Tacoma Bible Church--
The Un-Church--
A Messianic and Christian Community


We  come together as One People, serving One God
,
by glorifying our Messiah!

We are rewinding Christianity back to the beginning, during the life of Jesus

Upcoming Sabbath Sermon:
Jesus, the True Bread from Heaven, Part 1 (John 6:22-35)

As anti-Semitism continues to rise, join us as we remember all those lost during the Holocaust. May we help uproot anti-Semitism from the church! Click here

Why another Messianic Congregation?

 

       There are many reasons for the need of a new congregation of Messianic Jews and Gentiles in Tacoma, WA. Although the church has been in existence for two-thousand years, and has done much to spread the “Good News” of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, there are also major problems in the church. Yeshua, His disciples, and His first believers were all Jewish people. They were Torah-observant and saw themselves as a group within Judaism.

 

Unfortunately, in the second century CE (AD), when the majority of people in the early church were Gentile believers in Yeshua, they determined to make Christianity a separate religion from Judaism. As such, the Gentile church leaders began to interpret the Scriptures in a way that separate from Judaism. Not only was Torah observance no longer important, but it was actually considered to be heretical.

 

Once the Gentiles leaders of the church had lost the Jewish influence in the church and Torah-observance, they quickly began to interpret the Scriptures from a non-Jewish perspective, which led to many misinterpretations of the Bible.

 

Most professing Christians do not know the Bible. They fall into unbiblical teachings of the “prosperity gospel,” “free grace,” and “easy-believism.” Idolatry is rampant within the church. The lack of morality (see teaching on Biblical Faith) amongst professing Christians has led to many financial and sexual scandals.

 

We are a community of believers that recognize that belief in Yeshua is a free gift of God through obedient faith. God freely brings us into the community of the people of God. There is nothing that we as sinful humans can do to earn our salvation and love from God. However, we also acknowledge that once God has brought us in to the people of God, we show that we “are in” through obedience to God and His word.

 

The place where the Infinite God has revealed to finite humanity His Righteousness is in His word. The Torah was given to the children of Israel that He had redeemed from Egypt to be the people of God as a set of instructions as to how He wants His people to live. The teachings of Yeshua and the Apostles build upon the Torah, they do not replace it. As believers in Yeshua, we continue to live our lives in conformity with God’s will, which was revealed in His Torah, prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Writings.

 

We interpret all of the Scriptures through the lens of Second Temple Judaism, just as Yeshua and the Apostles. We seek to be as Torah-observant as we are able, not in order to become part of the people of God, but because we are part of the people of God. If you are seeking a small community of believers in Yeshua where corporate prayer, worship, and the study of the Bible is central, then come and visit us.

 

   Although it has been become customary within the church, Messianic congregations, and Hebrew Roots movement to not put the pastor/leader's educational credentials on the website, we believe that it is important for people to be aware of the training, or lack thereof, of those in positions of leadership. Unfortunately, many are not properly educated and/or equipped to be leaders and teachers. In order to  competently interact with the Jewish roots of our faith, as well as with the Christian and Jewish scholars and rabbis, a person must have some level of formal education and training in biblical, Judaic, and Christian studies.


       For these reasons, we want you to know that our leader has a B.A. in Theology, a M.B.S. (Masters in Biblical Studies), and a M.Div. (Masters in Divinity) Degree. He is presently working on his Doctorate in Theology (Th.D) in Jewish studies. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). He has dedicated the last number of years to the study of Second Temple Judaism, early rabbinic studies, and the Jewish roots of our faith.

We need your help. We are presently attempting to raise the money to get our ministry papers in order and obtain our tax-exempt status. If you have benefited from our teachings and feel that God has led you to contribute to this cause, please contact us.
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Biblical Faith v. the Heresy of "Easy-Believism"
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Saturday Worship Services

Prayer at 11:00 AM.
Worship and studying the Gospel of John at 11:30 AM.
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