RABBI GARY BERESFORD
U.M.J.A. Beit Din

 Rabbi Gary was born in Johannesburg to Jewish parents who immigrated to South Africa after WWII.  His school years were spent in the city of Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean.  In 1967, while visiting Jerusalem with his father, he was overcome by the Holy Spirit at the Western Wall, and returned to Judaism. He has known Yeshua since 1985.  He has studied for a Masters degree through the Hebrew University and American Institute for Holy Land Studies, as well as the Center for the Study of Early Christianity (Messianic Judaism) and worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls, specifically on the Hodyot Scroll.  He traveled globally in the 1990's speaking to the rights of Jews who believe in Yeshua gaining citizenship in Israel. Before becoming a rabbi, he worked as head of the solar energy division of the leading solar equipment company in Zimbabwe. Rabbi Gary was ordained in 1996 through Beth Israel, Tampa, which became the International Federation of Sephardic and Ashkanazi Jews, and by the IAMCS, and CTOMC, where he served on the Beit Din.  In 1999. Rabbi Gary served as Associate Rabbi in Sarasota, until the need for a congregation in Bradenton opened up, where they now serve.  His vision is to see Jewish and Gentile believers uniting under the Messiahship of Yeshua and keeping the mitzvot, thus becoming One New Humanity.