Vision
In the summer of ’69, forty young Jewish Yeshua-believers gathered together in Asheville, North Carolina, for what would prove to be one of the great turning points in the modern-day resurrection of Messianic Judaism. These young people conducted their own meetings, elected their own officers, and held their own events. The following year, the constitution of the “Young Hebrew Christian Alliance” (YHCA) was accepted by the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America. A movement of young Jewish believers was born. Asheville ’69 played a vital role in activating a generation to step into callings that would awaken Messianic Judaism from its centuries-long slumber, thereby preparing the way for all Israel’s coming encounter with Messiah Yeshua.
One generation later, the movement returns to Asheville. We return with the shared vision of a music festival: a stage, a field, and over 1000 people—connected with the Messianic Jewish community in Israel and the Diaspora—young and old, gathered together for three days of live music from promising young artists within this community. This is not a conference; it is a raw, groundswell gathering that wells up out of the hearts of young people in this community, who desire nothing but to step beyond the land of “what is” into the frontier of “what can be.” Like the pivotal gathering of young Jewish believers in Asheville, North Carolina, one generation ago, it will be a harbinger and catalyst for salvation, for unity, for renewal, and vision.
Further Explore the Vision
- Aaron Kasdan, of Sha’arei Shalom in Cary, NC, having a candid conversation with a representative from the UMJC 20s
