Sha'ar HaShamayim Messianic Congregation

Sha'ar Hashamayim Messianic Congregation gathers in the center of Stoughton, Massachusetts, on Boston's South Shore. Shabbat service is held Friday evenings at 7:30. Gatherings bring together Biblical teaching, music and worship, dancing, fellowship and shared nosh. Rabbi Henry Morse leads the community, which belongs to the Association of Messianic Congregations.

The congregation exists so that Jewish and Gentile believers in Yeshua can worship, study and grow in faith together. It also reaches out to the Jewish community with a message of hope through Yeshua. Another aim is to teach the wider church "the Jewish nature of the Gospel." Scripture, in their understanding, includes both the Tanach and the Brit Chadashah. They affirm the deity of the Messiah and hold that salvation comes by grace through faith in Yeshua. God remains in covenant relationship with Israel, they believe, and will keep His promise of the land. In congregational life, they teach, there is no division between Jew and Gentile.

The Biblical feasts are kept by the Karaite calendar, a conviction the congregation places on no one else. The fall festivals include Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur with a break-the-fast meal, Sukkot and Shimini Atzeret. An adult Bible study meets Tuesdays at 7 pm. Bible and Bagels meets on the first and third Saturday of each month at 11 am. Men's and women's groups meet on Saturdays, and the community runs homeless and prison ministries.