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The Assembly of Jerusalem (often referred to in English as the "Church of Jerusalem" or "Jerusalem Church"; abbreviated as "AoJ" in this website) is a worldwide religious community with historical roots to the ancient pre-Christian Essenes of Qumran and is not associated with modern day Christianity or any New Age or new religious groups. The Assembly believes that the historical Yeshua was fully God and fully man and was the Messiah sent by the Father and anointed by the Holy Spirit, who was crucified and rose again according to divine prophecy.
Today the Assembly has small communities in various parts of the world dedicated to living a Torah observant lifestyle in a modern day setting, without compromising God-given truths of the Scriptures, as taught by the historical Yeshua and those whom He appointed as earthly leaders of the Assembly.
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
The AoJ has her own Scriptures and considers the original Holy Writings, in Hebrew, to be inspired by Holy Spirit. The Assembly believes the Scriptures were originally written in the ancient Hebrew language and translated into Aramaic, Greek and other languages.
ECCLESIASTICAL LEADERSHIP
The Assembly teaches that Yeshua the Messiah appointed the Apostle James the Righteous (Ya'aqub ha'Tzaddik) as the head of the earthly assembly, and it continues in this practice today by appointing, in Apostolic Succession, patriarchs in the same line. The Assembly of Jerusalem's patriarchal governing of the Church is not a papal system. The earthly head of the Assembly is called the "Patriarch" which is in relation to his responsibilities for the entire earthly Assembly of Believers.
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