About Us

THE EXPEDITION BEGINS

1. Purpose: Restoring the Ancient Wells, 2. Method: Context Before Tradition, 3. Vision: A Church Rooted and Fruitful, 4. Invitation: To Stand at the Crossroads

The Meaning Behind Project Gerar

Uncovering What Has Been Buried

The name Project Gerar comes from the account in Genesis 26, where Isaac returned to the land of Gerar and reopened the wells his father Abraham had dug; wells that the Philistines had stopped up with earth. Isaac didn’t innovate or create something new; striking out to find new water sources, he restored what had been covered over; forgotten, clearing away the debris to reveal the life-giving water beneath.

This picture captures the heart of our ministry. In Scripture, water represents truth, living, cleansing, and revelatory. Wells are the access points to that truth. And the act of digging demands effort, persistence, and faith. Project Gerar exists on the conviction that much of the Church’s inheritance has been covered over: the Hebraic worldview of Scripture, the covenantal logic of Torah, the Jewish identity of the early disciples, and the original context in which the gospel was proclaimed; now buried under centuries of accumulated tradition and reinterpretation.

Gerar itself also carries significant meaning in Hebrew. The root suggests “dragging away” or “clearing off”, the very action of pulling back what covers something valuable. In ancient pictographic Hebrew, its letters paint the image of a journey toward one’s origin, the pursuit of what has been lost or obscured. Fittingly, Gerar was the biblical place where Abraham’s legacy was contested, where truth was buried, and where Isaac had to uncover what his father had established.

Through this lens, Gerar becomes a landscape of recovery, a place where identity is reclaimed, where revelation is restored, and where ancient waters flow once more. Just as the prophet Jeremiah called Israel to “stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it” (Jeremiah 6:16), Project Gerar stands in that same calling: to clear away what has been piled on top of the faith and to reopen the wells so living truth can rise again.

This isn’t about chasing novelty. It’s about shuv; the Hebrew concept of returning to God’s original intent. The entire biblical narrative, from Eden onward, tells a story of restoration. We believe the Western Church has become disconnected from the Jewish roots that made the early believers so powerful and transformative. Modern faith has drifted from what the first-century followers of Yeshua knew, understood, and practiced.

The work of redigging requires more than casual interest, it demands the active engagement that marks true discipleship. Like the clean animal that chews the cud and ruminates, believers are called to meditate deeply on God’s Word, not simply to be spoon-fed once a week. The Greek understanding of grace as a “free ride” has obscured something crucial about the Hebrew dynamic: grace positions people to begin the real work of transformation. Jacob became Israel through wrestling. Diamonds become jewels through careful chipping away of what doesn’t belong. The circumcised heart is one that has lost its callousness to become sensitive to God’s voice.

Project Gerar is the work of digging, so the living water can flow again.

Purpose: Restoring the Ancient Wells

Returning the faith to its original foundation

Project Gerar exists to restore what centuries of theological drift have obscured. The early followers of Yeshua didn’t see themselves as starting a new religion, they understood themselves as part of Israel’s story, the fulfilment of ancient promises. Their faith was rooted in Torah, shaped by covenant, and lived out within the rhythms and categories of Israel’s God.

When the Church severed itself from these Jewish roots in the centuries following the apostles, it lost more than cultural context, it lost clarity, coherence, and transformative power. Our purpose is to reconnect modern believers with the Hebraic foundation that gave the early Church its vitality. We’re not creating something new; we’re recovering what was always there, buried beneath layers of Greek philosophy and Western tradition.

This is about more than academic interest. It’s about reclaiming a faith that transforms lives, that makes sense of the whole biblical narrative from Genesis to Revelation, and that reveals Yeshua not as the abolisher of Torah but as its perfect embodiment; the living Word made flesh.

Method: Context Before Tradition

Teaching Scripture from within its own world

The work of restoration requires diligence, precision, and humility. We approach Scripture by returning it to its original context; Hebrew language and thought patterns, covenant structures, Second Temple Judaism, and the prophetic framework that shaped the apostles’ understanding.

