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 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 now works remotely from Texas.
In 2023 Michael started a Bible study in his home. This study lasted only a few months. Again in 2024, he held a Bible study for a six months at The Edge Coffeehouse in Lake Worth, Texas. The hope was to start a Bible study which would eventually grow into a church plant.
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)
More about Michael Gonzales
In 1991, Michael married his high school sweetheart, Margaret.
In 1999, a year after the birth of their first child, the Gonzales’ left the Roman Catholic Church.
In 2000, the Gonzales family discovered Messianic Judaism and began attending a Messianic Congregation in Denver, Colorado where Michael served as an elder from 2004 to 2009.
In 2009, the Gonzales’ planted a Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado where Michael served as an elder, and the primary teacher, until 2015.
In 2015, the Gonzales family relocated to Tacoma, Washington and joined Beit Hallel Messianic Synagogue where Michael shared in the responsibility of teaching the children during Shabbat Service.
In 2016, Michael joined the TorahResource staff as a web developer and graphic designer.
In 2018, Michael joined Caleb Hegg in starting Alive In Messiah, a Non-Denominational Bible Church in Tacoma, Washington. Here he served as an elder until 2022.
In 2022, the Gonzales family moved back to Fort Worth, Texas where Michael works remotely from his home.
Michael and Margaret Gonzales have six children.
To hear some of Michael’s past sermons and teachings, click here.