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By Michael Clark<\/em> (source Christianity.com)<\/p>\n

Messianic Judaism continues to grow in number of believers and in self-definition<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Messianic Jews, caught between Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, still wrestle with the identity of their faith, even as their number continues to grow. But ultimate acceptance, and even short-term success, is in the will of Abba.<\/em><\/p>\n

NORFOLK, Virginia\u2014<\/strong>The banner in the hall of what was recently a Christian school reads, \u201cYeshua, The Living Torah.\u201d It hangs next to a flag of Israel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a trick, it\u2019s not an invasion, but a transition to Messianic Judaism \u2014 a transition under way for decades. After Norfolk Christian Schools built a new lower school campus, the school sold the large brick building in south-eastern Virginia to Beth Messiah Synagogue, Tidewater.<\/p>\n

Before buying the building, the congregation rented facilities for more than 22 years. Beth Messiah\u2019s setting is typical for many, if not most, Messianic Jewish congregations, said Rabbi Joseph Rosenfarb. Instead of renting or borrowing space in Christian churches, the next step for such congregations is to acquire permanent buildings, structures that the congregations own.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been makeshift in the past,\u201d Rosenfarb said of worship accommodations. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing our people moving through a natural progression.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a young progression. Messianic Judaism has existed under that title since the 1970s. Before that, dating back to the 19th<\/sup> century, Jews who believed that Jesus is the Messiah worshipped under the accepted tag of Hebrew Christians. Anthropologists have called them Jews who\u2019ve accepted Christ as Saviour, but who want to keep identities as Jews.<\/p>\n

Part of the identity is in the terminology. Messianic Jews use original Hebrew terms in their faith. God the Father is Abba<\/em>. Jesus Christ is Yeshua HaMashiach<\/em> and the Holy Spirit is Ruach HaKodesh<\/em> (literally, it\u2019s Spirit, the Holy). There are hundreds of other different terms, including B\u2019rit Hadasha<\/em> for New Testament and Mikveh<\/em> for baptism, that help form a body of belief unlike both Christianity and conventional Judaism.<\/p>\n

A faith in between better-known \u2014 and financially advanced \u2014 faiths leaves Messianic Judaism somewhat isolated. The terminology shift from Hebrew Christians in the 19th<\/sup> century to Messianic Jews just a few decades ago means the faith is still young in its identity.<\/p>\n

That fresh identity and the semantics of definition still hinder the faith, says Mark Kinzer, Ph.D., Spiritual Leader of the Congregation Zera Avraham, a Messianic Jewish congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<\/p>\n

The struggle with identity is more than immaturity, though, as Kinzer wrote in the Winter 2000 issue of Kesher, A Journal of Messianic Judaism<\/em>. \u201cIt reflects the complex, challenging, and disturbing questions raised by our very existence for two communities who, through almost two millennia, have defined themselves in opposition to one another. The precise nature of our relationship to these two communities and their histories and traditions defies simple formulas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beth Messiah\u2019s Rosenfarb explains that his faith is a Judaism, not a \u201cHebraicized Christianity.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a Jewish movement, with Yeshua (Jesus) as the jewel,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Overcoming opposition from both sides is an uphill battle. \u201cThe Christian Church has the attitude that \u2018you\u2019re our poor lost brother,\u2019\u201d Rosenfarb said. But traditional Judaism sees Messianic Jews as a threat, \u201ca Christian community, dragging Jews away from the Jewish community with a long-term goal of making Christians out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forming alliances between congregations has helped Messianic Jews build their numbers. According to the publication, Reform Judaism,<\/em> about 10,000 Jews belonged to Hebrew Christian groups, including Messianic Judaism, in 1978. By the mid-1990s, the number swelled to nearly 200,000 members.<\/p>\n

Messianic Judaism has been labelled as one of the fastest-growing sects of Judaism \u2014 thanks to the passion and involved commitment of believers. Several sources estimate the number of Jews in the U.S. who believe in Yeshua in some way to be close to a million people.<\/p>\n

Some of that growth is the result of better organization. The Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, formed in the 1900s, became the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) in 1975. Other Messianic Judaism umbrella organizations have formed since then, including the following:<\/p>\n

The International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues (IAMCS), an outgrowth of the MJAA; the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC); and the Fellowship of Messianic Congregations (FMC).<\/p>\n

Rosenfarb helped form the IAMCS, but cites the UMJC as the chief organization for Messianic Jewish congregations.<\/p>\n

No matter who\u2019s who or which synagogue belongs to which organization, Messianic Jewish congregations need to grow, Rosenfarb insists. He believes they will<\/em> grow because of the nature of the believers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur congregation is highly active, highly motivated, and highly involved,\u201d Rosenfarb said. \u201cMessianic congregations usually have 75 percent involvement\u201d in activities.<\/p>\n

Such participation is necessary for such a young faith\u2014still building its identity.<\/p>\n

Mark Kinzer suggests that identity will be crucial\u2014but not because of what men do or say.<\/p>\n

Messianic Jews have invested too much energy in the names critics give them, Kinzer suggests. Messianic Judaism\u2019s name is its most valuable tradition, \u201cwith a capital \u2018T.\u2019\u201d He also notes that the name tells how Messianic Jews are related to the communities with which they are connected. Paying attention to \u201cthe implications of what we have called ourselves, and, perhaps, of what we have been called by One far greater than we,\u201d Kinzer wrote, \u201cwill foster growth toward a secure and mature identity as Messianic Jews practicing an authentic and integrated Messianic Judaism.\u201d<\/p>\n

This combination of passion, involvement, and maturing grasp of identity should ensure more growth in the ranks of Messianic Jews, and the continuation of what Rosenfarb called a natural progression as a religious expression.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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