Kehilat El Roii Church in Jerusalem

Not since my visit to Chicago, Illinois, USA where I was excommunicated from four mega-churches within three weeks have I encountered as much opposition from churches as in Jerusalem, Israel. Never in my life have I experienced a more hostile and uncivilised church leadership than from this particular church: Kehilat El Roii Church in Jerusalem (http://www.gratefullygrafted.org/ministries/congregations/kehilat_el_roii.htm). Perhaps coincidental, the hostile and falsely accusing pastor of the Kehilat El Roii Church in Jerusalem, Pastor Ofer Amitai (elroii@zahav.net.il), lived 14 years in Chicago. Never before in my life have I felt as physically intimidated and threatened by church leaders inside a church building as in the El Roii Congregation in Jerusalem. An elder of the El Roii Church named “Doug”, immediately at the end of their main church service on a Saturday evening, bounced towards me to where I had been sitting. This heavily built elder of the church trespassed by far the social distance norm of any culture, by positioning himself within my intimate space and intensely staring at me with his cold, hard eyes. The church-elder remained standing 10-20 cm squarely in front of me, continuously staring into my face with his hard, cold, Christless eyes, and aggressively commanded in an unfriendly tone of voice, although with a normal conversation volume of voice, that I was not allowed to communicate with any women in their church. Feeling very uncomfortable by the potential danger of this man’s threatening manner, I asked the church elder in my friendly voice why I was not allowed to communicate with females. This church elder, maintaining his hard cold stare, his hostile voice, and his assaultingly intimate position 10-20 cm in front of me, said that the church had read on my personal website that I seek to marry, and that I had sent 69 international letters for help (http://www.kyrkor.be/Inhumane_Swedish_Pastors.pdf), and that I had been expelled from the Times Square Church in New York City, and therefore this Kehilat El Roii Church in Jerusalem will protect their women from me. He then demanded that I swear to him to not communicate with any women in their church. Upon his threatening demand, and his very provocative physical intimacy against me, and because I was frightened that he would also physically assault me at any moment, I gently asked the church elder if he kindly could back away to give me some space. Reluctantly he backed away a few centimetres, while continually staring in my face with his hard, cold Christless eyes. The elder then proceeded to threaten me with a demand; that if I do not swear to not communicate with any women in their church, he would take me out of the building. Stunned, and fearful of an imminent physical assault from him, hoping to defuse his hostility, I responded after some delay that I would like to know more about this church, and who he was to set such demands on me. The elder reluctantly answered “I am an elder in the church.” He then walked away. Shortly, the church’s pastor Ofer Amitai approached me together with the same church elder “Doug”. Their pastor, Ofer Amitai, then began to falsely accuse me of having threatened his elder “Doug”, and reiterated in an unfriendly tone of voice the message of the elder that I am forbidden to talk to any women in his church. Since I at that time did not know the name of the pastor, I asked the pastor, “Sorry, but what is your name?” The pastor refused to answer what his name was, saying that his name was unimportant for me to know. I then politely explained to the pastor Ofer Amitai in a friendly tone that it is customary to begin a conversation by introducing oneself. He then looked very upset and said essentially something similar to; that knowing his name is none of my business. Interpreting that the risk of a physical assault from the elder was diminished at that moment, I then calmly collected my jacket and items from my chair behind me (although internally I was in a state of shock) and began to move towards the exit to the room. At the exit, I briefly interviewed a Scandinavian man who had been a member of the church for five years, and through my questions to him I attained the name of this pastor: Ofer Amitai. One week earlier when I visited this Kehilat El Roii Church for the first time, the Holy Spirit showed to me something (which I will not say) when I was praying, and through the Holy Spirit I know that the elder and the pastor of this church were acting as instruments of satan against me.