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How We Began
During the 1970s and '80s a group of Messianic Jews in Washtenaw County met periodically to celebrate the Sabbath and the annual Jewish Holidays.
However, only in 1993 did this group formally establish Congregation Zera Avraham - Ann Arbor's first Messanic Jewish synagogue.
In 1996 Congregation Zera Avraham became a member of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC), the oldest
association of congregations in the Messianic Jewish movement.
In 1997 the rabbi of Congregation Zera Avraham, Dr. Mark Kinzer, joined with several other Messianic Jewish leaders to form
Hashivenu, an educational organization aimed at helping the Messianic Jewish movement mature as an
authentic expression of Jewish communal life.
Since 1997 Congregation Zera Avraham has supported the vision of Hashivenu,
and sought to embody that vision in its daily life.
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