Our Theological Commission
New for 2025-2026
Theological Commission Teaching Sessions
The Theological Commission is hosting a series of monthly Zoom-based teachings on various topics of interest to Jewish disciples of Yeshua/Jesus. Live sessions are reserved for members of Yachad BeYeshua. Recorded versions are to be made available to both members and friends on our mailing list at a later date. Here is a list of the broad theme, topics, and schedule (subject to change):
Theme 1: Yeshua
Jen Rosner: Why the Jewishness of Jesus matters [June 2025]
Mark Kinzer: "Yeshua our Rebbe: What we can learn from Chabad about living in union with the Messiah" [July 2025]
Svetlana Panich: The Jewish discovery of Jesus. From Moses Mendelson to Zionist "pioneers" and socialist revolutionaries. [August 2025]
Larry Feingold: Jewishness of the Incarnation: The Incarnation and the Divine Condescension/Love. [September 2025]
Theme 2: Reading the Bible/Hermeneutics
Ephraim Radner: History and Figure: Jewish Christian ways of reading the Bible. [October 2025]
Antoine Lévy: Supersessionism – replacement theology – what are we exactly talking about?" [November 2025]
David Rudolph: Paul's vision of the one new man (Eph. 2) [December 2025]
Theme 3: The Calling and Mission of Jewish Disciples of Jesus
Vladimir Pikman: Jewish Jesus, Jewish Gospel, and Jewish Follower of the Messiah [February 2026]
Lee Spitzer: Jewish Disciples of Jesus and Our Prophetic Responsibility to Respond to Contemporary Antisemitism [March 2026]
Theme 4: A Look at the Past
Lisa Loden: A short history of the Messianic Jewish community in Israel [April 2026]
Richard Harvey: Lessons and Prospects from the first hundred years of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance 1915-2025 [May 2026]
Theme 5: A Look into the Future
Judith Wolfe: Eschatology [June 2026]
Gregory Solari: A Redeemer will come to Zion » (Shabbat’s Minha) : sabbatical eschatology [July 2026]
About the 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:
To produce theological statements on issues of concern for Yachad BeYeshua
To develop programs of study and formation for Yachad BeYeshua members; and
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 (Protestant/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.
Grégory Solari (Catholic, Switzerland)
Grégory Solari is a Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian, a lecturer at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the editorial director of Ad Solem publishing house.
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.