Founded in 1992, we are a diverse, dynamic, welcoming, and family-friendly spiritual community.
We are united by a vision of Messianic Jewish life that is renewed in Yeshua, empowered by the Spirit, and grounded in Torah (study), Avodah (worship), and Gemilut Chasadim (serving others with acts of loving-kindness).
Our services embrace Jewish tradition in fresh new ways; in the fullness of New Covenant teachings, the renewal of the Spirit, and in relationship with Yeshua the Messiah.
We also welcome and include those from non-Jewish backgrounds who are called to support and participate in the life and destiny of the Jewish people.
Our VALUES
Loving God and one another … fulfilling Yeshua’s great command
Spiritual renewal and development … through Bible study, fellowship, and prayer/worship
Unity in Diversity … we’re not all the same, and that’s OK!
Equipping disciples to serve … faith in action
Engagement with Jewish life, tradition and texts … valuing our Jewish foundation
Reaching Israel and the Nations … sharing the love and truth of our Messiah.
WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO
Brothers and sisters, my heart's deepest desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.(Romans 10:1)
We understand Messianic Judaism in light of Israel’s prophets who beckoned the Jewish people from within and as part of the fabric of the community. As the great 19th century Jewish believer, Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein, once wrote:
Just as the prophet Jeremiah, after the destruction of Jerusalem … chose rather to remain and lament among the ruins of the holy city, and with the despised remnant of his brethren, so will I remain among my own brethren, as a watchman from within and to plead with them to behold in Yeshua the true glory of Israel.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
God and Creation
There is one God, who has revealed Himself as Father, Son, and Ruach Ha Kodesh/ Holy Spirit. God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and created humankind in His image. (Gen. 1:1,26-28; I Cor. 8:6; Eph. 4:4-6)
Yeshua the Messiah of Israel
In the fullness of time, the Divine Son became a human being—Yeshua the Messiah, born of a Jewish virgin, a true and perfect Israelite, a fitting representative and one-man embodiment of the entire nation. He lived as a holy tzaddik, fulfilling without blemish the mitzvot of the Torah. (Isa. 7:14, 9:5; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 1:1-4; 4:15)
Through the exercise of free will, human beings disobeyed God; therefore, Yeshua died as an atonement for the sins of Israel and of the entire world. He was raised bodily from the dead, as the First Fruits of the resurrection promised to Israel as its glorification. He ascended to heaven and was there enthroned at God’s right hand as Israel’s Messiah, with authority extending to the ends of creation. (Isa. 53:4-6; Ps. 110:1; Matt. 28:18; Mk. 14:61-62; I Cor. 15:3-8; Phil. 2-9-11)
The Jewish People
God chose Israel, the Jewish people, and entered into an everlasting covenant with them so they might be the First Fruits of a renewed humanity, who would mediate blessing and restoration to all the nations of the world. In gracious love, God gave to Israel the holy Torah as a covenantal way of life, and the holy Land of Israel as an inheritance and pledge of the blessing of the World to Come. (Gen. 12:1-3; Jer. 31:31-37; Rom. 11:28-29)
Messiah's Community
Messiah’s community is a single community of Believers expressed in diverse forms within the Jewish community and among the nations. God poured out the Divine Spirit on the community of Yeshua’s followers, so that they might be joined intimately to the Messiah as His Body and become the preliminary representation of the New Covenant fullness promised to Israel. To this early Jewish community God added partners from among the nations, who heard the news of God’s work in Yeshua and responded to the good news with faith. (Isa. 66:20-21; Acts 2:1-21; 10:44-48; 15:8-9; Eph.1:13; 2:11-22)
Messianic Jewish Life
The Torah is God’s gift to Israel. It serves as the constitution of the Jewish people and thus also of the Messianic Jewish community, which comprises Israel’s eschatological First Fruits. The Torah does not have the same role for Messianic communities from the nations, though it does provide spiritual nourishment as a witness to the Messiah. (Matt. 5:17-20; II Tim.3:16-17; I Cor. 7:17-20)
Forgiveness of sins, spiritual renewal, union with Messiah, the empowering and sanctifying presence of the indwelling Ruach Ha Kodesh, and the confident hope of eternal life and a glorious resurrection are now available to all, Jews and Gentiles, who put their faith in Yeshua, the Risen Lord. As a symbolic expression of our faith, we observe the practices of immersion and Messiah’s remembrance meal. Yeshua is the Mediator between God and all creation, and no one can come to the Father except through Him. (Matt. 28:19-20; Lk. 24:46-48; Jn. 14:6; Rom. 6:22, 23; I Cor. 11:23-27)
Messiah Yeshua will return to Jerusalem in glory at the end of this age, to rule forever on David’s throne. He will effect the restoration of Israel in fullness, raise the dead, save all who belong to Him, judge the wicked not written in the Book of Life who are separated from His presence, and accomplish the final Tikkun Olam in which Israel and the nations will be united under Messiah’s rule forever. (Rom. 8:18-19; Rev. 20:11-15; 21:1-4)
Holy Texts
The writings of Tanakh and Brit Hadasha are divinely inspired, provided to impart life and to form, nurture, and guide us in the ways of truth. They are authoritative in all matters of faith and practice. (II Tim. 3:16, 17; II Pet. 1:19-21)
The Jewish tradition serves as the living link that connects us to our biblical past and provides resources needed to develop a Messianic Jewish way of life and thought. Furthermore, the Christian theological tradition offers riches of insight into the revelation of the Messiah and His will, and Messianic Jews need to draw upon this wealth. (2 Thess. 2:15, Rom. 13:7; Jude 3)
*Based on the UMJC Statement of Faith, with modifications.