Our method is grounded in rigorous study combined with spiritual sensitivity. We don’t begin with inherited assumptions or denominational traditions; we begin with text, language, history, and the worldview of those who first received God’s revelation. This means:

Examining Scripture through Hebraic lenses rather than Greek philosophical categories
Tracing the covenantal logic that runs from Abraham through Messiah
Understanding Torah as God’s wisdom and instruction, not as a burden to escape
Recovering the “already but not yet” framework that shaped early believers’ eschatology
Reconnecting with biblical appointed times, Sabbath, and the rhythms that formed discipleship

This approach requires wrestling with difficult questions, challenging comfortable interpretations, and being willing to rethink what we’ve been taught. Like Isaac redigging wells, we must be prepared to remove what has been added and to labour until we reach the source.

We provide this work through careful biblical teaching, in-depth written resources, topical studies that reframe New Testament passages in their Jewish context, and books that tackle foundational questions about Torah, covenant, and the nature of discipleship.

Vision: A Church Rooted and Fruitful

Believers walking in the fullness of their inheritance

We envision a global body of believers who are no longer spiritually shallow or disconnected from their own story. We see men and women who understand their identity as grafted-in branches of the olive tree of Israel, who recognise Yeshua as Torah personified, and who walk in the practical wisdom that shaped the faith of the apostles.

This is a vision of the Church restored to first-century vitality, not in terms of replicating ancient culture, but in recovering the theological and spiritual framework that made those early believers so powerful. When the foundations are uncovered and Scripture is allowed to speak from within its own world, transformation follows naturally.

We see:

Believers confident in Scripture’s coherence, no longer struggling with apparent contradictions between Old and New Covenants
Communities that practice both grace and obedience, understanding these not as opposites but as partners in transformation
Lives shaped by the wisdom of Torah, expressed through the power of the Spirit
The restoration of Sabbath rest as covenant relationship rather than a legalistic burden
A recovery of biblical feasts and appointed times that deepen understanding of God’s redemptive plan
The healing of the ancient breach between Israel and the church, united under Messiah

This vision isn’t about creating division or returning to obsolete practices. It’s about wholeness, reconnecting the branches to the root that sustains them, so the entire tree flourishes as God intended.

Invitation: To Stand at the Crossroads

The journey of rediscovery awaits

Jeremiah’s ancient call still echoes: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls” (Jeremiah 6:16).

This is not a passive invitation. The work of redigging requires engagement, wrestling, and perseverance. It demands that we question assumptions we’ve inherited, that we labour in study, and that we are always willing to see Scripture with fresh eyes. But the reward is profound, the living water of truth that brings clarity, transformation, and rest.

We invite you, whether you’re a pastor sensing something missing in modern Christianity, a believer hungry for depth and coherence, or someone disillusioned with shallow faith, to join us in this journey of restoration.

Begin here:

- Explore our blog to see New Testament passages through Hebraic lenses
- Read our books that challenge traditional interpretations and recover ancient foundations
- Engage with articles and teachings that connect Scripture’s pieces into a unified whole
- Join a community of seekers rediscovering what the early believers knew

The wells are still there. The water still flows beneath the surface. It simply needs to be uncovered. Will you take up the work of digging?

The ancient paths are waiting. The good way is still good. Come and taste the living water.

Project Gerar

We believe much of the Hebraic roots and Jewish context that shaped the early Christian faith has been buried under layers of tradition and misinterpretation. We explore the original meaning of Biblical Hebrew words, study Torah as God’s instruction (not law), understand how Sabbath, biblical feasts (moedim), and covenant formed first-century believers. Seeking to remove centuries of accumulation to learn to walk ‘the way’ of the first disciples; following Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, empowered by the Spirit.

We’re not adding Jewish flavour to Christianity. This is a work of restoration; a return to the ancient paths. The water is still flowing.

Let’s dig together to uncover those wells.