Art Katz

Does anyone have a bio for Art Katz--I gather he lives in some kind of communal living situation? also what is your understanding of is beliefs on the five fold ministry? thanks scott

Hello Scott and Greg,So Glad to see the interest in Art Katz.homepage benisrael.orgGreg, could you add K156 "And They Crucified Him" to the downloads? Roger

"And They Crucified Him"If you do anything, listen to this message.Thank you Roger and thank you Greg.I am fascinated by this man, have listened to some of his other message's and am in the middle of reading the interview that was linked through this thread.Depth. Breadth. A voice crying in the wilderness..

Art Katz did start Ben Israel and is still involved with the fellowship. He is however now living most of the time in NY. I thin maybe in Brooklyn. He said the Lord had him go there. I don't know if he is doing any ministry work or not. I have only heard things but can not be certain so I will not say. There is a message from Art Katz where he talks about the decision to leave and he mentions David Wilkerson and TSC.I will try to find it and post it on this thread.Maybe Lars knows some more about what Art is doing now.In Christ,Mike

Mike:Art Katz itinerary says he is going to be in California in January speaking at a few differnt places. You may want to try to go to one if it isn't to far from you.Here is the link.http://www.benisrael.org/benisraels_missionaries/monthly_itinerary.htmGod Bless,Mike

Oh Bless you Brother!Just checked and he is going to be in Palo Alto, CA on January 9-11.This is not even 15 minutes from me.I will be there!Praise God!Thank you so much, Mike.

I found the message where Art Katz talks about going to New York. He starts talking about it about 15 or 20 minutes into the message and later on mentions talking to David Wilkerson.Based on things I've heard and Art's itineray on his web site it seems like he is back at the Ben Israel Community and going to be doing some traveling again both in the US and overseas.The message is called "Sowing and Reaping" (K-247). I don't think it is available for download but you can order it from his website. Below is the link. http://www.benisrael.org/catalog/audiotape_catalog.htmGod bless,Mike

Mike (crsschk):Were you able to go hear/see Art Katz this weekend? If so, let us know what you heard and came away with.Mike

Hi Mike (5nva),Yes, indeed!What an incredible blessing. A very genuine, warm, wonderful man of God. He treated me as if a son. Still processing everything and as I write I am multi-tasking listening to a radio program that will be conducting an interview with Art any minute now....Hope to attempt to express my thought's somehow at some point.Let me just say, that as Art discussed yesterday,that there are things that just communicate spirit to spirit...there are no words to express it.Truely a tremendous blessing.Thank you so much for originally bringing this to my attention.Mike

Mike (crsschk):I am blessed by hearing you were able to go. And yes, everytime I have gone to hear Art it is an event that has me leave with much to digest and little can come out of my mouth to express it. Art speaks words of life if we will take them in and receive them.Mike

Well,You did two things.One, you answered a question I was about to ask, namely if you had had an opportunity to go see/hear him.Two,an event that has me leave with much to digest and little can come out of my mouth to express it. Art speaks words of life if we will take them in and receive them.Better said than I could... :-) I'll give it a shot though, here is something that popped into my thought's this morning:'Spiritual things have to bypass your mind and grip your spirit before they can come up and grab your intellect'

Mike (crsschk):You stated that Art was/is a very genuine, warm, wonderful man of God. He treated me as if a son.That is so true. Art is a humble man and very real. When I lived in Illinois I was part of a home church and Art came to speak at our fellowship a couple of times. He is the type of man that you sit around and listen to but it seems hard to even utter a word.At Ben Israel they have a convocation every year and a lot of people go there for many days. Art speaks and has others come in as well. I know George Warnock has spoken at one of them. I have not been myself but a couple of brothers from our fellowship have and said it was life changing.Mike

:-) ...Before I left I sought him out again and all I could utter was, 'Bless you, Bless you', he had his hands full and he leaned up against me and said "Was it worth the drive?" (It actually ended up being in a church about an hour away)I just responded by pounding my chest.He also invited me up to MN, told me to bring my tool's (I'm a contractor) and I could work for my stay. Would love that.Lord willing.It is just amazing to me, what you communicated in your experience, what others have said here (eagleswings for instance) and someone that I want to thank for first drawing my attention to Art, namely Lars (Iwpray) bless you! And Greg, for providing all this that I am able to hear and be exposed to...lost where I was going with this.You have to pardon my tempered excitement, for someone who has come out of a mishmash of false teaching, Catholic upbringing and the like, to be fed spiritual nourishment....words can be such a handicap.Fortunately we have these little guy's that can give some expression: :-D

Now, Mike, you have had your mind and heart washed. We can all hear that.And we are blessed by it.We are hoping to go to northern Minnesota for the School next Autumn. Would be nice to meet with you there.Lars

That would be a treat Lars.Or make that a retreat!Yes, Lord willing.