ABOUT US

Staff at Jews For Jesus UK

		STEPHEN PACHT
		UK director
		My parents were born in Vienna which seems more exotic than Manchester where I grew up. God became a reality while at University in Bristol. After spending a few years wearing smart suits and working as a Chartered Accountant, I joined the staff of Jews for Jesus and was director in France for 14 years. I am presently the UK director, living in London with my wife Deborah and our four children.
		JULIA PASCOE
		I grew up with my secular Jewish mother, and although she never practised Judaism, she did teach me to thank The Almighty each night before I went to bed, so I knew I was Jewish and I had a notion of God. Mum died when I was sixteen years old and from that moment, I questioned whether God existed. I quickly learned how to look after myself, and I worked in the City and always held down a good job. For many years I spent a lot of money going to mediums hoping to contact my mother, but I never got any answers and this resulted in me crying out to The Almighty asking for help! Soon afterwards, I met a Christian who told me about Jesus and insisted I read Stan Telchin's 'Betrayed'; it took two years for me to realise the truth that Jesus was the Messiah, but on April 5th 1998 I became a believer in Jesus. In 2003 God called me into full time ministry with Jews for Jesus.
		ALISON BARNETT
		I grew up in Liverpool with a Jewish father and a Gentile mother. I started to believe in Jesus as the Messiah when I was sixteen years old. After graduating from university I became an accountant and then a primary school teacher and worked all over the world, including Spain and Hong Kong before going to Bible College in 2005. I met Barry at a Jews for Jesus event in 2005 and we married in March 2007. I now work full time with Jesus for Jesus.
		BARRY BARNETT
		I grew up in North London in a Liberal Jewish family and was involved in the Liberal Jewish Youth Movement in London. I began believing in Jesus as Messiah when I was thirty three years old. I was a Drama and Religious Studies teacher for twelve years before working full time with Jews for Jesus.
		ZIGGY ROGOFF
		I grew up in London in a traditional Jewish home. I studied Mathematics at university and gained a doctorate in Applied Mathematics. Whilst working as a risk analyst for Deutsche Bank, I came to believe that Jesus was the Messiah, having completed a ‘Christianity Explored’ course. I now work for Jews for Jesus full time.
		DEBORAH PACHT
		London born, I grew up in Stanmore, and then lived in Israel for a couple of years before returning to London. I came to believe in Jesus after my sister had come to realise that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. She had wanted to know why Jews don’t believe in Jesus and had taken the unusual, but logical step, of reading the New Testament. I thought she had gone mad and looked into the matter for myself and I too, came to believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
		AVI SNYDER
		European Director
		I grew up in a Jewish family in New York and became a believer in Jesus in the late 1970s. I have worked full time for Jews for Jesus since 1978 in places as diverse as: America, Ukraine and Germany. I am currently the European director.
		BARRY & ALISON BARNETT
		YOEL BEN DAVID

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

		KEVIN WREN
		Office Manager
		I have been a follower of Jesus since the age of 15 and have been involved in full-time Christian ministry, serving both in the UK and overseas in South-East Asia, interspersed with various jobs ranging from motorcycle courier to Head of IT for a recruitment company in the city! I am married and have three sons. I enjoy most sports (watching!) and riding my motorcycle. I am the Office Manager and help the smooth running of the back office.
		TONY METLISS
		Administrator
		I was brought up in London in a Jewish family and became a believer in Jesus in 1982. I worked in administration in several major companies. I work full time at Jews for Jesus as the office administrator and I am married to Viv.
		WENDY BURTON
		Administrator
		I have been a believer in Jesus for many years. I am widowed and have two children. I am the office manager at Jews for Jesus.
		GWYN VOLLANS
		Church Relations Coordinator
		I became a Christian in 1989 through reading the Bible and seeing for the first time the truth about God and his Son Jesus as the Messiah and the Saviour of the World. I volunteered with Jews for Jesus before becoming the Coordinator of Church Relations. I am married to Paul and have three grown up children and two grandchildren.
		ETINOSA OMOIGOADE
		Church Relations
		I have believed in Jesus, since 1997. I work as part of the Church Relations team.
		CELIA BOWRING
		Prayer Coordinator
		I became a believer in Jesus when I went to college and I met some Christians. I also read ‘The Cross and the Switchblade’ by David Wilkerson which really made a deep impact on me. I am married to Lyndon and we have three grown up children. I am the author of two books and numerous articles and Bible notes. I work as the prayer coordinator for CARE. I am a member of the European Board.
		MARTIN GOLDSMITH
		European Board member
		I grew up in a German Jewish family in England, and became a believer in Jesus when I was in my teens, although it was not until I was at university that I understood the full meaning of Jesus dying on the cross. I was a missionary in Indonesia and I now serve on the European Board. I am married to Elizabeth.
		RICHARD HARVEY
		European Board member
		I grew up in a Jewish family in South London and came to faith in 1974. I was the first director of Jews for Jesus in London and am now the academic dean at All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire. I am a member of the European Board. I am married to Monica and we have two children.
		PADDY BERESFORD
		European Board member
		I grew up in a ‘nominal’ Christian home, although I sang in Guildford Cathedral choir for four year! I became a believer in Jesus when I was twenty. I became a church pastor in 1977. I am a member of the European board.
		IRINA VOLODARSKA
		I grew up in Kiev, Ukraine, and became a believer in Jesus in 1991. I currently work as the Publications Director for Jews for Jesus in Kiev. I am a regular speaker for Jews for Jesus in the UK.
		SLAVIK MEYTA
		I began believing in Jesus when I was a teenager in Kharkov. I currently work as administrator and translator to the Jews for Jesus team there. I am a regular speaker for Jews for Jesus in the UK.

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