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Mission Statement
Teaching and Living a vision of Jewish life renewed in Yeshua
Messianic Jewish Theological Institute (MJTI) seeks to be:
PROPHETIC SIGN
To live out a vision of Jewish life renewed in Yeshua is to become a
prophetic sign. Israel's prophets presented scenarios of Israel's final
destiny accompanied by signs that validated their prophetic vision. Ezekiel
envisions a promised future for the people of Israel under the reign of its
Messianic King, who unifies the nation and brings Israel to covenant
faithfulness (Ezek. 36-37). That vision points to an Israel renewed by the
Spirit of the crucified and risen Yeshua, a renewal in which God gathers
Israel to the Land, unites them as one people, brings them to Messiah, gives
them a responsive heart and spirit, and enables them to keep the statutes and
ordinances, reflecting God's justice. In every aspect of its operation, MJTI
seeks, as a representative portion of our people, to live out today this
vision of Israel's national tomorrow and make it a reality in this world.
MESSIANIC JEWISH SCHOOL
At the heart of MJTI is a community of scholars and leaders who teach Jewish
followers of Yeshua to live as Jews faithful to Torah and to see Yeshua
through the lens of over twenty-five hundred years of Jewish thought and
experience (Acts 21:20-24; Acts 7). At the same time, the Judaism through
which the community sees Yeshua is transformed by the crucified and risen
Messiah whom they find revealed at its center. This living process manifests
the truth that Yeshua is key to understanding Judaism, and that the
historical reality of Jewish life through the centuries is key to
understanding Yeshua. MJTI works towards this fulfillment of Jewish life and
tradition in Yeshua that reaches its end when all Israel acknowledges Messiah
as the Renewer of Jewish life (Acts 3:21).
VISION CENTER
Every Jewish movement has at its heart a center of learning that provides it
with both the trained leaders and the theological vision needed to grow and
thrive. As a school affiliated with the Union of Messianic Jewish
Congregations and in harmony with its understanding of Messianic Judaism,
MJTI aims to be that center for the larger Messianic Jewish community in the
twenty-first century. MJTI seeks to articulate and exemplify a vision of
Jewish life renewed in Yeshua. This vision is shaped by the past and pulled
forward by God's future encountered now through Israel's risen Messiah.
Guided by the vision of Jewish life renewed in Yeshua, the Messianic Jewish
community can fulfill its calling amidst a century filled with promise and
challenge. The ever-deepening relationship between Israel and her Messiah
already signals this new era (Rom. 11:12).
DIALOGUE CENTER
Jewish life renewed in Yeshua is of importance not only to Jews. According to
the Apostle Paul, the renewal of the entire creation hinges on Israel's
renewal (Rom. 11:15). In particular, the Christian Church cannot express its
true universality nor fulfill its mission of reconciliation apart from its
bond with the Jewish people (Eph. 2:11-22). MJTI aspires to serve the
Christian Church by pointing the way to a new relationship between Christians
and Jews, different from the patterns of antagonism developed during the
preceding nineteen centuries. This new relationship enables Christians to
honor the Jewish people and their tradition while developing a deeper
understanding of the Messiah to whom they remain radically faithful. For
Jews, the new relationship encourages greater respect for the integrity of
the Christian faith, its connection to historical and contemporary forms of
Judaism, and its role in bringing knowledge of the God of Israel to the
nations of the earth. The faculty, staff, and students of MJTI recognize as
family both the Jewish community and the Christian Church. This connection to
the wider Jewish and Yeshua-believing communities allows MJTI to function as
a doorway to a new relationship between Christians and Jews, a relationship
of covenantal partnership.
INTERNATIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
As a people scattered throughout the world and finding its home in a sacred
text, the Jewish people have always been an international learning community.
This community has its geographical center in the Land promised to it in its
sacred text, but its spiritual dynamism has often come from its geographical
periphery. Thus, while most Jewish movements that have transformed Jewish
life have begun in the Diaspora, they have always been oriented to the
promise of Israel's life in the Land. Likewise, MJTI's vision of Jewish life
renewed in Yeshua, conceived in the Diaspora, anticipates the future
fulfillment of God's promises to the people of Israel in the Land of Israel.
In confident hope of that future fulfillment, MJTI seeks the welfare of those
who dwell in the Land, and stands with all Jews and Christians who pray and
labor for the peace of Jerusalem. (Ps. 122:6). MJTI also aims to promote the
vision of Jewish life renewed in Yeshua throughout the world but especially
in the Land where it will be realized in its fullness.
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