Reunion Roadmap

One of the wondrous things our God is doing these days is awakening a love for and identity with Israel in the hearts of Christians all over the world. At BYNA, that awakening has come with the understanding that we who are redeemed through Messiah Yeshua have been adopted into God’s covenant family of Israel, and in that way have acquired a kinship with the Jewish people. Others understand that a...

What do we do with the inherited history of Christian persecution of Jews? Since it is our own history, this is a question we can’t ignore. Laura Densmore shares her answer, along with a vision of what can be done to heal the wounds and break down the wall between these two parts of God’s covenant family of Israel. It’s the vision Laura has brought to her work with the Nations’ 9th of Av .To learn...

Laura Densmore continues telling her story in this edition of Reunion Roadmap .  What is it that led her into the discovery of our connection with Israel? That’s one question she answers in explaining the origins of the Nations’ 9th of Av .  To learn more about Laura’s ministry work, please visit:   Nations’ 9th of Av ( https://9-av.com/ ) Bridge Connector Ministries ( https://bridgeconnectorminis...

We’re happy to welcome Laura Densmore back to Reunion Roadmap ! Laura has been a friend of BYNA since its beginning and continues to partner with us in her capacity as one of the organizers of the Nations’ 9th of Av.  In this three-part interview, she shares her story, beginning with her testimony of finding Yeshua and embarking on a journey of faith that has led her in some unexpected directions!...

Dr. Art Mathias of Wellspring Ministries continues his conversation with us on the central role forgiveness plays in healing. What is the spiritual dimension to this issue? Is there spiritual warfare involved? Those are some of the questions Art covers as we conclude our visit with him! Two people who understand a lot about forgiveness and healing are Kelly Ferrari Mills and Jimmie Black . They sh...

Meet Dr. Art Mathias of Wellspring Ministries !  Art has a calling to help people achieve complete healing in every area of their lives. He shares with us his understanding of forgiveness in that process. This is an issue impacting every person, but one that many (even most) never come to embrace completely. Is that why so many followers of Yeshua still experience pain and sickness? Find out what...

Barbara Wilkins is our guest again today as we conclude our visit with her. This is where we learn how she came to understand her identity with Israel, and what that did in opening her eyes to the sad history the church has had regarding the Jewish people. That explains a lot about why Barbara is a key part of the Nations’ 9th of Av as she prays and works toward seeing all of God’s covenant family...

Barbara Wilkins is a seasoned prayer warrior who grew up as the daughter of a Florida cowboy. How did she get to be part of the Nations’ 9th of Av planning team and a faithful intercessor for BYNA? That’s what we learn in this two-part visit with her at her home in Tennessee. Mason Clover and  Will Spires lend their creative talents our musical offerings, and Barry Phillips and David Jones lead us...

This week we conclude our visit with Steve Wearp of Blessed Buy Israel . As he explains, something significant happened a few years ago that made him aware of his personal connection to the great division between Jews and Christians. As you listen, you just might hear something in Steve’s story that resonates with you as well. In other words, what is it that each one of us can do to help repair th...

What happens when a family makes a decision to be a difference for good in the longstanding division between Christians and Jews? That is what Steve Wearp and his family have been doing for many years! Their journey had begun even before they helped establish the March of Remembrance , the US edition of an initiative that began in Germany to honor survivors of the Shoa (Holocaust) and bring healin...

Solomon Lopez and Tzefania Pappas join us one more time to finish up their presentation of Beyond the Mountain . How has this new ministry initiative had an impact in its first year? What are their hopes for the coming year and beyond? Listen to the hearts of these brothers as they share their desire to see God’s people made whole and His Kingdom restored. Solomon brings our musical offerings once...

Our show this week opens with the second of a three-part interview with Solomon Lopez and our own Tzefania Pappas. In this part, they explain more about the purpose of Beyond the Mountain , their ministry initiative intended to address that which prevents us from living in peace with our Creator and with our neighbors. How does this work, both within individuals and among communities? Solomon and...

