Our congregation (“Kehilah” in Hebrew) is a diverse mix of believers, Jew and Gentile worshipping Yeshua (Jesus) as the “One New Man” (Eph. 2:14-15). As a messianic congregation, we choose to reflect the Jewishness of our Messiah and the roots of our faith (Rom. 11) in the many aspects of our worship expression.

Our Mission Statement

We are called by G-d to be a Yeshua-centered Messianic Jewish community of believers who have embraced the concept and expression of the One New Man; Jew and Gentile, reconciled in Messiah in order to be a last days witness to the love and faithfulness of G-D towards Israel, to the Church, and to the nations.

Our Services

Our services consist of dynamic Messianic praise & worship along with Hebraic/Davidic style dance and the ministry of G-d’s Word. We devote a portion of the service to the traditional sequence of readings from the Torah, keeping with customs that were celebrated by Yeshua (Luke 4) and continue today in synagogues and Messianic congregations around the world. We allow for freedom and direction of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) in all our services as we minister unto the L-rd.

Our Vision

  • To bring the Gospel to both Jews and non-Jews (Gentiles) through evangelism according to Romans 1:16
  • To exemplify New Covenant truth of Jew and Gentile worshipping together as one new man according to Eph.2:14-18
  • To stand with Israel, as G-D is restoring both the land and the people to His covenant promises
  • To minister the Jewish roots of faith to the Christian church
  • To celebrate G-d’s presence and worship Him through the Sabbath and the Biblical Festivals
  • To bring G-d’s people into a place of stability and fellowship in congregational life
  • To be a witness and a pillar of strength in our community
  • To educate G-D’s people through discipleship Matt. 28:18-20
  • To equip the saints for the work of the ministry to which each one is called Eph. 4:11-16

What We Believe

  • We believe the Scriptures of the Tanach and Brit Chadasha (the Old and New Testaments) are divinely inspired, verbally and completely inerrant in the original writings, and of supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and life.

  • We believe in one sovereign G-d, in three persons: Father, Son, and Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit), perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, unbounded in power, and measureless in love. G-d is the source of all creation; through the immediate exercise of His power, all things came into being.

  • We believe Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah) was eternally pre-existent and is co-equal with G-d the Father; that He took on himself the nature of man through the virgin birth, so that He possessed both divine and human natures.

  • We believe in His sinless life and perfect obedience to the Torah (the Law); His atoning death; His burial and bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, high priestly intercession, and future personal return in power and glory.

  • We believe the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) is co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son; He was active in the creation of all things and continues to be so in providence; He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment; He regenerates, sanctifies, baptizes, indwells, seals, illumines, guides, and bestows His gifts upon all believers.

  • We believe G-d the Father is the author of eternal salvation, having loved the world and given his Son for its redemption.
  • We believe G-d created man in His image; but because of the disobedience of our first parents in the Garden of Eden, they lost their innocence and both they and their descendants, separated from G-d, suffer physical and spiritual death; all human beings are sinners by nature and practice.

  • We believe Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah) died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitution sacrifice; all who believe in Him are justified, not by any works of righteousness, but by his perfect, righteous, atoning blood; and there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.

  • We believe Israel exists as a covenanted people through whom G-d continues to accomplish his purposes; the Church is an elect people in accordance with the New Covenant, comprised of both Jews and Gentiles who acknowledge Yeshua as Messiah and Redeemer.
  • We believe Yeshua will return personally in order to consummate the prophesied purposes concerning His kingdom.
  • We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost.

Our Ministry Leaders

Rabbi Steve & Pastor Margaret Jaslow
Rabbi Steve & Pastor Margaret JaslowCongregation Leaders
Rabbi Steve and Pastor Margaret Jaslow are both graduates of Christ for The Nations Bible School. They were called separately into a Messianic vision. Steve is a Messianic Jew from New York and Margaret is a native of the Caribbean Island of Trinidad; they have three children. For the past several years both have been involved in various types of ministry including: teaching, preaching, home cell groups, children’s ministry and prayer ministry. They have a heart to see G-d’ s purposes fulfilled in the earth; especially for Israel and the Jewish people; but also, to see the body of Messiah come together in unity and power in these last days.
Rebecca Taylor Wyatt
Rebecca Taylor WyattWorship Leader
Rebecca felt the call of the LORD on her life from an early age. In her early teenage years, she received the revelation that her call was to “sing and play an instrument” unto the LORD. She graduated from Texas Lutheran University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music degree, specializing in Church Music. She went on to study worship ministry at Christ For The Nations in 2009. Rebecca married in 2009 to a wonderful husband and father (Carman). They have three amazing and talented children (Judah, Taylor, and Levi). Rebecca is also a composer and songwriter and is currently recording and preparing music for release along with her husband Carman.
Roxie Baring Hollingsworth
Roxie Baring HollingsworthOutreach and Evangelism Leader
Roxie has served in ministry for over 20 years. She joined Bat Zion in 2008 and has led the Outreach Ministry since 2014 and the Evangelism Team since 2019. Roxie is a licensed and ordained minister, holds a Bachelor of Ministry Degree, and is the founding president and Executive Director of I Mobilize for Him International, a missions, outreach, and humanitarian aid organization based in Duncanville, TX. Roxie has been trained in the areas of missions, evangelism, prayer, conflict resolution, Biblical counseling, financial literary, and law. Roxie learned at a young age that as Believers, we are blessed to be a blessing, and we are mandated to be Adonai’s hands and feet in the earth and to share the love of Yeshua to the Nations.
Ben & Heidi Parker
Ben & Heidi ParkerChildren's Ministry Leaders
Ben and Heidi have been serving as the children’s leaders since 2016. Both grew up as missionary kids (Ben’s parents worked with Child Evangelism Fellowship in the United States, and Heidi’s parents worked with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Suriname, South America), and both chose to follow the L-rd at a very early age. Together they have five children and one grandchild. They desire to help children come to know the true nature of G-d and our Messiah Yeshua and to instill a hunger for the things of G-d into the heart of each child, so that they will choose to follow and serve G-d not only during their childhoods, but throughout their entire lives.
Devra Carmical
Devra CarmicalDance Ministry Leader
A disciple of Yeshua from an early age, Devra Carmical has been serving in Davidic Dance since 2011 and in a variety of other disciplined creative capacities since 1984. She loves to worship Adonai through motion-based and visual expression, rhythm, and music, and invites everyone to share in that experience. “BZ Rejoice!” has a mission for building up the body of Messiah, honoring the inheritance of Jewish dance, and tearing down the strongholds of the enemy. More information about BZ Rejoice is available on the Ministries page, or join us any Shabbat at 9:30 in the Netser classroom at Bat Zion!