Welcome to Restorers of Zion
We provide ways that you can give: You can help restore Israeli believers to the full strength, health, stability and fruitfulness available in the Lord. A Restorers-sponsored project brings a unique approach, where the goal is not to "rack up statistics" but to produce "fruit that remains".
We provide opportunities for you to receive: Believers worldwide are able to use Restorers to network with their Israeli brethren - for personal relationships, fruitful partnerships and spiritual enrichment - profiting from the gifts that are unique among Israeli believers.
Our goal is not Fundraising, it's Serving.
Sometimes Service requires funding, sometimes it requires different investments: time, prayer, exercising spiritual gifts, opening the heart and home. Restorers is working in areas where lack of money is not an obstacle... and where "throwing money at the problem" would not bring restoration.
Meet a ministry where
we and you TOGETHER
are
the "Restorers of Zion".
We are privileged to work in partnership with other Restorers who share our vision:
- Jewish and Gentile disciples of Yeshua
- believers in Israel and abroad
- congregations, individuals and ministries
We are a member of MessianicLinks.com - Messianic, Hebraic & Messianic Jewish Search Engine
NEW: "How the Good Samaritan Turned Bad"
(a Story about Abuse)
This is a new parable, set in New Testament times. The short story of 12 chapters takes you into the world of the first-century Samaritans and Jews, where honesty and deception, compassion and cruelty, courage and silence collide, as our hero tries to untangle the mystery of why he keeps finding beaten Jews left for dead on the Jericho Road.
The story was drawn from my own imagination. But it's not really fiction. The real-life saga which inspired this creative tale was so compelling, it was not hard to imagine what the Good Samaritan might have faced if he were trying to stop abuses in the Body of Messiah today.
Restoring Rosh Hashana to Nisan
What happened to Nisan's place as "Rosh Ha-Hodashim", the "head of the months"? What can Yeshua's disciples do to restore the biblical Rosh Hashana? Click here to see our attempt to do exactly that, and feel free to use our suggested celebration.
Rosh Ha-Hodashim, or Nisan 1, occurs this year at sundown 23/mar/2012 (erev Shabbat). As best as we can determine, the New Year arriving is 3469 AE (After the Exodus).
Finding your way to this announcement after the date? Don't give up -- You can still celebrate the New Year's arrival after the fact! Based on a similar situation in Hezekiah's day (2 Chron.30:17-20), we believe G-d will bless all restoration efforts, even if they are belated.
UPDATE: MORE MEDITATIONS ON NISAN are now available.
Read about amazing parallels between Psalm 118, the 10th of Nisan, and Yeshua's entry into Jerusalem on what became known as "Palm Sunday". Find out how Akedat Yitzhak (the Binding of Isaac) was once intertwined with Passover, and why the rabbis moved it to the opposite side of the calendar. Come grow with us as we seek to "restore the ancient ruins" of Torah-faithful sages.
“Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household,
who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” (Matt.13:52)
Torah Answers for Anti-Missionaries
We issue a warm invitation to all believers, both Jewish and Gentile, who are harboring doubts (even in secret). If you have been troubled by inadequate answers to challenges from counter-missionaries, and honesty has compelled you to conclude that Yeshua cannot be the Messiah after all, or that it's wrong to call Him "G-d", this Torah-based web hub will encourage and strengthen you. We recommend that you start here for a pleasant shock.
We also issue a respectful challenge to our dati/frum Jewish brethren, to test your foundations. There are certain "givens" concerning rabbinic history, the chain of Torah transmission, and other assumptions that inform your view of Torah obedience. Regardless of your position on Yeshua, you cannot hope to merit the days of Moshiach unless you are first committed to deal only with the truth of G-d. Enter here... if you dare.
who we are |
a summary of our vision, goals and projects |
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groups working with RZ |
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how we serve |
a short history of our Learning Curve since 2003 |
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congregational accountability - the RZ framework for meeting needs |
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people have asked us... |
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useful
tools for Restorers |
creative ideas that encourage believers to give and have fun at the same time |
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RZ e-brochure |
tell friends about Restorers with the click of a mouse (under revision...stand by) |
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American Donor's Guide |
learn about the legal obligations of a non-profit U.S. charity that sends funds to Israel --
for your own financial protection (under revision...stand by) |
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info for those wanting to support RZ -- financially, and in other ways too |
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for personal study and spiritual growth |
teaching from RZ partner "Ot U-Mofet" about your responsibility before G-d, |
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spiritual instruction for those called to restore Israel, and solid food for mature believers |
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a return to the apostolic basics for birthing and nurturing New Covenant disciples who will endure to the end |
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Next-Generation Fellowships |
suggestions for restoring the Lord's Life and Power to congregations, |
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The Restoration Torah Project |
an unusual Torah study project,
where we explore the Scriptures that trouble both the rabbinic and Messianic communities (portions of this site still under construction) |
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answers to challenges, questions and claims from our brothers on the other side of the "Yeshua Divide", drawn from Scripture, rabbinic commentary and the Ruach HaKodesh |
To contact RZ: Write to hannah [at] restorersofzion.org
photo credits: waterfall by Webshots. waterdrops by Valery Ostrovsky, used with permission.
