WELCOME!

HERE, THE RABBI, MESSIAH YESHUA (JESUS), IS ALWAYS IN !   I am your host and online pastor Michael Rudolph, and I too am always in through this remarkable technology of the worldwide web.

This website is a translocal ministry of Ahavat Yeshua congregation, designed to serve those of you who do not live in the Washington D.C. area. Some of you are Messianic Jewish or Gentile believers, some denominational or nondenominational Christians, some Talmudic Jews, and some who do not even believe in God. There is a reason why God has drawn each and every one of you to this website, and it would be my great joy to serve all of you in whatever way God directs me and enables me.

In both my personal life and ministry, I seek to understand Scripture from the perspective of Yeshua’s first disciples, all of whom were Jews living in the Jewish lifestye of their day. In that context, this ministry has two main facets: (1) to introduce Yeshua to those of my Jewish people who have not yet received Him as their Messiah, and (2) to help Christian believers rediscover and return to their biblical Jewish roots. In the process of doing these, I am available for personal counsel and general ministry to anyone who is in need and is open to seeking God.

Some of you already attend a local Messianic Jewish congregation or Christian church. That is good, and for you this ministry may offer valuable supplemental teaching from the Word of God. Others of you -- particularly those who live in remote regions and are therefore unconnected to a local body -- may wish me to serve as your interim pastor by applying for and receiving Distance Membership in Ahavat Yeshua (Love of Jesus), a Messianic Jewish congregation located in Washington, D.C.  I say "interim pastor" because in most cases, a congregation near you will meet your spiritual and fellowship needs far better than one at a distance. Associate Membership is also available for believers who are already members of a congregation, but desire a formal relationship with this ministry because of its special focus on Jewish roots of the faith.

Please browse this website freely and make use of all it has to offer. If you wish to correspond by e-mail, write to me at PastorMike@TheRabbi.com. Those of you who become Online Members or Associate Members will be given an "800" number where you may reach me by telephone, and a "Hotline" code through which I may be paged in emergencies. You will have access to the other pastors and elders of Ahavat Yeshua as well.

May God bless you in all your endeavors, and lead you in profitably using this website.

Michael Rudolph
Pastor and Elder