Research in Progress
Ephraimites, 2-House Movement
Alternative names in this movement: Ephraimites, Messianic Israel, Hebraic Roots Christians, Lost Tribes, Northern Kingdom,
Israelites, House of Israel, Messianic Christians, and House of Joseph
Speakers at the October 2008 conference in St. Louis:
Dr. John Conrad - House of Aaron (Utah) and MIA Shepherd's Council
Hale Harris - Beit Ephraim and MIA Shepherd's Council
Scott Diffenderfer - LAMB Ministries and MIA Shepherd's Council
Angus & Batya Wootten - House of David
Rich Altom - Beit B'Resheet
Chester Anderson - Simchat Adonai Dance Ministries
Sandy Bloomfield - Bloom to Life
Daniel Botkin - Gates of Eden
Dennis & Tirtzah Dee - Hands to the Land
David Dombek - Lev Y'shua Messianic Congregation
Kelly Ferrari - Door Keeper Ministries
Constance Fischer - One Stick Ministries
Ed Harris - Beit Messiach
Russ Houck - Author
Frank Houtz - Dry Bones Restoration Company
Toby Janicki - First Fruits of Zion
Boaz Michael - First Fruits of Zion
Paul Nison - Author and Raw Food Gourmet Chef
Victor Schlatter - Southern Pacific Island Ministries
Brad Scott - Wildbranch Ministry
Mordecai Silver - Etz Chayim
Wally Smith - House of Israel
Charles Stalsworth - Bet Ami Congregation
Marvin Taylor - Temple B'nai Yisrael Congregation
Rebecca Park Totilo - Rebecca at the Well Foundation
Dean & Susan Wheelock - Hebrew Roots
From Israel:
Boaz and Rina Dreyer - Shefa Gardens
Ephraim and Rimona Frank - Authors
UONYC (Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations) - 2001/2003
Prior to 2003, this organization was called the Union of Two House Messianic Congregations (UTHMC). There is a documented name change from (apparently) UTHMC (Union of Two House Messianic Congregations, begun 2001) to UONYC in October 2003 because of claims that some were no longer centered on correct beliefs about “Yahshuah” (divinity and virgin birth).
Brazil – 1 in Parnamirim, 1 in Natal, 1 in Sao Paolo
Colombia – 2
Cuba – 1
El Salvador – 2
Honduras - 1 (Church of God)
Paraguay - 1
Spain – 1 (Valencia)
Related Links
Brit-Am (Yair Davidy) [self-description] "Brit-Am is an organization centered in Jerusalem ... and comprised of Jews and non-Jews. Brit-Am traces the Lost Ten Tribes to Western Nations. ... Brit-Am avoids the discussion of religious differences between Judah (the present-day Jews) and the Lost Ten Tribes represented by 'Joseph'." [read endorsement by Eddie Chumney 2001]
Netzarim (Yirm'yahu Ben-Dawid)
[self-description] "The Netzarim are the only followers of Ribi Yәhoshua as Mashiakh on the planet since 135 C.E. (!) who are in good standing in the same community in which Ribi Yәhoshua and the original Netzarim lived, practiced and taught — i.e., recognized by Pharisaic (today's Orthodox) rabbis as Jews and geirim in good standing". They do not consider Jesus divine, do not consider the New Testament to be divinely inspired, who use only the book of Matthew and who "submit there (sic) halcha and doctrine to an orthodox beit din for its approval" [read quote from James Trimm June, 1997 on heb_roots listserve; Eddie Chumney rejects as 'counterfeit' Hebraic roots group].
Non 2-House Messianics
UMJC: [self-description] "Messianic Judaism is a movement of Jewish congregations and congregation-like groupings committed to Yeshua the Messiah that embrace the covenantal responsibility of Jewish life and identity rooted in Torah, expressed in tradition, renewed and applied in the context of the New Covenant." The Union of Jewish Messianic Congregations is theologically opposed to the Two House or Ephraimite position espoused by Wootten, Chumney, Koniuchowsky and others. [PDF position paper on the "Ephraimite Error" available here]
Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council: The MJRC consists of a group of ordained Messianic Jewish Rabbis and associated leaders who share a common vision for Messianic Jewish practice rooted in Torah, instructed by Tradition, and faithful to Messiah Yeshua in the twenty-first century. [on conversion for Gentile believers]
Hashivenu: A non-membership based organization of Jewish Messianics for whom MJ is a form of Judaism; for whom the Jewish people are "we" and not "them" and who acknowledge Rabbinic Judaism as a "valuable part" of their heritage.
(c) 2008 by Patricia A. Power (Arizona State University) . email: papower@cox.net
unpublished research - please do not cite without permission of the author