An introduction from
Pastor Don Wilkerson
What We Believe
Senior Board Member Messiah’s House and President of Teen Challenge.
We are now at a crucial time in history when increasing numbers of Jewish
people are coming to Yeshua. As prophecies are miraculously fulfilled, many
are realizing the significance of the Jewish people receiving their Messiah.
Owing to the profound nature of this awakening, it is equally important
that Churches, Pastors and believers who are not yet reaching out towards
Israel and the Jewish people, do so. This move of God is something we must
not ignore. Now is the appointed time to join our Lord in reconnecting His
family before Messiah returns to the earth.
I am privileged to be involved with Messiah’s House as they carry out
this strategic ministry. They have helped cultivate my love for Israel
taught to me first by my mother, but they have also given me a greater
appreciation for the contribution that the Jewish people have given to my
spiritual heritage. Through Messiah’s House I have learned to appreciate
the celebration of the Jewish feasts and now feel more connected to our
Jewish roots and heritage. They have challenged me and the Churches I am
familiar with to love and pray for Israel, which I see as a unifying factor
between Jews and Christians that is essential to God.
Their work is effective and produces results. They offer their hearts and
souls to serve the Church so that God would be glorified and both Jews and
Gentiles would be blessed and united in our Messiah. I urge you to attend
their meetings and invite them to speak with you and at your Church.
They are fulfilling the Father’s heart for Israel that they might be saved
(Romans 10:1) and helping us in the Church to better understand Paul’s
writings of Romans 11, especially for the end times. There can only be
blessings in store for you! (Gen 12:3).
Don Wilkerson
We believe in the Echad of G-d {Genesis 1:26} as declared in the Shema.
“A united one” or a composed unity, eternally existent in three distinct
personalities of the G-dhead, yet united as one G-d. The Father who sits
upon the throne, the Spirit who is omnipresent {everywhere} and the
Son, who came down to the earth from heaven and who has been given
to the world as an atonement for our sins once and for all (Deuteronomy
6:4; Isaiah 9;1-7; Isaiah 48:16,17; John 14:6-13; 1 John 5:7-13; Hebrews
7:26,27).
We believe that the Bible, composed of the Torah (five books of Moses),
the Tenach, the Jewish scriptures (Judges to Malachi), and the Apostolic
writings of the New Covenant (Brith Chadasha), is the only infallible and
authoritative Word of G-d (Joshua 1:8; Psalms 119:105; 2.Timothy 3:16;
Romans 15:4; 2Peter 1:19).
We believe that Yeshua, Jesus’ Hebrew name, is the door that gives us
entrance into this New Covenant fulfilled in His first coming, His death,
and His resurrection. We believe in the Deity of Yeshua HaMashiach {Jesus
the Messiah} as the Son of G-d and that His virgin birth confirmed His
authority as the Messiah for all mankind, both Jew and Gentile alike (Isaiah
7:14; Romans 1:16). We believe Yeshua is soon to return to the Earth to sit
upon the throne of David and will rule the nations from Jerusalem.
We also firmly believe that in Yeshua we find the true and proper extension
of Judaism – in that the New Covenant was not only given to Israel, but is
also just as much a part of it, as all of the other covenants. And without
it, Israel is not properly connected to G-d (John 14:6).
We believe that a Jewish person who comes to faith in Yeshua does not
have to let go of their heritage (Romans 11:17,18,24), but indeed is
brought into a new intimacy with the G-d of Abraham by the power of the
Spirit of G-d. We, at Messiah’s House, fully embrace that heritage as being
the very roots of our faith, without the legalistic rituals and structure
characterized by the Old Covenant. Yeshua has made a new and living way
for both Jew and Gentile to experience the very presence of G-d.
We also believe in the gifts and the power of the Holy Spirit who
demonstrates G-d’s power and presence, both in our hearts, when we
accept the new covenant of Yeshua and in our midst, when we come
together to worship and honor Him that can also have life changing results
in each of our lives (Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 14:15-17; Galatians 5:13-2).
Westchester's
Messianic Jewish Center
Bringing Jews and Gentiles
into the New Covenant
Messiah’s House
in the last days. We have entered
into this New Covenant that was
promised by G-d and foretold by
the prophet Jeremiah (31:31-34),
where His law would be written
in our hearts and where we would
experience true intimacy with the
G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.
The perfect place to bring your Jewish and Gentile friends.
Messiah’s House has been established as a support ministry to the local
Churches of Westchester, New York, and New England to provide an effective
outreach for Jewish evangelism, as well as focused training in prayer,
intercession, evangelism and end time theology to help the Church reconnect
to Israel and more effectively reach the Jewish people in the last days.
