About Alive In Messiah
STATEMENT OF FAITHAlive In Messiah began in 2016 as a Bible study in the home of Caleb Hegg and Lacacia Cardoza. After two years of meeting, the group became an official congregation led by Caleb Hegg and later joined by Michael Gonzales. Hegg and Gonzales were both members of Beit Hallel Messianic Synagogue in Tacoma, Washington and fellow colleagues at TorahResource. Together they shared the responsibility of teaching on Shabbat and Festival Days.
In March 2022 Michael stepped down from his position as an elder at Alive In Messiah and moved back to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Caleb decided to dissolve the community in Tacoma and focus on his education and his teaching ministry called Pronomian. They continue to work for TorahResource. Michael works remotely from Texas.
In 2023 Michael started a Bible study in northwestern Tarrant County, Texas with the name, Alive In Messiah. This study lasted a few months. Again in 2024, he held a Bible study for a six months at The Edge Coffeehouse in Lake Worth, Texas.
Alive In Messiah will now be a weekly podcast hosted by Gonzales and featured in the TorahResource Learning Center. Details are forthcoming.
(Last Updated June 24, 2024)
About Michael Gonzales
Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family, Michael left Catholicism in 1999.
In early 2000, he began attending The Harvest Messianic Congregation in Thornton, Colorado. After getting educated and trained, through the Harvest’s Leadership Training School, Michael served as an elder from 2004 to 2009.
In 2009, he planted The Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado where he served as an elder until 2015. During this time, Michael continued his learning through courses from TorahResource and Dr. Darrell Ferguson at Agape Bible Church in Thornton, Colorado.
The Gonzales family relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2015 where they attended Beit Hallel Messianic Synagogue in Tacoma, Washington. At Beit Hallel, Michael shared the responsibility of teaching the children during Shabbat Service.
He joined the TorahResource team in 2016 where he serves as a graphic designer, the website content coordinator, and social media and marketing manager.
In 2018, Michael joined with his friend, Caleb Hegg, in starting Alive In Messiah, a Non-Denominational Bible Church in Tacoma, Washington with an emphasis on the Biblical Sabbath, the Biblical Festivals, and Expository Preaching.
To hear some of his past sermons and teachings, click here.
Michael married his high school sweetheart, Margaret, in 1991. Together they have six children whom they have raised living a Torah lifestyle.