We open 2020 with a new interview series featuring Solomon Lopez and our own Tzefania Pappas! Throughout this month, they will tell the story of Beyond the Mountain , a ministry initiative birthed in their first meeting at the Third B’ney Yosef Congress in Ariel, Israel. What is Beyond the Mountain? As they explain, it’s an outreach of compassion and healing to address some long-overlooked wounds...

This week we conclude our visit Aaron Bishop of Grafted Together Fellowship of Marietta, South Carolina. Aaron has much to tell us about the impact of Grafted Together and of Darash Chai (Seek Life), the ministry the Bishop family has established to serve the faith community in their region. Listen closely as Aaron explains the way Darash Chai developed from an idea to improve quality of life into...

We continue our conversation with Aaron Bishop of Grafted Together Fellowship of Marietta, South Carolina. In this segment, we learn about how the congregation came together in its current location, and about Darash Chai , the ministry Aaron and his family have established to serve the faith community in their region. Mason Clover is our featured musical guest, and David Jones and Barry Philips in...

Looking for fellowship in the Greenville, South Carolina, area? Try Grafted Together , a new congregation meeting in the town of Marietta. Grafted Together grew out of a home fellowship facilitated by Aaron and Rebekah Bishop. Aaron is our guest for the next three shows, sharing with us the story of their faith walk and the establishment not only of Grafted Together, but their teaching and communi...

We conclude our visit with Sister Georjean Allenbach, Beverly Hall, Donna Matts, and Barbara Wilkins with their final thoughts on the Nations 9th of Av . In our midrash segment, David Jones and Barry Philips ask when it is appropriate to rebuke a brother. What promotes life and unity among the people of our Creator? The thread of unity and brotherly love is the theme that ties this show together,...

Part three in our four-part coverage of the Nations 9th of Av is the topic of our interview segment in this show as we continue our conversation with Sister Georjean Allenbach, Beverly Hall, Donna Matts, and Barbara Wilkins. What is it that has hindered good relations between Christians and Jews (or Ephraim and Judah as many see them)? Our guests not only delve into that question but provide obser...

This week we continue our interview with Sister Georjean Allenbach, Beverly Hall, Donna Matts, and Barbara Wilkins as they tell us more about their recent visit to Jerusalem for the Nations 9th of Av in August 2019. Their stories unfold with more details of the events surrounding this groundbreaking initiative and the relationships of trust and respect established between the two halves of God’s p...

Psalm 133 tells us that it is good and pleasant for brothers to dwell together in unity. That’s true about any brothers or sisters, but what if David the Psalmist was referring specifically to the relationship between Judah and Ephraim? That relationship was already strained in his days, as the Scriptures tell us, and after the reign of his son Solomon the strain erupted into the division of the k...

Honoring our elders is the continuing theme in the first half of this show. We continue our visit to the Ebenezer Home in Haifa, Israel, the only retirement home in Israel for elderly disciples of Yeshua. David Phillips begins the segment by telling us about the project to build a nursing ward to expand the home’s capabilities. Then we hear from Samantha Lagoy, a volunteer at the home who shares a...

The Torah tells us to rise up before the grey-headed and honor the aged ( Leviticus 19:32 ). Honoring the aged is at the heart of Paul’s exhortation on how to relate to our elders: Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. ( 1 Timothy 5:1-2 NASB ) Honoring ou...

Is it necessary to jettison our intellect to believe the Bible? Are there really so many contradictions in the scriptural accounts and in the interpretations of them that we should simply walk away? Caleb Cohen worked through questions like these soon after he graduated from Clemson University and went to work at Eastman Chemical Company. In this second part of our interview with him, Caleb tells...

Young people grow up and go to college, and then their worlds change. It’s a familiar story, but each story is unique. What Caleb Cohen experienced at Clemson University is similar to, but very different from, what every young man and woman experience when they leave home. His family lives out a strong faith in Messiah Yeshua, and that faith has been part of Caleb’s life for as long as he can reme...

Did you know Uganda is over twice the size of Pennsylvania? Over 40 million people live in Uganda, and although their country is blessed with fertile land and many natural resources, their lives are made more difficult and cut short by a number of serious problems. One is the devastating plague of AIDS, which impacts a huge portion of the population. Climate challenges (a long dry season), underde...