The Olive Tree Messianic Fellowship

The Olive Tree Messianic Fellowship is a Messianic synagogue in Madisonville, Tennessee, where Jews and Gentiles worship together. Rabbi Robert Ritchey founded it in December 2012, during Hanukkah. The community began in a shared facility and bought its current building in 2015. Services are held Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. and are also live streamed.

The congregation worships according to the "Biblical culture found in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and the Brit Chadashah (New Testament)," in light of Messiah Yeshua. It teaches that Yeshua is fully G-D and fully man, and that salvation comes by grace through faith in him. Jewish people who trust in Yeshua remain Jewish, the fellowship holds. Gentiles who believe are grafted into the olive tree of Israel by faith, becoming spiritual sons and daughters of Abraham. As a congregation they keep Shabbat, the biblical feast days and the kosher dietary laws. They affirm the physical and spiritual restoration of Israel. Belief in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and in gifts including prophecy and tongues is part of their confession. The fellowship states that it is not part of the Two House, Sacred Name, One Law or British Israelism movements.

In 2019 The Olive Tree joined the IAMCS, a branch of the MJAA. Rabbi Robert was ordained by the IAMCS in 2025. The community follows a weekly Torah portion schedule. Its outreach includes a Tuesday community soup kitchen and a food distribution on the fourth Friday of each month.