CMJ Trustees and policies
CMJ UK is overseen by a Board of Trustees made up of people from across the UK who share a heart to bring the good news of Messiah to the Jewish People.
Rev. Ray Lockhart
President
President: Rev Ray Lockhart
Vice Presidents: Bishop Henry Scriven and Canon Andrew White.
Patron: Bishop David Evans
Rufus Barnes
Board Member
Rev Canon Phil Harris
Treasurer
Liz Woods
Board Member
Alison Davies
Board Member
Adam Raffell
Chair of Trustees
Sammy Salter
Board Member
Sharon Arthurson
Vice Chair
Jo McDowell
Board Member
Roni Mechanic
Co-opted Board Member
Annually our Trustees review and approve the Safeguarding Policy.
Our Equality, diversity and inclusion policy has recently been approved by the Trustees.
Wendy Scott
Chair
Wendy is trainer/consultant running her own company in the Midlands and has been involved with CMJ since 1986, first serving as a Trustee in the mid-90’s and again since 2012. Her prayer is to see the work of CMJ UK grow and develop, continuing to fulfil the calling since 1809, to be a witness to the Jewish Messiah.
Rufus Barnes
Vice Chair
Rufus Barnes attended Bible School in Jerusalem in 1992-3 during which time he came into contact with CMJ through Christ Church. He has served as a Trustee of CMJ UK at various times since and, after a 4-year break, was re-elected in 2019. He is now Vice-Chair. He has also served as Vice-Chair of CMJ Israel.
Rev Canon Phil Harris
Treasurer
Phil is an Anglican Priest and as Canon serves as the Ecumenical Officer for CEEC.CHURCH worldwide. Phil also serves on the Leadership Commission of the Order of St Leonard as Canon for Formation and Training and represents the Order nationally at Churches Together England. For many years Phil was bi-vocational where he chaired an international business and has passion for Israel and the Jewish people.
Liz Woods
Board Member
Having taught for 11 years in London, I went to Israel for 5 months as a volunteer at the Garden Tomb in 1992 and stayed for 21 years! During that time I had responsibility for it’s reception and shop, group bookings and staff scheduling. I returned to the UK in 2013 and became a CMJ UK trustee in 2014.
Alison Davies
Board Member
I was brought up in an extended family of Believers and taught to love Israel from an early age. Genesis 12:3 was one of the first Bible verses I learned. I have a connection with CMJ since the 1970’s and knew many of the staff and volunteers when the headquarters were in St Albans. I am committed to the ‘3 E’s’ of CMJ UK (Education, Evangelism and Encouragement). Now I am in the early years of retirement (from General Practice), I am looking forward to being part of the future that the Lord has for CMJ UK and the One New Man body that is his bride.
Adam Raffell
Board Member
Adam is from York and worked for ten years for Christian organisations committed to serving Jewish people and communities in Ukraine. He is a St Andrews University M.Theol graduate and also holds an M.St in Jewish-Christian Relations after studying with the Woolf Institute at Cambridge University. First and foremost, though, Adam seeks simply to be a follower of Jesus! Serving as a Trustee of CMJ, Adam’s aspiration is to encorage meaningful coming together and dialogue between Christians and Jews, in part through drawing the crucial distinction between evangelism and proselytism – the Church’s ‘… ministry among…’ not a ‘mission to…’. The love of Christ compels us to embark on a two-way process of witnessing God’s transforming work in our lives. For Adam, this means learning from, loving and affirming Jews as Jews, without compromising on sharing the hope in Christ within us, or our faithful expectation concerning his ultimate fulfilment of Israel’s promises.
“…for God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” (Rom 11:29)
Phil Grasham
Board Member
An experienced speaker and teacher, Phil Grasham is the founder of Nathan’s Tree Teaching and regularly delivers seminars, training days and courses. His desire is that congregations, small groups amd individuals gain a greater understanding of biblical, cultural and missional faith so that they can live out their descipleship whereever they are. Phil has a Batchelors degree in Applied Theology and a Masters degree in Kingdom Theology.
Sammy Salter
Board Member
Sammy is a web developer and dad living in Sheffield and has grown up supporting CMJ and attending conference. Sammy believes CMJ has a critical part to play in being a witness to the the Messiah and is excited to see Yeshua at work today. Sammy has worked on the children’s and youth teams and is keen to see support for CMJ build in the next generation and wider in the church.
Sharon Arthurson
Vice Chair
I am Sharon, married to Paul whom I met in Israel in 1996. We live in Edinburgh. We have two adult daughters and a lovely Son-in-law. I am a retired GP and in the past I have led a Shoresh study tour to Israel with another planned for when conditions allow. I am passionate about Chistians knowing the Jewish roots of their faith and coming to a love of the Jewish people. To that end, we hosted a conference in Edinburgh in September 2023 and God did amazing things. I am excited to see where he leads us here in Scotland.
Jo McDowell
Board Member
Jo is a qualified accountant, living with her husband and two daughters in the Midlands. Jo has grown up with a love for the Jewish people and is passionate about Christians understanding their Jewish roots. She is keen to support CMJ UK to grow its impact both in the Jewish community and the Church.
Roni Mechanic
Co-opted Board Member
Roni Mechanic is a Messianic Jew who came to faith in Yeshua the Messiah in 1969 while studying Industrial Design in Johannesburg, South Africa. He later completed an MA in Christian Holiness at the Nazarene Theological College, validated by the University of Manchester. Roni has served for many years in full-time ordained Anglican ministry in both South Africa and the United Kingdom and has travelled to over forty countries with his wife, Elisheva.
A prolific artist working in oils, acrylics, silk paints, charcoal, pen and ink, and digital media, Roni integrates theology, Jewish identity, and visual expression. He is the author of A Quest for the Jewish Jesus (2020), Encountering this Jewish Jesus (2023), and Fragments of Pottery and Layers of Paint: A Collection of Poems (2026). In the Messianic Jewish Art Series (with Elisheva): Messianic Jewish Art: A New Perspective (2023), An Art Exploration (2025), and The Rise of Modern Art (2025).
