We are an organization which seeks to spread the good news of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. We function in Haiti and in the United States of America. Our name Beth-Lehem-El is Hebrew for “House of the Bread of God.” We teach the Bread of life which is the word of God. We desire to feed those who need physical bread and shelter those in need of a physical abode. However, our ultimate goal is to lead them to heaven where Jesus is preparing a place for them in His Father’s house, by feeding them the word of God.
History
About 14 years ago, after the devastating earthquake that shook the fragile nation of Haiti, God had put in our hearts (my wife’s and mine) the desire to form an organization to help with the crisis that occurred and the void that was created. Our first organization was then called Amazing Grace For Today, Inc. At that time, many other organizations were reaching out, but we always knew that their presence would fade away with time and the disappearing sense of urgency that would bring a semblance of normalcy into the lives of the people most affected by the cataclysm. Indeed, donations gradually dried out, and we were forced to stop helping for a while. We then revived our assistance with another organization founded in 2015 which we named Workers Working For Jesus, Inc. Again, a penury of donations compelled us to dissolve that organization also. Now with Beth-Lehem-El, Inc. We endeavor to work to permanently sustain the work of our helping ministry. We are continuing the work we have been doing for the past 14 years.
Mission Statement
We exist to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ through proclaiming the Good News of the Bible, teaching others to obey the word of God, and caring for those in needs.
So help us God.
Statement of Purpose
What we believe:
I. We believe in Yahweh, God the Father, the One and Only True God.
There is one and only one living God — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live. He is the all-powerful and all-knowing Spirit, the Creator of everyone and everything. His perfect knowledge transcends time and places. We believe in the triune nature of God — God the Father, God the Son (Yeshua – Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit – even when we refrain from using the term “trinity, as it not a biblical term.” (Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 42:5; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John4:24)
II. We believe in Jesus Christ, the One and Only Son of God.
Yeshua (Hebrew for “Jesus”) is Israel’s promised Messiah, the Savior and the Redeemer of humanity. By His life, death and resurrection, He fulfilled the messianic prophecies of the Old Covenant Scriptures related to Messiah’s first coming. The divine Messiah, Yeshua is the fullest revelation of God to man, as He is the very image of the invisible God. He is the very word of God, through whom the world was created. He is not a creature of God, but the only begotten Son of the Father. He is equal to the Father even as He obeyed everything the Father told him while in his human form.
(Isa. 7:14, 9:6-7, 49:6, 53:1-12; Psa. 16:9-11; John 1:1-3, 14; Colossians 1:15, 19; 1 Timothy 4:10)
III. We believe in The Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Yahweh.
The Holy Spirit is of the same characteristics and nature as God the Father, as He is the very Spirit of God. he is the Spirit bot of the Father and of the Son. He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Savior (Jesus Christ), and effects regeneration as He indwells the heart of every born-again believer, and He empowers them to witness.
(John 3:6, 4:24; Isaiah 40:13; John 16:13-15; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11)
IV. We believe in the Holy Scriptures (presented in their original languages – Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament)
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. All Scriptures are a divine revelation that attests to the true nature of Christ and His Father, as well as their purpose for the created world. The Bible — both the Old and New Covenant Scriptures — is God’s Word to man and the only reliable, safe guide to faith and salvation.
(Num. 12:6-8; Isa. 8:20; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
V. What we understand and believe about Man
We believe God made man in His own image and endowed him with a longing for intimate fellowship with the Creator.
A human being is a tripartite being composed of a body that is physical, an immaterial soul, and a spirit that is from God. The first man, Adam, was formed by God from the dust of the ground, and then God blew the breath of life into his nostrils, and he became a living soul. At conception, the father provides the sperm, the mother the egg, and God provides the spirit, and the soul is formed. At death, the body turns back to dust, the spirit returns to God, and the soul goes into the presence of Jesus, or it goes to wait in Hades for the final Judgment.
(Gen. 1:26, 2:7; Genesis 2:7; Job 34:14-15; Psa. 41:1-2; Psalm 139:14; Isaiah 66:9; 2 Corinthians 5:8)
Through the temptation of Satan, man – the man Adam and his wife Eve – transgressed the command of God, fell from their original innocence and lost their righteousness. Man’s disobedience to God’s revealed will caused a spiritual separation between man and God, called “spiritual death.”
