Beit Tefillah Messianic Fellowship | Fresno, California
Messianic Judaism
525 East Clinton Avenue
Fresno, CA 93704
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Small church |
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Other worship style |
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What to Expect at Beit Tefillah Messianic Fellowship
Beit Tefillah Messianic Fellowship is a small church located in Fresno, CA. Our church is Messianic Judaism. |
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Saturday Sabbath Day Yom HaShabbat:
Scripture Study (Parasha cycle) 1:30-2:30pm
Mincha Shabbat Service (Mincha Shabbat Service) 3:00pm-5:15pm
Oneg Shabbat (A Time of Food and Fellowship) 5:30pm-6:30pm |
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Formal and informal attire is common |
| Leaders: |
Messianic Rabbi Adam J. Bernay, Leader
Messianic Minister Derek Geitner, Assistant Leader
Elder Tyler Miller, President
Elder Michael Bernay, Head Elder
Pastor/Elder Ray Groff, Elder Council Member |
Worship Service Details
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Other worship style music |
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Printed bulletin or order of worship service |
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Congregational or responsive readings |
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Children's ministry |
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Weekly small groups or Bible studies |
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Additional Information About Our Church
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A Torah-Observant Assembly of Jewish and non-Jewish Believers in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah)
Some people think of us as a Temple, like an Orthodox or Conservative or Reform Jewish synagogue. Some people think of us as a Church, like a Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran congregation. We are both like and unlike these. We are like a Church in the sense that we believe that the Messiah has come, and He is Yeshua HaMashiach, Whom Christianity refers to as "Jesus Christ". While that is a similarity, we believe about Him differently than does Christianity. We are like a Temple in much of how we practice our faith and how we worship, and yet we are also unlike them in much of it.
Confused yet? Well, let's see if I can clear this up for you...
We are like the original followers of Yeshua -- Torah-Observant, Sabbath-Keeping (and I mean the seventh day of the week, aka "Saturday"), Scripture-Reading, Believers in the Jewish mold, although we have both Jews and non-Jews in membership. What do I mean? Let's define a few terms:
"Believers" - We have been saved from the eternal punishments for our sin because of our faith in Yeshua HaMashiach, as stated in Yochanan (John) 3:16. This Belief is the beginning of our faith journey, not the end. Because we Believe in Yeshua, we are...
"Torah-Observant" - The term "Torah" has many meanings, but in this sense we mean the 613 mitzvot (commandments) contained in the first five books of the Bible: Beresheis ("In the Beginning," commonly called Genesis), Shemot ("The Names," commonly called Exodus), Vayiqra ("And He Called," commonly called Leviticus), Bamidbar ("In the Wilderness," commonly called Numbers), and Devarim ("The Words," commonly called Deuteronomy). Not all of the 613 Commandments apply to each person. There are commandments only for men, there are commandments only for women, there are commandments only for children, there are commandments only for the Temple and the Temple Priesthood, etc. Part of Torah-Observance -- the part most people ask about -- is keeping the Dietary Commandments, but another important part is...
"Sabbath-Keeping" - The Hebrew word "Shabbat," comes from the Hebrew word "sheva," meaning "seven". Shabbat, commonly called "the Sabbath," is the seventh day of the week, which is referred to on the regular (Gregorian) calendar as "Saturday." The Church improperly switched the primary day of worship from Shabbat to Sunday. When we meet on Shabbat, we worship...
"In the Jewish mold" - Attending a Jewish-style service is very different from attending a service in a mainline Christian church. We open with the blowing of the shofar (the ram's horn trumpet), we have responsive prayer readings ("liturgy") and sing liturgical music that utilize Hebrew as well as English, and we sing praise and worship songs that have a different sound and feel to them than what the average Church attendee will be used to. We encourage men in attendance to wear a kippah (a hat commonly called a "yarmulke") and a tallit (a prayer shawl with the sacred fringes on the four corners as commanded in Numbers 15); we encourage women to wear their own prayer shawls that are different in design but also have the fringes. If you don't feel comfortable wearing them, don't worry! We don't require it! In addition to liturgy and music, we have a sermon or teaching based on passages from...
"Scripture-Reading" - "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" the Rabbi Paul wrote in his second letter to his Talmid (student or disciple) Timothy. Every week, we devote plenty of time to the reading of Scripture, and our study is devoted to understanding it from the perspective of those who wrote it -- Torah-Observant Jews of Biblical Days for whom "Scripture" meant the Tanakh (Torah, Prophets, and Writings, what Christians wrongly call "Old Testament" and "commandments" primarily meant the 613 commandments of the Torah. We not only read the Scripture having to do with the teaching in the service, but we also do a study of the traditional scripture readings for the week, what Jews call the "parasha" (section). A lot of Christians say what they really want is to "get back to the Word." If that's what you want, this is where you want to be.
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