TJCII’s presence in the UK began in 2004, nine years from the first activity in the USA, after Rev Tim Butlin, an Anglican minister then at Loudwater, High Wycombe, received an invitation out of the blue from Fr Peter Hocken, a Catholic priest, to go to a seminary in Austria and meet people involved in the TJCII vision. (Tim had spoken at the British Messianic Jewish Alliance in 2003 and this had come to Fr Peter’s notice.)
Tim and Fr Peter subsequently attended a TJCII International prayer gathering at Jerusalem in Sept 2006 and as a result of that, they committed to trying to establish a UK group. They combed their contacts lists for people likely to be interested and an initial meeting was held in Birmingham .
Since then there have been some changes. Fr Peter Hocken was called to the Lord in 2017 and in the same year, Dominic McDermott succeeded Tim as UK Director.
Regular UK activities –
Weekly
Every Tuesday evening at 1930 GMT there is a Zoom meeting (approx one hour) for all UK or UK-connected people who are interested. This alternates between Study and Intercession evenings. For joining details, write to us via the Contact Us page.
Photo above : TJCII members and friends at an early-hours Vigil on 7th October 2025, the second anniversary of the Hamas attack
Annual
TJCII UK takes part, in the name of reconciliation and repentance, in the annual March of Life, an initiative begun in Germany to repent of the sins of the Holocaust and show solidarity with the Jewish people, particularly necessary in the current climate of antisemitism. This takes place in several UK locations around the same time as the Yom ha Shoa memorial in Israel, usually in mid-late April or early May) (distinct from the Holocaust Memorial Day observed in the UK and elsewhere, on 27th January.)
Other UK marches are known to take place (possibly on different dates, and not every year in all these places) in London, Bristol, Cardiff , Bournemouth,. Cambridge, Belfast, York and Oxford.
Meet the Team
These are the members of the TJCII UK National Committee.
Dominic McDermott -UK Director
Dominic is a 64 year-old married Catholic, once a youth worker then a prison carpenter/locksmith. Working now for the unity of His Body and the Healing of Nations! He leads both “The Source” a Celtic community, and TJCII UK. He also has his own YouTube channel (search Dominic McDermott)
James Patrick – TJCII UK theologian
James is a biblical scholar and theologian with degrees from both Cambridge and Oxford, living near the latter. He was editor of the academic study “Jesus, King of the Jews” and has been responsible for the English version of the Proceedings of the 2022 Vienna Symposium, now published as “Jesus; the Messiah of Israel ?” He is presently Chair of “Love Never Fails”, an umbrella group for pro-Israel organisations, tio which TJCII belongs.
Nick Coates, TJCII UK Treasurer
Married to Lorraine, Nick is UK chair of the Ebenezer international charity which helps Jews make Aliyah (return to Israel) and represents the UK on its international board: he is also now on the senior leadership team of the Vibe church, an Assemblies of God plant in High Wycombe. He runs an Israel Fellowship gathering quarterly there which attracts 30-40 people from Bucks and further afield for fellowship and teaching
David Hoffbrand
David is a Messianic Jewish speaker, author and musician, Associate Pastor (with his wife Denise) of City/Coast church in Brighton. He is author of “The Jewish Jesus” and “52 Sabbaths”
Pastor Werner Oder
Werner is Pastor of Tuckton Christian Fellowship in Bournemouth. His father and grandfather were both active Nazis and he speaks widely about the impact on his childhood of the atmosphere of violence and hatred. Coming to faith in Christ and love for the Jewish people in his teens and twenties, he arrived in England in 1972. He is author of “Battling Nazi Demons”
Cynthia Wilson
Cynthia lives in the New Forest where she leads a house-church at Brockenhurst, and also runs a local choir.
Attending a Bible School run by Dr Don Hender, she was fired with love for God’s people and the Scriptures, and now organises shabbat evenings at her home.
Brin Dunsire
Brin is a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic parish of St Augustine’s at High Wycombe, and he has known Dominic for many years. Married to Marian, he retired a few years ago from admin and archives work in the Diocese of Northampton. He acts as Minutes Secretary and assistant to Dominic in TJCII UK. Brin is also content-editor for this site.