Who We Are...
"I do not ask on behalf of these alone but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me."
John 17:20-21 | NASB 1995
The Road to Jerusalem is a ministry of reconciliation. We do this through a variety of demonstrations that are revolved around appointed times/biblical feasts. We also host conferences and workshops that provide education, creative expression, and various presentations of topics related to unity within the various groups of Christianity and Messianic Judaism.
Our Team
DR. RALEIGH WASHINGTON
President & CEO
DR. RALEIGH WASHINGTON is President and CEO of The Road to Jerusalem and Awakening The Voice Of Truth. He was the third recipient awarded “Doctor of Peacemaking” after Mother Teresa and Bishop Desmond Tutu by Westminster College. He is Pastor Emeritus of Rock of Chicago’s Our Salvation Evangelical Free Church, a multi-racial urban church that he founded and led. He joined Promise Keepers as Vice President of Reconciliation, retired as President/CEO, and currently is President Emeritus. He and Glen Kehrein co-authored Breaking Down Walls: A Model of Reconciliation in an Age of Racial Strife, the 1994 Gold Medallion winner of the Christian Booksellers Association. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, Dr. Washington earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam. Post-military, at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (now Trinity International University), he earned his Master of Divinity. Later, on the staff of Trinity International University, he developed and led the school’s Master of Arts in Urban Ministries. He holds honorary doctorates from Trinity, Westminster College, and Azusa Pacific University. He is still on numerous ministry boards, he also speaks at conferences and to universities, congregations, and corporations.
RACHEL WASHINGTON
Music Director
Rachel has a passion to see Worship push forward the mission and purpose of TRTJ. In 2009, Rachel formed “Rachel Washington and OneBody Band,” a diverse praise and worship team that has ministered across the country and has been the praise and worship team for Promise Keepers conferences since the 2010 season. OneBody recorded and released their first EP in 2012. Rachel wrote and co-produced the entire album.
Rachel is also a National recording artist and the Worship Director and Executive Pastor for Family Life Church in Minneapolis, MN.