Ministry Focus

In our day there has been a surge of Jewish people coming to faith in Jesus as their Jewish Messiah and Savior. They have a continuing affection for Jewish life and culture, while at the same time affirming Jesus as Lord and Messiah. The Baleston family of New Jersey is typical of this movement within the Jewish community. Mottel was born into a Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York and attended Jewish and public schools there. All four of his grandparents were born into Orthodox Jewish homes in Eastern Europe at the turn of the century. Mottel is the Director of the Messengers Messianic Jewish Outreach of New Jersey, a ministry of Missions Door. Messengers carries on a work of sharing Messiah Jesus within the Jewish community and leading people to faith. There are over a quarter million Jewish people in the northern New Jersey area. The ministry has experienced active opposition. Educating Christians concerning the Hebrew roots of faith in Messiah and communicating with Jewish friends is also part of their work. Mottel is a graduate of Northeastern Bible College and has done extensive study and course work at Biblical Theological Seminary of Pennsylvania and Ulpan Beit HaAm of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. The Balestons have been used by the Lord to lead many Jewish people to faith in Messiah Jesus. Many other new Jewish believers have been discipled through the fellowships and Bible studies they have conducted. Many of these Jewish believers are now serving in local churches. Over the last decade Mottel was privileged to baptize fourteen Jewish believers. In addition to his work with Messengers, Mottel also served as the Leader or Assoc. Leader of a Messianic Congregation in New Jersey for 15 years. He has spoken at churches and taught at conferences in Israel, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and throughout the United States.

In April 2023, Mottel conducted a "Messiah in the Passover" Seder, at CBC . Unique was that
we had a small group of Brazilian Christians attend, so their bi-lingual Pastor did simultaneous translation into Portuguese.