Messianic Jewish congregations in New Jersey

Beth Israel Worship Center
Wayne, NJBeth Israel Worship Center, also known as The Jerusalem Center, gathers in Wayne, New Jersey, about twenty minutes from New York City. It is the home ministry of Jonathan Cahn and describes itself as a Messianic congregation. Two different worship services meet each week. Friday night begins at 8pm, and Sunday morning services start at 10am and 11:30am. The sanctuary is built to recall Jerusalem. Its walls reproduce the city's walls and gates, and the back of the stage is modeled on the Western Wall. The congregation sees this as a picture of restoring the faith to its original context. Beth Israel holds that the Scriptures of both Testaments are the Word of God. It teaches that salvation is a free gift in Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, not attained by good works. The community affirms that God has not "forgotten, rejected, or replaced" His calling and promises to the children of Israel. It also believes in the literal return of Messiah to Israel to reign on the throne of David. Every main service includes children's ministry, a nursery and Spanish translation. A Spanish ministry meets on Thursday nights. The Arise and Shine Academy offers free courses, including biblical Hebrew and Greek. A midweek Bible study meets on Wednesdays.IAMCSMJAA
Beth Messiah Messianic Congregation
Livingston, NJBeth Messiah is a Messianic Jewish congregation in Livingston, New Jersey, established in 1983. Jews and Gentiles gather there for worship, prayer and the study of God's Word. Shabbat service begins Saturday at 10:30 a.m., both on-site and online. The service includes praise and worship, the Shema and other Hebrew liturgy, a reading from the weekly Torah or Haftarah portion, and teaching. A Kiddush table with refreshments follows. The congregation holds that Yeshua of Nazareth is the Messiah promised in the Jewish Bible for both Jews and Gentiles. It affirms the Shema and teaches that God is a Tri-unity. Israel's election is irrevocable, in its view, and the body of Messiah is distinct from Israel. On the Law of Moses, Beth Messiah teaches that Jewish and non-Jewish believers are free to observe it or not. Such observance, it holds, carries no saving or sanctifying benefit. For Jewish believers, it understands these observances as expressions of a God-given Jewish identity. The congregation describes itself as independent, with friendly ties to other Messianic Jewish groups. Irving Salzman was installed as Messianic Pastor/Rabbi on June 2, 2001. He grew up in a traditional Jewish home and attended a yeshiva run by the Lubavitcher Hasidim. Children's classes through age 12, a teen program and a supervised nursery run during Shabbat. The community also holds Hebrew classes, home Bible studies, Jewish holiday services, a Passover Seder and Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation.AMC
Beth Zion Messianic Jewish Synagogue
Jackson, NJBeth Zion Messianic Jewish Synagogue gathers in Jackson, New Jersey, for Shabbat service every Saturday at 11:00 AM. It offers a synagogue service where Jewish people can grow and learn about the Messiah in a culturally familiar setting. All people are welcome at Beth Zion. The community celebrates Messiah and "the true Judaism He represented." Yeshua lived a Jewish life, observing Shabbat and the Jewish holidays, and the congregation follows that example. Believing in Yeshua, in their words, does not mean trading lox and bagels for ham and cheese. Rabbi Jan Rosenberg and Rebbitzen Marlene Rosenberg came to Beth Zion on January 6, 1993. Before that, both spent 16 years singing with the Messianic group Kol Simcha. Raised in a Conservative Jewish home in northern New Jersey, Rabbi Jan came to faith in Yeshua in 1971. He received smikhah as a Messianic Rabbi through the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations & Synagogues toward the end of the 1990s. He wrote the Passover Trilogy Messianic Haggadah, in English and Spanish. Marlene serves as the congregation's coordinator and as one of its worship leaders. She also helps lead a Thursday night Connections Class. Recent Shabbat messages are broadcast for those watching from home.IAMCSMJAA
Kehilat Ben David
Oceanport, NJKehilat Ben David is a Messianic Jewish congregation in Oceanport, New Jersey, made up of Jewish and Gentile believers in Yeshua. Founded in 2015, it takes its name from the meaning "Congregation of the Son of David." The name points to Yeshua, the promised Son of David and Messiah of Israel. Rabbi Rich Cohen leads the community. The congregation holds that Yeshua is the Son of God and Israel's promised Messiah, and it affirms one God in three persons. Salvation, it teaches, comes by grace through faith in Yeshua alone. Torah observance, feast-keeping and ethnicity do not earn right standing with God. Torah, Shabbat, the feasts and Hebrew prayer are understood as the soil from which the Gospel grew, fulfilled in Yeshua. In Messiah, the community believes, the dividing wall between Jew and Gentile has been broken down. In its own words, Jewish and Gentile believers "are not identical, but they are one." Gentile believers are described as branches grafted into the olive tree of Israel. Shabbat services are held on the first and third Saturday of each month at 12:30 PM. Worship is mostly in English, with Hebrew in prayers, songs, Scripture readings and blessings. Services draw on traditional liturgy, including the Shema and the Amidah. The weekly Torah portion is read and taught. Each service closes with the Aaronic Blessing spoken in Hebrew. Children attend with their families, and a shared meal follows every service.

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How many Messianic congregations are listed in New Jersey?

4 congregations are listed in New Jersey. 0 have been verified or claimed by their leaders within the past year.

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Beth Israel Worship Center

Beth Messiah Messianic Congregation

Beth Zion Messianic Jewish Synagogue

Kehilat Ben David

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