Good conversation to hear. It factors heavily into a thought I’ve had frequently lately. We have no plans to move anytime soon, but we recognize in the future it may happen and I would sincerely want to continue to attend a healthy messianic Jewish congregation if possible. We are not Jewish, but we felt very much drawn into the MJ community. My thought has been what if we did move at some point and we got to a new area and there was not an MJ congregation. Then I thought well we might have to consider only considering places with a good MG congregation to move to. If that were not completely possible, I’d wondered what are the ins and outs of helping to start a congregation that could be recognized formally by the different governing bodies like the UMJC or MJAA or etc. Because I certainly would not feel called to be the Rabbi or congregational leader. I’ve served in different functions of ministry for many years and would continue to but being the “head guy“ is not part of that. I can see where having a more formalized denominational structure would help all of that. Because you could find out if anyone else in the area you’d be considering moving to has shown interest in starting a congregation and you could then immediately be connected with them and see if you’re ideas and expectations are gonna jive be able to work together. If the ultimate answer to all those questions were no, I would have to then take Rabbi David‘s advice from this podcast and continue fellowship in a church as a member there and would want them to be very much pro-Judaism, pro outreach to Jewish people and not just an insular Christian church with no real connection to the Jewish heritage and practices. Which in and of itself could be a tall order. Anyway, very much enjoyed listening to your conversation today.
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Good conversation to hear. It factors heavily into a thought I’ve had frequently lately. We have no plans to move anytime soon, but we recognize in the future it may happen and I would sincerely want to continue to attend a healthy messianic Jewish congregation if possible. We are not Jewish, but we felt very much drawn into the MJ community.
My thought has been what if we did move at some point and we got to a new area and there was not an MJ congregation. Then I thought well we might have to consider only considering places with a good MG congregation to move to. If that were not completely possible, I’d wondered what are the ins and outs of helping to start a congregation that could be recognized formally by the different governing bodies like the UMJC or MJAA or etc. Because I certainly would not feel called to be the Rabbi or congregational leader. I’ve served in different functions of ministry for many years and would continue to but being the “head guy“ is not part of that.
I can see where having a more formalized denominational structure would help all of that. Because you could find out if anyone else in the area you’d be considering moving to has shown interest in starting a congregation and you could then immediately be connected with them and see if you’re ideas and expectations are gonna jive be able to work together. If the ultimate answer to all those questions were no, I would have to then take Rabbi David‘s advice from this podcast and continue fellowship in a church as a member there and would want them to be very much pro-Judaism, pro outreach to Jewish people and not just an insular Christian church with no real connection to the Jewish heritage and practices. Which in and of itself could be a tall order. Anyway, very much enjoyed listening to your conversation today.