Born into a Jewish family, Fred Lessans became a believer in Jesus (Yeshua) at the age of nineteen. In the early 70’s Fred co-founded a community of people from a variety of religious backgrounds who together sought to live out the prayer of Jesus, that “they all may be one that the world may believe” (John 17:21). Over the next twenty years, the community grew to over 850 men, women and children and served to bring spiritual renewal to individuals and congregations alike.

In the early 90’s, Fred founded Living Water Fellowship, a congregation with a vision to help secular students find true spirituality and the power to live a new life in the Spirit. In the summer of 2000, Living Water Fellowship merged with Covenant Community Church to become New Heritage Community where Fred presently co-pastors with three other men.

Fred’s ministry is three fold: (1) to build a “One New Man” community of Jew and Gentile, one in Messiah, (2) to lead teams to Israel to make “avodah” and (3) to teach Christians and Christian congregations the Jewish roots of the faith.

Fred has a Masters degree in Theology from St. Mary’s Seminary and University and a Masters Degree in Jewish Studies from Baltimore Hebrew University. Fred, his wife Kristin and their two children, seek to model the oneness of Jew and Gentile in Messiah Yeshua!

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