How our One New man journey began
In 2015 God gave us the vision of gathering Jewish and Gentile leaders in the Body of Jesus/Yeshua for a conference in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine. We had a desire to teach on the Jewish roots of Christianity and to highlight the Holocaust and the enmity towards the Jewish people found so often throughout Church history.
We started with just 30 participants but the response was fantastic and we knew that a seed had been sown that was going to grow. Conference followed conference in different corners of Ukraine and the attendance grew and grew as the vision spread. Leaders started joining us from the nations around Ukraine and it was clear God was blessing the vision and building a network. What also became clear to us was that as Jewish and Gentile leaders in the Body stood shoulder to shoulder a genuine expression of the One New Man revealed in Ephesians 2 had been born.
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Early Years
During the early years we made a decision to focus on connecting with the leadership of Messianic congregations together with mainstream churches. Focusing on ministry leaders and building relationships between them meant each conference had a powerful impact which rippled out across Ukraine. Conference after conference, the length and breadth of Ukraine, more and more leaders got involved and we realised this was not just a opportunity for in-depth teaching but the beginning of a move of God.
Local
In November 2019 Piers visited Igor to pray and plan and they received a word from God to spread the net wider by switching from large conferences to more regular smaller gatherings. Just a few months later as the world was plunged into lockdown we saw that the Lord had gone before us. Regular local gatherings have been the focus ever since in Ukraine and have continued throughout the war.
New Nations
From the earliest conferences we noticed that it wasn't just Ukrainian leaders who attended but those from the nations around. Leaders from Georgia, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia amongst others all popped up keen to hear more about God's plan to unify and restore the whole of humanity. As the network in Ukraine matured and switched to local gatherings we began planning to hold conferences outside Ukraine for the first time. Jozsef (Link our people) began holding small gatherings in Hungary as we built up to a first national conference in Budapest in 2023. The year after we were able to hold a national conference for the nation of Slovakia with Moldova planned in 2025.
future vision
It is amazing to see in the last few years how the vision of One New Man is catching on around the world. This desire to transform the relationship between Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus/Yeshua has become a rallying cry for a new chapter in the life of the church.
With the experience and strength God has given the One New Man Network thus far we feel we are being called and equipped to continue expanding in as many nations as our resources and relationships will allow. Do get in touch if you wish to be part of this movement.
