New Jerusalem House of Prayer

New Jerusalem House of Prayer gathers in Carol Stream, in the western suburbs of Chicago. It describes itself as a community of Jews, Christians, Messianics and others who share "our common root of faith." The congregation was previously known as Resurrection Anglican Church. It remains part of the Anglican family worldwide, in the ACNA.

The community teaches that the early followers of Jesus were Jews who kept the biblical feasts and lived by the Torah. It holds that later Gentile church leaders turned against Jewish believers, and it repudiates the anti-Semitism that followed. Its stated aim is to recover the earliest faith shared by the followers of Jesus, "who was Himself an observant Jew." The biblical feasts are celebrated here, from Passover and Shavuot to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So are the life events of Jesus and the early church.

Shabbat begins every Saturday with adult study at 8:30 am. Worship follows at 10:00, and a free lunch for all is served at 11:30. Services can also be joined online through Zoom. New Jerusalem teaches Hebrew to its members and others in the community, and members travel to Israel with some regularity.