(Gen. 2:16-17; Isa. 59:1-2)
The only provision God made for reconciling man to Himself is through the atoning work of the Messiah who died as the sacrifice for our disobedience and rose again, manifesting His victory over sin and death.
(Lev. 17:11; Isa. 53:1-12; 2 Cor. 5:19)
All who believe in the Messiah will be born again of the Spirit of God. Faith in the Messiah as the mediator of the New Covenant makes us true children of God.
(Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 36:24-27; John 1:11-13)
Those who are born of the Holy Spirit become members of the universal Church – the people of God, the Body of the Messiah, the Bride of Christ.
(1 Cor. 12:12-13, 27; Eph. 2:14-16, 5:30-32)
Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart produced by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith in Christ (Messiah) is the only vehicle that leads to God’s grace.
(John 3:3, 6-8; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
VI. What we believe about the Family (we prefer to use the word “house” or “household” instead of “family” as this is the biblical term used to designate the relationship that exists between a husband and wife who become father and mother once they have children)
God has created the house (family) for the purpose of populating the earth. The house is made of a husband (a biological man) and a wife (a biological woman) who become one in marriage for the purpose of procreation, salvation and enjoyment. They serve as parents for the nurturing and the rearing of children. Both marriage and house (family) are important to God. at the beginning, God has grouped humankind as “houses” and “nations.” Toward the last days, He built the Church, made up of houses, to reach the nations.
(Genesis 1:28, 31 and 2:24; Genesis 10; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Proverbs 22:6; Mattew 28:19-20; Ephesians 5:27, 28)
VII. What we believe about The Church
The Church (from the Greek “ekklesia” meaning “gathering made out of those who are called”) is the assembly of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ (in Hebrew: Yeshua hamoshiah). They are those who have been saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. The Great Commission is the Church’s mandate to canvass the neighborhoods where they live as well as every corner of the world, so as to bring the word of God to the hearing of every soul in every nation and to baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Church’s role is to teach and release those disciples throughout the nations, so they can teach others wherever they are or they go.
(Isaiah 52:7; Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 2:8, 9, 5:27)
VIII. How we believe Christians should act toward Society at large.
All Christians should be involved fully in human society, as it is our duty to colonize creation. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of justice and righteousness among men must be rooted in the Word of God – Jesus Christ. Christians should work and exercise work ethics at a biblical standard. Moreover, in the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose injustice, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and/or pornography. We should be willing to care for the widows, the orphans, the poor, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole, under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends, Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His kingdom.
(Matthew 5:13-16,43-48; 22:36-40; 25:35; Mark 1:29-34; 2:3ff.; 10:21; Luke 4:18-21; 10:27-37; 20:25; John 15:12; 17:15; Romans 12–14; 1Corinthians 5:9-10; 6:1-7; 7:20-24; 10:23-11:1; Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 6:5-9; Colossians 3:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; Philemon; James 1:27; 2:8)
IX. What we believe about Christians and Academics.
All Christians should seek to receive the highest and best of education (this is biblical). This creation is God’s, and the first mandate to mankind was to dominate it. As such, we believe that Christians should excel in all areas of academic training, as they learn to carefully pay attention to creation and how God built it. Christians should be the best scientists, physicians, lawyers, teachers, engineers, architects, accountants, politicians, statesmen, etc.
(2 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Kings 3:12; Daniel 1:4; Ecclesiastes 1:13)
X. What we believe about Love
Love is the central focus of the Law of God. The two greatest commandments are about loving God and loving others. Even though faith leads to salvation, love is said to be greater than it. We understand that love is sacrificial in its nature, and therefore painful. We also understand that not everyone grasps what it truly means to love. Nonetheless, we are committed to loving as God would want us to, and we leave it to God to judge how others receive our love, even when they do not understand us.
(Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:37-40; Romans 5:8; Romans 8: 32-35; Romans 12: 9-21; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3)