Hope of Israel Congregation gathers in the Roanoke area every Saturday at 11:00 for Shabbat service, also broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube. Jewish and non-Jewish believers worship Yeshua together in a Jewish context. The name, Tikvat Israel in Hebrew, refers to the Lord as the hope of redemption for Israel and the nations.
The community began in 2013 as a monthly outreach for prayer, Torah study and the Jewish holidays. In 2017 founding members established the congregation, and Rabbi Dr. Sam Nadler joined local leaders in consecrating its four elders. Karl Mardian serves as congregational leader and elder.
Shabbat morning opens with a call to worship and a short message on the weekly Torah portion. Prayers include the Shema, and music runs from contemporary Messianic songs to traditional Jewish songs in English and Hebrew. Each service closes with the Priestly Blessing. On holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, the Torah scroll comes out for a special Torah service.
The congregation holds that God's covenant with the Jewish people is irrevocable and unconditional. It teaches that Gentile believers are grafted into the Jewish olive tree, and that Jews and Gentiles are made "one new man" in Messiah. The good news, it believes, goes to the Jewish people first. Children have a nursery, Torah Tots and Torah classes during the message. Teens meet monthly, with Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation available. A sisterhood meets for Bible study and outreach, and at Sukkot the congregation builds a sukkah.
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