Who We Are

CBM exists to provide a space for Jewish people to worship the Triune God in a Jewish context. This looks different and is different depending on one’s expression. We want Jewish people to be able to continue to worship within the Jewish moadim (festivals), life-events, and cultural traditions. We are unashamed of the gospel (good news) of Yeshua the Messiah (see Romans 1:16) which was given to the Jewish person first and also to the Gentile (Greek).

We are a Messianic Jewish Congregation. Messianic Judaism is a Biblically based movement of people who, as committed Jews, believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Jewish Messiah of Israel of whom the Jewish Law and Prophets spoke.*

*Taken from the MJAA website

4-Fold Vision

To build a New Covenant community of Jewish and Gentile believers who support the four-fold callings of the congregation: Jewish identity, empowerment by the Spirit of God, community lifestyle, and biblical leadership. We will work together to produce a healthy atmosphere for Jewish people to discover Yeshua.

LAMB is an acronym for Lift Align Meet and Build. It is based on our vision and are ministry philosphies and practical ways we carry out the vision. It is based on 1 Corinthians 3:10, which says:

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each consider carefully how he builds on it (1 Corinthians 3:10 -TLV).

LIFT

• Lift up the vision in prayer.
• Keep it before the people – to the Jew first
• Pray for Israel, pray for the Jewish community.
• Increase our prayer ministry “footprint”

ALIGN

• Align our actions with His Word and His Ruach
• Make sure our philosophy of ministry aligns with the Besorah’s directive
• Align our individual lives with His Word and His Ways
• Soak the Messianic Community with this truth… His Truth

MEET (Connect)

• Meet together in community and do Jewish life together
• Small groups, large gatherings, special events
• Use the space we have more strategically to meet with our community
• Continue our online presence and build on it
• Utilize Video & Social Media more to reach those who may not attend

BUILD

• Discipleship – continual process
• Visitors-to-Members care
• Salvations and Immersions
• Higher Learning & Yeshiva
• Leadership
• Physical Space

We are not the following…

• Replacement Theology  – we do not believe that the Gentile Church (or Messianic Jewish Congregations) have replaced Israel regarding her covenant callings and promises based on Scripture (Romans 9-11).

• Hebrew Roots or One Law Movement – we do not believe that the entire Gentile community of believers are required to keep the Law of Moses, or be what is called “Torah Observant.” We love our brothers and sisters in the HRM, but we believe the writings of the apostles are clear on the responsibilities for both Jewish and Gentile believers. Having said that, there is nothing wrong with Gentiles keeping the Law of Moses, as long as they do not say it is incumbent upon all Gentile believers to do so (1 Corinthians 7:17-20).

• Ephraimite or Two-House Theory – The Two House movement, also known as the Ephraimite movement among other names, is a Christian sect that teaches that Gentile believers in Messiah Yeshua are literal physical descendants of the ten northern tribes of the Kingdom of Israel, also know as Ephraim. Thus the name Ephraimite. Ephraimites believe that Jewish identity is rightfully theirs. They identify themselves as Israelites, and not as Jews, the latter of whom they believe come primarily from the tribe of Judah. Nevertheless, they claim to be Jews by most common definitions, and are therefore to be considered a pseudo-Messianic sect. Those who adopt Two House must realize that God doesn’t make mistakes, that He doesn’t love Jews more than Gentiles, and that Jews and Gentiles are one in Messiah. In addition, those in the Messianic movement must be careful to not perpetuate the error that there is a qualitative difference between Jewish believers and Gentile believers. We all must accept one another as we are, and as God has made us. Everyone should stay in the calling in which he was called (1 Cor. 7:20).

•  Sacred Names Movement – Related to the Hebrew Roots Movement, the Sacred Name Movement developed from the Church of God (Seventh Day) in the 1930s. Supposedly, the movement began in response to the study of Proverbs 30:4, “What is his name, and what is the name of his son?” The Sacred Name Movement teaches that only “YHVH” (not spelled out here to avoid offense) is to be used as the name for God and only “Yahshua” is to be used as the name for Yeshua. According to the Sacred Name Movement, the use of any other name is blasphemy.

• Seventh Day Adventists – Though some join us from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, we do not align with the strict SDA theology that Israel has been replaced by the Church and that those who worship on Sunday are practicing paganism and idolatry (John 4:21-24; Romans 14:5-6).

• Any form of Modalism – Whether from Oneness Pentacostalism or any other Modalist movement, we believe in the “Triunity” of God. See our page on God for what we do believe regarding this topic. Modalism says the Father Son and Ruach manifest themselves at different times but are one God, and not existing eternally as three Persons. We believe God is Echad (One) who exists eternally in three Persons: Father, Son and Ruach HaKodesh (Isaiah 48:16;  Matthew 3:16-17;  Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).