Our Theological Commission

 

Yachad BeYeshua is a not a fellowship of scholars, but it values the work of theology and biblical scholarship, and aims to learn from Jewish disciples of Jesus who have devoted their lives to these disciplines. In its founding charter Yachad BeYeshua established a Theological Commission to continue the work of the Helsinki Consultation.

The charter defines the task of the Theological Commission as threefold:

  1. To produce theological statements on issues of concern for Yachad BeYeshua

  2. To develop programs of study and formation for Yachad BeYeshua members; and

  3. To conduct research on the historical memory of Jewish disciples of Jesus.

 

Theological Commission Members

Mark Kinzer (Chair, Messianic, US)

Mark Kinzer is President Emeritus of Messianic Jewish Theological Institute, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Zera Avraham in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and co-founder with Antoine Levy of the Helsinki Consultation.

Lawrence Feingold (Catholic, US)

Dr. Lawrence Feingold is Professor of Theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He and his wife were received into the Catholic Church in 1989. He is the author of Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy; The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion; Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology; The Mystery of Israel and the Church; and The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters.

Richard Harvey (Messianic, UK)

Richard Harvey is a Senior Researcher and an Associate Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at All Nations Christian College, UK. He is a past President of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance.

Antoine Lévy (Catholic, Israel)

Antoine Lévy is a Catholic priest and an adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki (Ecumenism) and at the University of Eastern Finland (Russian Studies). With Mark Kinzer, he co-founded the Helsinki Consultation. He is currently conducting new PhD research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


Lisa Loden (Messianic, Israel)

Lisa is a founding member Yachad B’Yeshua and serves on the Theological Commission. Previously, she was part of the Helsinki Consultation. She was a founding member of the Roman Catholic-Messianic Jewish Theological Dialogue Group, now the Rome Study Group, and serves on the steering committee. She teaches, writes, and mentors young leaders. Her passion is for reconciliation and the unity of the Body of Messiah. She lives in Israel, and has one daughter and two granddaughters.


Svetlana Panich (Orthodox, Canada)

Svetlana Panich is doing theological studies at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. She is a coordinator of the international Working group Orthodox Christians in Dialogue with Jews (a project of the Orthodox Theological Society in America). Presently she lives in Toronto.

Vladimir Pikman (Messianic, Germany)

Rabbi Vladimir Pikman is a Jewish follower of Yeshua and an international Messianic leader for more than 30 years, based in Berlin, Germany. Vladimir is the founding Executive Director of Beit Sar Shalom, the largest Messianic Jewish ministry in Europe, the Senior Rabbi of the Messianic Jewish congregation in Berlin, and Director of Jewish Studies with Dallas Theological Seminary. Vladimir holds M.S., ThM and recently finished his PhD dissertation. He is married and has two adult daughters.


Ephraim Radner (Anglican, US)

Ephraim Radner is an Anglican priest and professor of theology at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto.

Jen Rosner (Messianic, US)

Jen Rosner is affiliate assistant professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She and her family live in northern California.

David Rudolph (Messianic, US)

David Rudolph is the Director of the Messianic Jewish Studies program at The Kings University in Southlake, Texas.

Lee Spitzer (Baptist, US)

Lee B. Spitzer is Affiliate Professor of Church History at Northern Seminary in Chicago and Historian for the Baptist World Alliance. He is the retired General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches USA.

Étienne Vetö (Catholic, France)

Étienne Vetö is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Chemin Neuf Community. He is full professor of theology and Director of the CardinalBea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome).

Judith Wolfe (Catholic, UK)

Judith Wolfe is Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of St Andrews, where she serves as Director of the Graduate Programme in Theology and the Arts. Judith is the Assistant Moderator of Yachad BeYeshua.