Ryan was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in suburban Maryland with a Jewish father and Gentile mother. It was a secular Jewish American family at best. His family celebrated the occasional Jewish holidays but other than that, there was no real connection to the Jewish religion.

When Ryan was eight his father accepted Jesus as his Messiah after experiencing a Passover presentation by a Chosen People Ministries missionary. After seeing how the Jewish celebration of Passover foreshadows Jesus' death and resurrection, his father came to faith and the Karp family changed forever and for the better. This truly set Ryan's life in a new direction and on a path to learn about his Jewish heritage and what is meant that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.

Ryan came to faith when he was ten years old. However his faith didn't take an important role in his life until his later teens. As time passed, the Lord orchestrated events in his life in such a way that he had no choice but to turn only to Him for all his needs.

Part of this experience was the Lord solidifying a profound love in Ryan for his Jewish brothers and sisters to know the Messiah that their scriptures had promised. While on a tour to Israel with a group of young Jewish people, Ryan shared that he believed that Jesus is the Messiah; the organization he had traveled there with made him to leave the group. His heart broke for the people on the tour. It was at this time that the Lord placed in him a desire to learn more about the scriptures and to share his faith with his Jewish people.

Ryan graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University with a Baccalaureate in Bible and from Capital Bible Seminary in Maryland with a Masters in Biblical Studies. He is serving as a missionary with Chosen People Ministries and just returned from coordinating a missions trip to Israel of six seminary students who desired to reach Jewish people with the gospel. It was a positively amazing experience.

He is currently living in New York City among one millions plus Jewish people, especially working with college and career aged Jewish youths and more specifically, working to build a community that may reach out to the unbelieving Jews in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Ryan enjoys speaking in churches about the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and has a deep and sincere desire to share the Gospel with the Jewish people and to share with the church how to do the same. Ryan welcomes opportunities to speak in the local churches to share his burden and love for God's Chosen People.

Please call 1-888-405-5874 to arrange for Ryan to come speak to your church or group.

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Location: New York City, New York United States