Encouraging GROWTH in OBEDIENCE to
GOD’S COMMANDMENTS


And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ “This is the great and foremeost commandment.’ “The second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “On these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets” (Mattityahu 22)

Scripture

We believe that the entirety of the Tanakh and the Apostolic Writings (commonly called the B’rit Chadeshah or ‘New Testament’) is the complete guide for our life and conduct. We believe that these are inspired, infallible, inerrant (in its original autograph) and THE authoritative Word of G-d and have been faithfully passed on to us and can be trusted in their current rendering.

We believe that Yeshua of Nazareth is the one and only promised Messiah and Redeemer of Israel and of the world. He is the visible image of the invisible G-d, the exact representation of G-d’s nature, and the perfect expression of His Glory. He was eternally with the Father in the beginning and was not created. All things are created through Him and by Him. He is fully Divine and yet came in the flesh. The fullness of the Deity dwells in Him in bodily form. He and the Father are One (Echad). We believe in the total Deity and total humanity of the L-rd Yeshua HaMashiach.

Yeshua





HaMashiach

Yeshua





HaMashiach

We believe that Yeshua of Nazareth is the one and only promised Messiah and Redeemer of Israel and of the world. He is the visible image of the invisible G-d, the exact representation of G-d’s nature, and the perfect expression of His Glory. He was eternally with the Father in the beginning and was not created. All things are created through Him and by Him. He is fully Divine and yet came in the flesh. The fullness of the Deity dwells in Him in bodily form. He and the Father are One (Echad). We believe in the total Deity and total humanity of the L-rd Yeshua HaMashiach.

Congregation

We believe that those who are of the Ruach haKodesh become members of the universal people of G-d, or the Body of Messiah. Gentile Believers are grafted into the natural olive tree of Israel, Israel’s G-d, and Israel’s Torah, and become part of the Commonwealth of Israel. This one spiritual fellowship thus includes both ethnic Jews and non-Jews as equal members of His body. We thus believe in the spiritual unity of all Believers who truly trust in HaShem through Yeshua HaMashiach. The L-rd Yeshua is the head of this body, and members find their place of service and worship in the local congregation.

The Four Traditions

In the book of Acts it records that the early disciples continued in four traditions or disciplines: the apostles teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and “the prayers”. We endeavor to follow this tradition…
During our services we recite the Shema (from Deuteronomy 6:4 – Hear, O Israel…) and Amidah (“standing” – the petitions that are recited while standing, recalling the prayers said by the men of Israel during the Temple worship). By many accounts these are “the prayers” that the early disciples recited. We add to these other prayers as we are led.
In our services we hear a teaching. This teaching is based on the entire scriptures and continues to help us understand better what G-d has done and is doing and how we are to worship Him.
After services we share a blessing over the bread and wine that symbolize the joy and life that G-d gives to us. The bread is broken and shared among all.
The remainder of the day is devoted to fellowship – a shared meal (called an “Oneg”, meaning a delight) and various activities where we can encourage one another in our walk of faith.

The Four Traditions

In the book of Acts it records that the early disciples continued in four traditions or disciplines: the apostles teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and “the prayers”. We endeavor to follow this tradition…

During our services we recite the Shema (from Deuteronomy 6:4 – Hear, O Israel…) and Amidah (“standing” – the petitions that are recited while standing, recalling the prayers said by the men of Israel during the Temple worship). By many accounts these are “the prayers” that the early disciples recited. We add to these other prayers as we are led.

In our services we hear a teaching. This teaching is based on the entire scriptures and continues to help us understand better what G-d has done and is doing and how we are to worship Him.

After services we share a blessing over the bread and wine that symbolize the joy and life that G-d gives to us. The bread is broken and shared among all.

The remainder of the day is devoted to fellowship – a shared meal (called an “Oneg”, meaning a delight) and various activities where we can encourage one another in our walk of faith.


But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'”
(Matityahu 4)

“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.  For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
(Matityahu 5)