Press Release

German Pastor to Speak on Prayer and Repentance Aug 11 and 12

On August 11 & 12, visiting German pastor Jobst Bittner will preach on the importance of prayer and repentance, using his church’s repentance for sins against the Jews during the Holocaust. The service will include a time of worship, led by Messianic recording artist Ted Pearce.  The services will be at (TBD) in Hampton, Va on August 11, and at Congregation Zion’s Sake in Newport News on August 12.  Both services begin at 7pm.

Scripture says that leaving an offense uncared for will hinder spiritual progress.  In Tübingen, Germany, Pastor Jobst Bittner sought an explanation for the spiritual darkness in his community.  He realized that he lived in an area that had been home to many Nazis, and much of the city’s heritage dealt with strong anti-Semitism.  Many Nazi war criminals came from and lived in Tubingen.  Knowing from Scripture that “the sins of the fathers are visited to the children to the third and fourth generation,” he began to lead his church in a time of repentance for the sins of the community.

Pastor Bittner has begun to teach about prayer of remembrance for those who paid with their life for the “crime” of being Jewish. TOS church is leading the region in repenting for the crime of not speaking out against injustice. It is the sin explained in Esther 4:14 – the sin of silence against the spirit of Haman, which brings death to the innocent.

Pastor Jobst Bittner is pastor of “Tübingen Offensive Stadtmission” (TOS), a protestant, charismatic free church and ministry in Tübingen, Germany.  The church was founded in 1987. In holding to the statutes of the International Evangelical Alliance, TOS is based on the protestant creed “Redemption by Grace alone”.  The Tubingen church is leading a spiritual renewal in its region of Germany.  Jews and Christian joining in cities and regions all over the nation to break the silence, and Holocaust survivors are telling the stories that should never be forgotten.

The services are sponsored by Congregation Zion’s Sake (www.zionsake.com) and B’nai Avraham Messianic Fellowship (www.BnaiAvrahamVA.org).  The website for Pastor Bittner’s TOS church in Germany is http://www.tos.info.  More information about Ted Pearce can be found at http://www.tedpearce.com.

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Contact:  Mike Mitchell, 757-218-4447, messianichampton@gmail.com