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For 25 years, the Mount Moriah Trust has supported struggling Christians across the Holy Land, bringing practical assistance, encouragement and hope to believers facing hardship and persecution.

In 2027, the Mount Moriah Trust celebrates 25 years of ministry supporting the Body of Christ in the Holy Land — Israel, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza.

The ministry started in 2001 after Kathy had attended a David Hathaway conference in Jerusalem entitled “Fire Over Jerusalem”. The Lord spoke to her and told her to start a trust to help needy believers in the Land, and that we were to call it The Mount Moriah Trust.

In late August 2001, He said that he was “birthing” the work, and sure enough, nine months later in May 2002, we received our official charity status in the United Kingdom. At the same time, He told us not to fundraise or ask for money. We were to tell people of the needs and leave the Holy Spirit to touch hearts to give. He has so far provided £2.7 million for His people in His Land!

Ken Burnett, the founder of “Prayer For Israel (PFI) became our first patron and helped us to get established in the Land by introducing us to pastors, including Ps Howard Bass in Beer Sheva and Ps Claude Ezagouri in Tiberias, whom we still support to this day.

From Three Families to a Ministry Across the Holy Land

MMT works with and through pastors — they are our eyes and ears on the ground. They identify the needs and monitor them so that our funds are continually targeted where the greatest need lies. We started helping three needy families, and now we work with around 40 Pastors, Congregations and Christian Organisations.

The work started by helping Jewish Messianic believers, then expanded to Christian Arabs in Israel and finally expanded to help Arab believers in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank) and Gaza. Today, we are truly the One New Man in Christ, supporting and encouraging the whole Body of Christ in the Holy Land, where there are currently around 30,000 Messianic Jewish believers and 130,000 Arab Christians.

Supporting Believers Facing Hardship and Persecution

The needs among the believers are great. New immigrants need help to get established in a new country and a new culture. Many have arrived in Israel with little more than the clothes on their backs and what they can carry. There is government assistance, but it is not enough. Similarly, the allowances given to the elderly are insufficient to cover rent, food, utilities and health insurance.

All the pastors are under pressure of one sort or another; they are harassed and persecuted. The Messianic Jewish believers by the Ultra-Orthodox and the Arab Christians by their Muslim neighbours. Pastors and congregations up and down the country receive regular threats and harassment. Currently, it is the Messianic Ethiopian pastors who are being targeted as “dangerous missionaries”.

Bringing Hope and Practical Help in Times of Crisis

Throughout the last 25 years, a large part of our funding has been used to provide basic humanitarian support — food parcels and everyday needs — especially in times of war. But increasingly we have been able to support and encourage Christian-run ministries, including drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, children’s homes, a home for the blind and children with special needs, Gaza Baptist Church and most recently ministries dealing with those suffering from the stress and trauma of the last three years.

In 2009, the Lord led us to spread the word about the work in the Far East and Australia, where He has touched hearts in amazing ways, so much so that half our regular financial support now comes from there.

When you think about it, nothing much has changed since the time Jesus and the Apostles were in the Land. They too faced opposition, often violent, from the religious leaders of their day. We should not be surprised by what is happening today.

The body of the Messiah in the Land needs our support to grow and flourish, in just the same way as Apostle Paul stated in Romans 15:25-27:

“Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.”

Despite everything, the Lord is in charge! We are seeing scripture fulfilled before our eyes through Aliyah as He builds the remnant in His Land. It is the Mount Moriah Trust’s privilege to have been chosen to be a part of this work.

A Biblical Calling to Comfort and Encourage

These are some of the scriptures that the Lord has given us:

• “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” — Isaiah 40:1-2
• “For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.” — Romans 15:27
• “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” — Galatians 6:10
• “Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.” — Romans 12:13

Join the Lord in the Ministry of Comfort and Encouragement

If you, too, would like to participate in this ministry, please visit our website for more information:

mountmoriah.org.uk

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