Elisa Norman, DMin in Messianic Jewish Studies from The King’s University in Southlake, TX, has devoted her life to studying and sharing the Word of God and the good news about Yeshua the Messiah. She came to saving faith in Yeshua as the Messiah when she was seven years old.

Elisa has been active in the Messianic Jewish community since 2005. She is the Director of Congregational Life and the Head of the Children’s Ministry at her congregation. Elisa’s doctoral project was a study of women in Messianic Jewish ministry leadership. She has published articles in Kesher journal and has created curricula for children’s ministry and Bnei Mitzvah preparation. Additionally, she teaches Biblical Hebrew, Davidic dance, and Israeli dance.

Although Elisa’s parents were not raised Jewish, they converted to Judaism in 2011 after her father discovered his Jewish ancestry. Elisa and her family, however, chose to remain in Messianic Judaism, for Yeshua said, “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-33).

The mission of Messianic Jewish Education Resources is to provide resources for congregations and individuals to learn and teach Bible basics from a distinctly Messianic Jewish perspective, including reading the Bible in Hebrew, worshiping through Davidic dance, preparing for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and seeing Yeshua on every page of the Torah. Messianic Jewish Education Resources is dedicated to preserving Jewish traditions and culture and helping Jewish believers in Yeshua to follow Yeshua as Jews, maintaining Jewish identity and continuity. Messianic Jewish Education Resources also warmly welcomes and supports non-Jews who feel called by God to worship alongside Jewish believers in a Messianic Jewish congregation.