Name: Tov Rose (pronounced like "stove," drop the "s")
Short Bio:
Tov Rose, BA Double Major in Public Relations & Media Relations, MA Marketing Management, MA Missiology, Masters Certificates in Biblical Languages & New Testament Research, is a keynote speaker, writer, performer, and entrepreneur with over 35 years of inspiring audiences. Owning C2R Marketing LLC, he trains entrepreneurs, earning an APSE award for coaching disabled business owners. He contributed to UMass’s Institute for Community Inclusion curriculum. Founder of the NMV Bible Project, he authored 30+ books, including The New Messianic Version of the Bible. His keynotes on TBN, ABC, and CBS impact nonprofits and corporations.
Longer Bio:
Tov and his parents came to faith in 1973 through the witness of several Christian families, making Tov a second-generation Jewish believer in Jesus.
He’s authored hundreds of articles and over thirty books, including The New Messianic Version Bible (available through the YouVersion Bible App, Bible.com, TovRose.com and Amazon). A few others include: The Baptism of Jesus from a Jewish Perspective, Jesus in the Old Testament; Jesus in the Targums; Jesus in the Jewish Wedding; Jesus in the Passover; The Book of GOD: For Men; and more found on this website and available through most booksellers.
His professional experience includes working in the business and non-profit worlds as a Small Business Owner, Pastor, Entrepreneur & Leadership Consultant, Career Counselor, Keynote Speaker, Television Producer, Classical Vocalist, Christian Radio Host, Bible teacher, Corporate Chaplain, management in various fields, and a Writer. He and his wife, Michelle, serve as President of Call to Return Ministries, a 80+ year old non-profit focused on Non-Profit Incubation, building relationships between indigenous peoples and Jewish people in a way that honors the Messiah of Israel, Jesus, and advances the Kingdom of God.
Tov holds a combined BA in Public & Media Relations (a double major without the extra cost); a Masters in Marketing Management, and is working on an MS in New Testament Research. He is also a Research Fellow with the Institute of Midrashic Studies of the New Testament, based in Jerusalem and New Mexico.
Future plans include building a business incubator for dreamers and completing a PhD in New Testament Midrashic Hermeneutics, a revolutionary new field in New Testament research that considers the significant 1st Century Jewish commentary techniques used by the authors, especially the Apostle Paul. Tov has training in Pastoral Ministry, Pastoral Counseling, the Spiritual Roots of Disease, Entrepreneurship, Business Incubation, Business & Non-Profit Crisis Management, and has completed MA equivalent studies in Ethnic & Multicultural Ministry and Missions, Biblical Languages and Hebrew Research.
His hobbies include anything Science Fiction, singing, cooking, archaeology, anthropology, and physics.
Tov is currently involved with several initiatives and projects, including consulting, training, advising, cutting-edge Bible research, helping tribal peoples fulfill their Romans 11:11 end times callings by gathering resources, building industry, and forming ministry partnerships to birth "Targum-Inspired" Old Testament translations focused on storytelling. He is the founder of the NMV Bible Project & Foundation.
