The Gather Podcast

TEKLEHAIMANOT, Avishalom(Senior Pastor and Director of Humanitarian Aid, Tents of Mercy Congregation)  Avishalom Teklehaimanot was born and raised in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, God placed practical compassion on his heart at a young age when he was exposed to the poor and needy of his city, and he always longed to make a difference.

At the age of 17, Avishalom left behind his birthplace and close family and made Aliyah to Israel. As a young student in a new country, Avi began a spiritual journey to find God, his identity, and purpose in life. This journey led him eventually to find salvation in Yeshua (Jesus).

Avi studied social work and served in many community work arenas. In 2014 he felt called to be in full time ministry at Tents of Mercy Congregation in Kiryat Yam, a town just north of Haifa. He now serves as the senior leader and directs its citywide humanitarian aid outreach.

Avi and his wife, Hannah, have been married for 24 years and have four children. Together they carry a burden to see a truly diverse yet indigenous community be a light to the surrounding area, bringing Yeshua's compassion and salvation to their people.

Tents of Mercy:

https://www.tentsofmercy.org

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

https://gatherthenations.org

Learn more about our hosts:

Joshua Aaron:

https://joshuaaaron.tv

Aaron Shust:

https://aaronshust.com

https://landofzion.org

Theme song: “Mountain of the Lord (Gather Remix)”

Produced by Sam Hart.

Cover Art: Sam Hart.

https://samhartmusic.com/

Produced by: Corey Kizer

Jesse Reeves Father, musician, songwriter, church planter, and pastor. As a musician, Jesse spent 17 years leading worship, touring and playing bass guitar in the Chris Tomlin Band. As a songwriter, he has co-written several songs that are sung in the church around the world today including “How Great is Our God,” “Our God,” “I Will Rise,” “Indescribable,” “Lord, I Need You,” and more. As a church planter, Jesse and Janet have been a part of planting The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Tx and Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently hosting a weekly gathering called King’s Porch, where the song “I Speak Jesus” was born.

KingsPorch:

https://www.kingsporch.com

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

https://gatherthenations.org

Learn more about our hosts:

Joshua Aaron:

https://joshuaaaron.tv

Aaron Shust:

https://aaronshust.com

https://landofzion.org

Theme song: “Mountain of the Lord (Gather Remix)” Produced by Sam Hart. 

Cover Art: Sam Hart.

https://samhartmusic.com/

Produced by:

Corey Kizer

Scott Volk is a Messianic Jew who came to faith in 1975. After graduating from North Central University in Minneapolis in 1988, Scott has served in various pastoral capacities in Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina . After more than 20 years in pastoral ministry, Scott founded Together For Israel, a non-profit ministry that exists to partner with the Church for the salvation of Israel (Rom 11:26).Scott and his wife Beth have been married for over 25 years and have a heart to see Jew and Gentile united as ‘one new man’ in the Messiah. They have five children and reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Together For Israel:

https://togetherforisrael.org

Scott's Book: Jesus Was Not a Christian:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950810003?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_XNZQCYW2Y0DHJ617RF23

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

https://gatherthenations.org

Learn more about our hosts:

Joshua Aaron:

https://joshuaaaron.tv

AaronAaron Shust:

https://aaronshust.com

https://landofzion.org

Theme song: “Mountain of the Lord (Gather Remix)”

Produced by Sam Hart.

Cover Art: Sam Hart.

https://samhartmusic.com/

Produced by:Corey Kizer

Mike Weaver is known for honest songs that tell personal stories of freedom in Christ, Big Daddy Weave has long been admired for their real-life, real-person openness. With songs like Redeemed, God Is In This Story, Heaven Changes Everything, My Story, The Lion and the Lamb, Overwhelmed, and Let It Begin, Big Daddy Weave has become one of the most beloved bands in Christian music. Millions have taken their anthems of the chain-breaking love of Jesus as their own and sung along to songs about the radical act of redemption. The band’s openness to go through whatever doors God opens for them has kept them going since their early days as students at the University of Mobile. Big Daddy Weave’s testimony is about a deep and personal faith in Jesus, no matter the circumstances. A mainstay at radio, the band has achieved multiple No. 1 singles. RIAA Platinum-certified "Redeemed" became an anthem of unprecedented impact when it spent 11 weeks at No. 1, was dubbed “Song of the Year” at the first annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, and earned Dove Award and Billboard Music Award nominations. Their follow-up hit, “The Lion and The Lamb,” has become one of the genre’s most-streamed songs. They have amassed more than one billion career streams and have received numerous honors, including a Dove Award, ASCAP and BMI Awards, and the prestigious Rich Mullins Artist Impact Award, among others.

Big Daddy Weave:

https://bigdaddyweave.com

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

https://gatherthenations.org

Learn more about our hosts:

Joshua Aaron:

https://joshuaaaron.tv

Aaron Shust:

https://aaronshust.com

https://landofzion.org

Theme song: “Mountain of the Lord (Gather Remix)”

Produced by Sam Hart.

Cover Art: Sam Hart.

https://samhartmusic.com/

Produced by:Corey Kizer

Israeli-Zionist Chaim Malespin immigrated to Israel from the U.S. about 25 years ago. He is a sergeant major in the IDF Combat Engineering Corps, serving in a special Yahalom elite commando unit.

Malespin runs the Aliyah Return Center, an Israel-based, registered non-profit organization that usually focuses on supporting new Jewish immigrants from the diaspora with absorption into Israel.

Chaim and his wife Deanna live in Israel with their three children.

Don Finto served as a missionary to post-war Germany. Upon returning to the United States, he earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He taught at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, and became the senior pastor of Belmont Church in Nashville, where Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, as well as many other Nashville musicians called home. He pastored Belmont Church for more than 25 years before founding the non-profit ministry known as Caleb Company in 1996. Caleb Company’s mission is to equip God’s people with His heart and purpose for Israel and the nations. Don is the author of two renowned books: God’s Promise and the Future of Israel and Your People Shall Be My People. Don and his late wife, Martha, have three children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Don currently resides in Nashville.

https://a.co/d/45ItNG1

Dr. Seth Postell (PhD in Hebrew Bible) serves as the academic dean of ONE FOR ISRAEL Bible College in Netanya Israel. His interests are in the literary approach to Scripture, Scripture's use of Scripture, narrative analogy, biblical theology, and the New Testament's use of the Tanakh. He has authored a number of publications including Adam as Israel (2011), Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus (2017) and essays in The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy (2020), The Handbook of the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith (2021), The Handbook of the Jewish Roots of the Gospels (2021), and in Reading the Psalms Theologically (2022). He has also published many academic articles and translated the Book of Genesis for the Tree of Life Version of the Bible (2019).

Check out Dr. Seth Postell's NEW BOOK RELEASE: With All Your Mind and Heart: Daily Devotions on the Wonderful Word of God - Volume 1.

https://a.co/d/h0fgKBZ

ONE FOR ISRAEL

https://oneforisrael.org

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

Learn more about Gather The Nations:

https://gatherthenations.org

Learn more about our hosts:

Joshua Aaron: https://joshuaaaron.tv

Aaron Shust:

https://aaronshust.com

https://landofzion.org

Theme song: “Mountain of the Lord (Gather Remix)” Produced by Sam Hart.

Cover Art: Sam Hart.

https://samhartmusic.com/

Produced by:

Corey Kizer