About
Who we hope to become
A Messianic ministry initiative in the concept stage—honest about what is proposed and what remains unfinished.
Mission
Help Jewish people encounter Yeshua as Israel’s promised Messiah through Scripture, respectful outreach, prayer, and the free distribution of original Messianic Bible resources—while equipping Christians to support Jewish evangelism with humility.
Vision
An international community of prayer, scholarship, and generosity that places Messianic hope back in its Jewish context and sends resources freely to seekers and missionaries around the world.
Values
Scripture first
We begin with the Hebrew Bible and read Messianic hope in its literary and historical setting.
Respect for Jewish people
We reject antisemitism in every form and seek humility, listening, and love in all outreach.
Yeshua as Messiah
We confess Yeshua as Israel’s promised Messiah and the Savior of the world.
Partnership
Ministry is built through shared gifts—Messianic Jewish insight and Christian partnership together.
Transparency
Proposed governance prioritizes financial clarity, editorial accountability, and honest communication.
Prayer dependence
Every step—from prototype to publication—is offered in prayer and communal discernment.
Statement of respect for Jewish people
We honor the Jewish people as beloved of God and reject every form of antisemitism—historical and contemporary. Christian failure and violence against Jewish communities have caused deep wounds; this ministry intends to walk in repentance, listening, and love.
Presenting Yeshua as Messiah must never erase Jewish identity, caricature Jewish faith, or treat people as projects. Relationship, scholarship, and prayer are the proposed posture.
At the same time, we hold a clear conviction: Yeshua is Israel’s Messiah and the hope of the nations. Evangelism and respect are not opposites when both are practiced with integrity.
Proposed governance
Governance structures have not been formed. A future nonprofit would need clear bylaws, financial transparency, editorial accountability, and shared authority developed with founding partners. Nothing on this site constitutes a legal organization or completed board.
Founders
Ed Rocha
Ed Rocha is a pastor, educator, missionary and ministry leader with decades of international Christian ministry experience. Suggested role: Founder and CEO—subject to formal structuring.
Rabbi Charles
Rabbi Charles is being invited to explore a founding partnership in the development of the ministry and its Messianic Bible project. No surname, credentials, or biography beyond this invitation are published without his approval.
Current pre-launch status
- • Public brand: The Olive Tree Project
- • Proposed Bible resource: The Yeshua Prophecy Bible
- • Working domain: theolivetreeproject.com
- • Nonprofit not yet established
- • Editorial team not yet appointed
- • Bible content not yet completed
- • Partnership with Rabbi Charles remains a prayerful invitation