (President of Chosen People Ministries) asked us to start a Messianic Center in Ramat Gan. We had previously started a Messianic Center in South Tel Aviv, but the area grew dangerous over time. Although we loved the facility, we were renting it and that provided a measure of instability. It was certainly what we needed at the time. We learned a lot. The center in Ramat Gan was the fruit of our education. We learned a lot about what worked and what didn't and that certain ministry programs should ...

Praise God that there is a ceasefire! Dear friends and prayer partners,  Thank you for praying for our friends, family, loved ones and country over the last few days.  By God's grace and mercy, the conflict is over with minimal death and destruction. The ceasefire took effect last night and the rockets stopped just before midnight.   Most of those killed in the fighting were terrorists associated with the Islamic Jihad. Unfortunately, one of the terror group's missiles flamed out and dropped on a house in the Gaza Strip killing a family including several children. We grieve the loss of life of this family who were innocent bystanders - for all we know. Here is a link to the video released by the Israeli Defense forces about this errant missile. Around 1000 rockets were fired at Israel during three days of fighting. Half of the country's population kept close to safe rooms and bomb shelters during these three days.  Our family never had to run to our safe area becaus...

  Continued Prayer Requests... Dear friends, when I sent out the prayer requests last night, the rockets attacks from Gaza had not yet started. But it was not surprising that they started launching rockets a minutes after my email was sent. I want to give a little background, but before I do, I think it is important to start with the most urgent prayer requests.  There are many believing soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, both active and reservists. They are now asking for our prayers for their protection and for them and their fellow soldiers... especially those in combat units. Please pray for God's protection also over the Israeli communities that are being attacked by rocket fire.  As we write this update, three rocket attacks were just aimed at Tel Aviv about twenty minutes ago. Were Janice and I live with the boys in Petach Tikvah, we haven't heard any warnings to run to our safe room, but our friends closer to Tel Aviv have. Lastly, please pray for the million...

Prayer Requests Dear friends and prayer partners, we want to take a moment and update you with a few important prayer requests. For Safety A few hours ago, the IDF began a preemptive attack on the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad as they were preparing terror attacks against Israel.  We are currently getting emails and text messages from Israel's homefront command reminding us to be close to a safe room, in the event that the terrorists fire rockets at us. For Provision After our beloved Citroen Jumpy (22 years old) broken down twice on same day... we knew we were in trouble.  The third time it broken down, was the final straw and the vehicle had to be taken off the road permanently.  As a result, we are down to one vehicle, a seven seater.  We had enjoyed have a 9 seat vehicle, so that we could take people with us and our entire family on road trips.  Please pray for God's provision to find a and pay for a replacement vehicle. Jason's Fall Speaking Tour Gen...

Dear friends, God has been gracious to us and allowed us to continue to serve Him even though the season has been difficult. We recently held many large events that a few months ago we were sure if we would be able to have them or not. This is not to say that Covid is totally behind us... in fact, Jason just got out of mandatory quarantine after being infected for the second time. Fortunately, only Jason seems to have been affected and he did isolate in our separate unit upstairs. What we are trying to say is that we have been pretty busy in ministry and we want to share with you some of the activities, but obviously not all. We have had a wonderful worship night, young adults Kabbalat Shabbat meal, and other community events with several non-believers joining each time and having amazing conversations with our friends and staff.  We continued to be amazed at the new faces that join us each time, as our community has continued to grow inspire of the pandemic! Praise God for  c...

Passover and Easter are nearly upon us... and so is the Islamic month-long holiday of Ramadan .  You might not know that Ramadan is on a lunar calendar that doesn't adjust for errors like the Jewish calendar. Our rabbis add an extra month every two or three years. This means that by comparison to modern calendars, Ramadan moves around quite a bit from year to year.  When I moved to Israel in 2002, the holiday was in November and this year it is April 1 to May 1st.  The holiday itself isn't normally a cause for concern, unless you're Jewish living in Israel. The reason is that certain radical Islamic leaders use this important holiday as a platform to spread their hatred and anti-semitism. This isn't to say that most or even many muslims fall into this category. I truly believe that the average Israeli Arab Muslim is a peace-loving kind hearted citizen with good intentions. However, just like in other countries, there are always elements in society with nefarious behavio...