One of the hardest parts of this walk is finding people to walk it with. These are the real organizations, sorted by tradition, so you can find your own rather than wading through everything at once.
Which tradition is which?
Two broad streams, and the difference matters when you are looking for a congregation.
Messianic Judaism is centred on Jewish believers in Yeshua and their congregations. It generally affirms Jewish tradition and practice, and its main bodies teach that Jewish believers have a distinct calling to keep Torah as Jews, rather than that all believers are identically obligated.
The Hebrew Roots movement is largely made up of gentile believers who have come to Torah observance and generally teaches that Torah applies equally to all believers — often called "One Law." It typically does not accept rabbinic authority, and many fellowships keep an observational calendar.
These streams overlap, share teachers, and disagree with each other in public. Neither is a subset of the other. Knowing which one a congregation belongs to before you visit will save everyone an awkward conversation.
Messianic Jewish congregational bodies
| Organization | What it is |
|---|---|
| MJAA | Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. Founded 1915, the largest membership body for Messianic Jews in the US. |
| IAMCS — congregation locator | MJAA's congregational arm. An interactive map of member congregations worldwide. The best place to start looking. |
| UMJC — congregation directory | Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. Network with leadership training and a searchable directory. |
| Tikkun America | Charismatic and apostolic network of Messianic leaders and congregations. |
| Association of Messianic Congregations | Smaller association with a member directory for the US and Canada. |
Hebrew Roots and Torah-observant directories
| Resource | What it is |
|---|---|
| 119 Ministries Fellowship Finder | The largest Torah-observant directory. Map-based, with thousands of listings across six continents. |
| Find Torah Fellowship | Fellowship finder plus an online community. |
| Founded in Truth Fellowship | A Messianic Sabbath-keeping congregation in South Carolina with a very large free teaching archive and livestreamed services — useful if there is nothing near you. |
Teaching ministries
| Ministry | What it is | Stream |
|---|---|---|
| First Fruits of Zion | Publisher and teaching ministry. Torah Club and HaYesod study programmes; the Delitzsch Hebrew Gospels. | Messianic Jewish |
| TorahResource | Tim Hegg. Scholarly Torah material and commentary. | Hebrew Roots (One Law) |
| 119 Ministries | Free video teaching, reading Scripture from a Hebraic perspective. | Hebrew Roots |
| David Wilber | Articles and teaching on "pronomian" theology — pro-Torah without One Law rigidity. | Messianic / Torah-observant |
| Wisdom in Torah | Rico Cortes. Torah, Temple and ancient Near Eastern context. | Hebrew Roots |
| Nehemia's Wall | Nehemia Gordon. Hebrew manuscripts, the biblical calendar, the Hebrew Voices podcast. Karaite Jewish — does not profess Yeshua as Messiah. Listed because his textual and calendar work is widely used here. | Karaite Jewish |
Missions and Israel-based ministries
| Chosen People Ministries | Founded 1894. Jewish evangelism and discipleship in 20+ countries. |
| Jews for Jesus | Jewish evangelistic ministry with branches in 14 cities. |
| Jewish Voice Ministries | Jonathan Bernis. Global outreach and medical missions. |
| ONE FOR ISRAEL | Israeli-born believers. Media outreach in Hebrew and Arabic, plus a Bible college in Netanya. |
Families, women and homeschool
| Torah Sisters | Magazine, podcast and community for Torah-observant women. One of the warmest doors into this world. |
| Bible Pathway Adventures | Children's curriculum and feast activity books, K–6. |
| Homeschooling Torah | Full homeschool curriculum for Torah-observant families, preschool to high school. |
Hebrew and study
| Sefaria | Free library of Jewish texts with translations and commentary. Extraordinary and completely free. |
| Hebrew for Christians | Free biblical Hebrew, blessings and prayers from a Messianic perspective. |
| Israel Bible Center | Online courses on the Jewish context of Scripture. Based in Israel. |
| My Jewish Learning | Pluralistic mainstream Jewish reference on holidays, ritual and lifecycle. Useful for understanding a practice on its own terms. |
Common questions
There is nothing within driving distance of me. Now what?
You are in the majority. Most people in this movement are not near a congregation. Livestreamed services, a weekly video teaching kept at the same hour, and one or two households you actually talk to will carry you further than you expect. Start with the fellowship finders — a lot of listings are home fellowships of three or four families rather than buildings.
How do I tell what a congregation actually believes before I visit?
Read their statement of faith, and look specifically for what they say about the calendar, about the divine Name, and about whether gentile believers are obligated to Torah in the same way as Jewish believers. Those three tell you almost everything. If a site avoids all three, ask before you go.
Why are counter-missionary organizations not listed?
Because this is a directory for people looking for fellowship with other believers in Yeshua, and those organizations exist to argue against that. They are easy to find and we have no interest in obscuring them — they simply do not belong on this particular page.