Our Mission & Vision

Our challenge is to get the stones that distract Jewish people from considering Yeshua (Jesus) out of the way. “Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.” - Isaiah 62:10

It is imperative to have faith in our Messiah/Jesus. The loving truth of Messiah's death and resurrection is the only way to have eternal life, giving us a relationship with G-d in heaven forever. (John 14:6)
 

Because there is a prevailing attitude that you can't be Jewish and believe in Jesus, it is vitally important to demonstrate that you can be Jewish and believe in Jesus. Therefore we praise God using liturgy, music, dance, drama, and instruction to reflect the reality that Christianity is Jewish.

The walls of hostility are broken down in Messiah therefore Jew and Gentile are one with no elevation of any part of the body of Messiah. The Bible teaches that “the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable" (Romans 11). In this context the gifts and calling are connected to who God made you – whether Jew or Gentile and we should avoid confusion as we worship. The book of Revelation describes a scene in heaven where people from every nation, tribe, and tongue will worship Yeshua together (Revelation 7:9). We should reflect that heavenly reality of various peoples praising God in their own (spiritual) language and in harmony on earth while maintaining fidelity to our calling to the Jewish people. We want to create a space that invites the Spirit of the Living God to meet with all the people He loves. Jesus did this successfully as a Jew!  God has not forgotten the physically or spiritually poor and oppressed; neither should we. Jesus stated, “V'ahavta l'reacha kamocha.”“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
 

The Bible instructs us to "grow in the grace that is in Messiah Yeshua" (2 Peter 3:18).

   • We understand that we are saved by God's efforts, not our own, that it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-9) and that we mature by grace as well (Galatians 3:2-3). The Torah instructs us that we are sinners (Romans 3:20) in need of salvation by grace through faith.

   • We strive together towards maturity in a bond of love that builds community by praying for, helping, and mentoring one another, being and making disciples of Yeshua.

   • We build leaders by giving ministry responsibility to those who display faithfulness.

   • We grow in our love of Israel, the Jewish people, and Jewish styles of worship.

   • We provide Jewish-Christian rites of passage i.e. Bris, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Weddings, Funerals, Yartzeit...

   • We help our children to grow by teaching them G-d's word, providing a Jewish education, and modeling His word in our lives while encouraging their families to stay together.
 

The congregation strives to equip people to do the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:11), so that the mandate to go “to the Jew first” (Romans 1:16) and to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:18) can be effectively pursued in an atmosphere of grace!

It is our hope and prayer at Beit Chesed that all people are welcomed into God's family, our congregation, & the fullness of G-d's Word to use our spiritual gifts to build G-d's kingdom!

We have not attained these goals, but we “press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Messiah."  Rabbi Saul of Tarsus, Philippians 3:2