Root Of Jesse

Our Mission

Root of Jesse Inc. is a non-profit corporation and the period of it duration has been 19 years. It has been in good standing as a 501c non-profit with the IRS for these 19 years. Prior to the incorporation of Root of Jesse Inc., this ministry was operating as “God is in His Temple” from 1991 until May 1996.

Root of Jesse Inc. was originally established and incorporated in Texas. Since that time this Ministry has established facilities in New York, Nebraska, Delaware, and Maryland areas in the United States. This Ministry has reached out and influence areas in Europe, numerous islands in the Philippines, Iceland, and established an outreach ministry in South Port, Jamaican while ministering in other areas there since the early 90’s. Root of Jesse Inc. has numerous ministers of the five-fold ministry working as volunteers across the United States. In some places there are as few as 2-3 and in others as many as 10-15 team members working to fulfill its mandate.

The mission of Root of Jesse Inc. is to assist the government with the growing dilemma of recidivism by empowering inmates around the US with self and community awareness by teaching, living, and instructing each one of them to “pay it forward”.

The vision of Root of Jesse Inc. is to create well grounded team members who understand why recidivism occur so frequently within our penal system by teaching them the basic needs of individuals, equipping them with tools to instruct and lead groups in getting those needs meet though programs there at the facility and programs offered by ROJ. Root of Jesse Inc. goal is to make each encounter with these individual so positive that change is birth within their mindset and desire for growth and understanding begins to become a priority for their live. It is the goals of the Ministry to meet social, health (both mental and spiritual), assist with economic needs through entrepreneur programs, assist with transitional housing, parenting classes, as such like tools that will allow the stability from the support systems therefore empowering them to be successful individual who are an asset to their family, community, and country.