Messiah’s House holds monthly Shabbat meetings that present the Gospel of
Yeshua in a Jewish sensitive manner that is reconnected to the roots of our faith
through Israel and the Jewish people.
This really helps people from a Jewish background to more easily recognize the
Jewishness of the Messiah and to discover the G-d of Abraham in the New
Covenant. Each month this Good News is presented through worship and teaching,
either from the Messiah’s House leadership team, or through guest speakers.
As one of its main focuses, Messiah’s House celebrates all of the biblical feasts,
giving opportunity for both Jewish and Gentile believers to connect more
personally with their Jewish roots and heritage. Monthly Bible studies and
prayer meetings are also available. These meetings are effective ways to learn
more about the issues on Israel and the Church and how to pray, witness, and
share your faith with Jewish people.
Our Shabbat Meetings are held at the Mount Kisco Library and we meet
on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm (unless otherwise stated via email).
Address: Mount Kisco Library, 100 E Main St, Mount Kisco, NY 10549.
Parking is available and it is a 5 minute walk from Mount Kisco train station.
For more information about Messiah’s House, please contact
[email protected]
Messiah’s House is headed up by
Grant Berry and our leadership
team. Grant was also one of the
leaders of the Jewish ministry
at Times Square Church in the
1990’s and also managed several
years of ministry outreach in
the former Soviet Union with
a ministry called Abraham’s
Promise, which he co-founded.
Abraham’s Promise brought the
The Olive Tree of Israel Jew and Gentile
Gospel to thousands of Russian
and Belarusian Jews. Grant is
well studied on all issues related to Israel and the Church and he is currently
writing two books on the subject, My Jewish Testimony, a spiritual adventure
into the New Covenant, and The Father’s Heart for Israel and the Church.
Where do we go from here?
Our Calling
Our calling, primarily, continues to be one of prayer, intercession and evangelism
for the Jewish people as well as all peoples. Messiah’s House is also called
to come alongside the local Church to help them reconnect to their Jewish
roots and equip the Body to fulfill its G-d-given mandate, “to the Jew first…”
(Romans 1:16) and to help establish community wide prayer and intercessory
meetings for Israel and the Church that will break up the spiritual ground in
this area and take it for our L-rd’s purposes.
Who We Are
Messiah’s House had its start when a group of
intercessors in the Westchester area began to
pray for Israel and the Jewish people to come into
the New Covenant. We are a body of both Jewish
and Gentile believers who are focused on unity
between the two groups (Ephesians 2:14-18),
which is also inclusive of their distinctive roles
Messiah’s House is also a learning ground for those who would like to
learn more about Israel, the Jewish people, and the Hebraic roots of our faith.
Grant Berry
While we are truly focused on the unity of the one new man between Jew and
Gentile and believe that we have total equality in the Spirit and Kingdom of G-d
(John 17:23), we are also focused on the significance of both Israel’s and the
Church’s unique roles in the end times in bringing both groups together and
into a deeper understanding and revelation of our time in history (Isaiah 40:
1-5; Ezekiel 36, 37; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Romans 11:11-32).
How We Can Help
Teaching & Equipping
One of the ways that Messiah’s House can help bridge the gap between Jews
and Gentiles is through biblical teaching of such topics as the One New Man,
G-d’s purpose for Israel and the Church in the end days, the Jewish roots of our
faith, and similar other related topics.
Our Senior Minister, Grant Berry, is available to teach on the subject of Israel
and the Church and introduce “The Father’s Heart” teachings to the local Body.
This teaching is strategic in several ways. Firstly, as it helps to bring a person
closer towards Israel in the Spirit - as it allows the Holy Spirit to remove any
barriers and to cleanse and prepare the heart from the Church’s past as well
as towards Israel (Romans 11) and the Jewish people. Secondly, it evokes a
response to G-d’s heart and plan for His people in the end days, and to help
them walk more fully in our G-d given mandate to love His firstborn son Israel.
Lastly, it prepares the body for such a time as this in our history.
Donate
Messiah’s House is a faith based ministry and we would ask you kindly to pray
about helping us with this very special ministry focus. We also want to raise
funds to create outreach meetings to bring in famous Messianic singers that
can help to draw the Jewish people to faith. “I will bless those who bless you”
(Gen.12:3).
Messiah’s House is a 5013C Charitable organization and all donations
are tax deductible. To donate, please make checks out to Messiah’s House;
PO Box 855, Armonk, NY 10504
For any questions or more information, please contact us at
[email protected]