Our Story & Beliefs

About Beit HaMashiach

Building a Messianic Community of Jews and Gentiles who are a living testimony for Messiah Yeshua.

Beit HaMashiach is Hebrew for “House of the Messiah”. We are a unique congregation made up of Jewish and Gentile people who are believers in Yeshua as the promised Messiah of Israel. Beit HaMashiach is part of a worldwide Messianic Jewish movement of hundreds of congregations.
As a messianic congregation, we are committed to celebrating our faith in Yeshua in a way that reflects our scriptural Jewish heritage. Being a congregation of Jews and Gentiles, we testify to the peace that God has brought into our lives through Yeshua.

In the New Covenant Scriptures, in the book of Yochanon (John), a Jewish man exclaimed, “We have found Him of whom Moses and the prophets have written, Yeshua of Nazareth!” This is our testimony as well.

If you don’t know Yeshua as your Messiah, we encourage you to search out the Scriptures for yourself. God promised in the book of Jeremiah, “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”

What We Value

Our Core Values

PRE-EMINENCE OF MESSIAH

In all things we wish to honour and glorify God through Messiah Yeshua.

RELEVANCE

We are committed to ministry that earnestly seeks to be culturally and spiritually relevant to the Jewish people we are wishing to reach.

SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY

We value discipling believers in a way that develops spiritual integrity.

MESSIANIC JEWISH WORSHIP

We value a vibrant, worshipping environment that expresses our Messianic-Jewish heritage.

EQUALITY

We uphold Jewish and Gentile believers as equal members of the body and value a fellowship that recognises the worth of each individual.

UNITY

We are an integral part of the Body of Messiah worldwide made up of both Jews and Gentiles.

GIFTS AND TALENTS

We believe that God specially and individually gifts all members of the fellowship for works of service and ministry.

THE RULE OF LOVE

We believe that love must undergird all aspects of our ministry and community.

Our Partner: Celebrate Messiah

Beit HaMashiach is a Messianic congregation planted by Celebrate Messiah. It is one of three Celebrate Messiah messianic congregations in Australia.

Celebrate Messiah has been sharing the love of Messiah with Jewish people in Australia since it was was founded in 1995 by Lawrence and Louise Hirsch.

Celebrate Messiah is an interdenominational, evangelistic society dedicated to raising the banner of Messiah amongst God’s ancient people in Australia and abroad through our partnership with Chosen People Global Ministries.

To learn more, please visit: celebratemessiah.com.au.

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Lawrence Hirsch

Executive Director of Celebrate Messiah and Rabbi of Beit HaMashiach

Lawrence Hirsch is a Jewish believer in Yeshua and Founding Director, together with his wife Louise, of the work of Celebrate Messiah in Australia, New Zealand and in Russia. They have been involved in evangelism, congregation planting, discipleship and mentoring for over 28 years in an international ministry spanning four continents.

Today, Celebrate Messiah is in partnership with Chosen People Global Ministries with work amongst Jewish people in 18 countries including Israel. Lawrence is also a Board member of the work of Beit Sar Shalom in Israel, Celebrate Messiah in New Zealand and Celebrate Messiah Russia.

Lawrence and Louise are the senior leaders of Beit HaMashiach Messianic Congregation in Melbourne, and Lawrence is the rabbi of the congregation.