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Pastor Mark & Vicki Biltz
Mark Biltz, founder of El Shaddai Ministries in Washington State, is a well-known and popular commentator on the Biblical Feasts of the Lord. He has produced a series of DVDs on the Feasts that have gone around the world. His research and theories have earned him guest appearances on both radio and television programs across the United States, as well as on the cover of magazines. He teaches how the Messianic prophecies that Jesus (Yeshua) fulfilled 2,000 years ago when He came the first time happened to the very day. He then explains how the second coming events will also happen to the very day during the Fall Feasts. Yeshua died for our sins on Passover, was buried on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, resurrected from death on First Fruits, and then sent the Holy Spirit to indwell believers on the Jewish Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot). If He fulfilled the spring Feasts to the day of His first coming He will fulfill the Fall Feasts to the day of His second coming.
Pastor Mark's studies have also revealed a link between charts of solar and lunar eclipses from NASA’s website with Israel’s history, the Biblical Feast days, and signs in the heavens drawing clear similarities between them, lining up through history. He’s spoken at numerous congregations and conferences in Europe, North America, South America,, Africa, and Asia, as well as all over the United States. He has been interviewed by FOX television, appeared on the Sid Roth television broadcast, and on Prophecy in the News. He’s been interviewed by many radio stations across the United States and Canada. The El Shaddai Ministries' website, receives millions of hits from over 40 nations around the world every year. In addition, ESM has 40,000 regular visitors every month who livestream the services, download the teaching notes, and view their extensive archives.
Mark was born in 1956 in Wichita, Kansas and raised as a Roman Catholic. In 1975 at the age of 19, he was attending Kansas Newman College when a childhood friend gave him a better understanding of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He left the Roman Catholic Church and joined a evangelistic youth organization called The Agape Force, where his teachers included Leonard Ravenhill, David Wilkerson, and Winkie Pratney.
Mark met the love of his life, Vicki, while attending Bible college in Wichita. Mark and Vicki were married in July of 1977. They've been married now for 43 years and have two sons.
After attending Bible college, he moved to Washington State as an assistant pastor of a non-denominational church in 1987, Mark also became an administrator/teacher at South King County Bible College.
In 1993, Mark's wife, Vicki, bought him a book by a Jewish Rabbi named Moshe Braun called The Jewish Holy Days - Their Spiritual Significance. He saw such depth to the material that he realized Christians were missing so much by seeing themselves as cut off from the Jewish mindset and culture, and he became a passionate student of literature written from a Jewish mindset and was humbled by the grace, wisdom, and insight that poured forth from our Jewish brethren. Mark realized the Jewish people loved the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and had been studying and mining the Bible for millennia in search of nuggets of truth. Mark felt a real need to refocus on the Jewish roots of his Christian faith to get a better understanding of the context and culture to have a correct understanding of the Bible.
In 2001, Mark started El Shaddai Ministries to educate Christians from all different denominations on how anti-Semitism and replacement theology have crippled our understanding of God and the covenants He has made with His people – the Jews. Starting with just two families, El Shaddai Ministries grew to almost 900 people regularly attending every Shabbat. Mark has authored three books: Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs; God's Day Timer; and Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times. His latest book, Decoding the Prophet Jeremiah: What an Ancient Prophet Says About Today comes out in October 2020.
Pastor Mark has traveled extensively around the world speaking on almost every continent as well as all over the United States. Currently, El Shaddai Ministries livestreams their Saturday morning services to over 300 cities in over 25 nations. El Shaddai Ministries is a very multi-ethnic and multi-denominational congregation with an audience in the hundreds of thousands.
Leadership
Board of Directors
Pastor Mark & Vicki Biltz
Pastor Mark and Vicki held the first El Shaddai Shabbat service on Rosh Hashanah on September 19, 2000.
Mark enjoys spending time with his family, studying the BIble, working in the yard, and playing board games of every sort.
Vicki is the one who came up with the name for El Shaddai Ministries! From the very beginning, she has overseen the Worship ministry. Vicki loves birding and nature, as well as photography and cares deeply about the environment.
Bill & Rocio Voiss
We've attended El Shaddai Ministries for 14 years. Bill serves as a senior vice president and member of the ESM Board of Directors. He sees his chief role as helping Pastor Mark fulfill his vision for ESM. Bill enjoys traveling, dining out, and being with his family.
Rocio is involved with all aspects of the various ministries at ESM and volunteers her time wherever and whenever it's necessary. She also enjoys traveling, reading, and being with her family.
Bill and Rocio have been Zakens for 10 years.
Zakens
Randy & Sherry Lush
We've attended El Shaddai Ministries for 9 years. Randy is involved with Men's Prayer on Shabbat, the Coffee Ministry, and whenever else is needed. He enjoys traveling, boating, and being with his grandchildren.
Sherry has been developing and maintaining curriculum for our children's ministry for 6 and 1/2 years; she teaches the teens; coordinates events; writes the ESM blog; and answers emails from community members. She loves walking on the beach, gardening, dancing, studying Hebrew and studying the Word.
Randy and Sherry have been a Zakens for six years.
Neil & Sandi DePoister
We've attended El Shaddai Ministries for 10 years. Neil oversees the Coffee Ministry on Shabbat, co-conducts the Men's Prayer before Shabbat service; assists with the Men's Ministry and Men's breakfast; and volunteers in the shipping department in the ESM office.
Neil has been retired for three and a half years and spends his free time chipping away on his 30-year "Honey Do" list, doing crossword puzzles, playing computer games, and reading.
Neil and Sandi have been Zakens for almost three years.
Chuck & Paula Despars
We've attended El Shaddai Ministries for 10 years. Chuck is involved with service set up and anything else that's needed. He enjoys hiking and working in his yard.
Paula oversees the medical team and teaches both a teen and a young adult class. She loves to read, study the Bible, cross stitching, and working in her garden.
Chuck and Paula have been Zakens for three years.
Dan & Eileen Neely
We've attended El Shaddai Ministries for over ten years. We love the people and staff! We both serve as Care Shepherds, and Dan is involved with the Men's Ministry. Eileen serves in the shipping department, the children's ministry, and helps with quilting and knitting projects for El Shaddai. She also enjoys gardening and attempting to learn more Hebrew.
Dan and Eileen have been Zakens for three years.