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How It All Began
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Beth Israel became an independent work in 1988 under the leadership, pastorship, and rabbinate of Jonathan Cahn. In this first year it grew from a congregation of about 35 people to three times that size. It soon outgrew its first home in the Paramus Church of the Nazarene, but there was no money for a building.
It was then that an American Indian, "Wahu" Fuchs showed up on a Friday Night Service and told Jonathan that he was "the one." He further told Jonathan that God had instructed him to give him a check for $150,000, which he did, and which provided the funds needed for Beth Israel to purchase its first building.
After meeting a few months in the Holiday Inn in Paramus , Beth Israel moved into its first building, a former moose lodge on Garibaldi, Ave, in Lodi , New Jersey .
It wasn't long before Beth Israel outgrew this facility as well. Jonathan searched through northern Jersey for a larger place for two years but found nothing. Finally he was taken to a former department store in Garfield . When he saw it, Jonathan knew it was the place. But it was ten times the size of the first building and at the very extreme of their budget. It was a giant leap of faith. But God was faithful and Beth Israel moved into the new building at 2 Lincoln Place , in Garfield , New Jersey , in 1992.
There, Beth Israel continues to grow, becoming what is believed to be the largest Messianic Congregation in the United States .
Beth Israel is known for being a place of excitement, joy, love, vibrant worship, deep and powerful messages, the Spirit of God, and Jew and Gentile as one in Messiah. It is made up of people of every background, country, tribe, and tongue, and is wonderful to experience and be a part of.
