About
Located in Alachua County, Beth Shalom is a warm and welcoming congregation rooted in Yeshua and the Torah, where Jewish and Gentile believers are embraced, loved and partners in our community.
Vision
Beth Shalom is a family centered Messianic Jewish Synagogue in which Jews and Gentiles worship together in the unity of Messiah Yeshua. We cultivate an environment of Yeshua centric covenantal fidelity in our Faith, our Families and our Fellowship.
Mission
Beth Shalom is committed to the following objectives:
1. L’dor V’Dor: From generation to generation. To teach the faith of Yeshua Messiah to the next generation. Thus, Beth Shalom primary objective is focused on the support and nurture of Messianic Families, especially our Jewish Families.
2. Tikun Olam: Repairing of the world. To proclaim the Gospel of the Good news of Messiah's coming kingdom to the entire world. To foster peace between our Jewish brothers and the believing community.
3. Tzedakah: Benevolence and Charity. To minister to the poor and suffering within our community and abroad.
4. Am Israel Chai: The People of Israel Live. To support the national state of Israel through gifts, benevolence, seminars, teachings, partnerships and in any way in which G-d makes available to so do.
5. Pirkei Avot: The Chapters of the Fathers. To the teaching and rediscovering of the common moral and ethical foundations of the Jewish Messianic and Christian traditions and how these distinct understandings are bridged through our common heritage.
Matt and Annie Absolon come from very different worlds but share one God-given vision. Matt, a second-generation Messianic Jewish believer from rural Australia, and Annie, born in rural Cuba and raised in Miami, were each called to serve God and the Jewish people from a young age.
They met through a mutual Messianic Jewish connection in 2007, married in 2009, and immediately stepped into ministry life. From serving at Congregation Shema Israel in Miami to leading Beth T’filah in Hollywood, Florida, they became the youngest senior leaders in the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC).
Today—sixteen years, five children, and countless blessings later—they have followed God’s call to Alachua County, where they are planting and nurturing a Messianic Jewish community in the greater Gainesville area.
Matt currently serves on the UMJC Executive Board as Secretary, and together they continue to pour their lives into the work of building faith, family and community, dedicated to sharing the love of Yeshua to the Jewish people and the world.
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Shabbat Services:
Saturdays: For now we are meeting once a month at 10:00am. See Calendar for the date of the month!
