About Us

Our history: Beit Tefillah (House of Prayer) Messianic Home Fellowship was formed in 2001 CE, at the leading of the Ruach HaQodesh (Set Apart Spirit), by Terry Scruggs, Dan Payton, Jim Barfield and Gary Gardner.

We have also been known as Beit Tefillah Ami, My People's House of Prayer. We are associated with other Messianic congregations in Southwest Oklahoma and in Wichita Falls, Texas, and join with these other fellowships to celebrate the Biblical Holidays and try to meet together with them frequently.

We at Beit Tefillah commit ourselves to a continual pursuit of Biblical truth and understanding, and to reach the world with the Torah of Messiah. We seek to turn our lives over fully to the Holy One of Yisrael, day by day; to commit ourselves to the lifetime of study of Abba's Word and to not compromise ourselves. We yearn for deeper spiritual insight, and for the coming of His Kingdom.

From 2008 - 2010, Zaqenim (Elders) Wayne Ingalls and Gary Gardner were the primary teachers in the fellowship. One of the things we discussed during the "Leadership in the NT" discussion on the teaching page is that elders (zaqanim) in leadership positions need to be able to teach.

Following Sukkot 2010, Gary has been led to start and lead a Messianic study group in Altus, Oklahoma (Altus Bet Midrash) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/126566204120935/

(Note that the "Bet" in "Bet Midrash" rhymes with "gate," not "get").

Today, Beit Tefillah Messianic Fellowship's zaqanim/elders are Wayne Ingalls and J.D. Kimbrell.

Our Doctrine

Who We Are:

We are a Fellowship of Torah Observant Believers in Yeshua the Messiah.

Our Doctrine:

Don't Believe a Thing that We Say.

Rather, Verify Everything in Accordance with the Scriptures.

Be a Berean.

As Even Shaul/Paul Submitted Himself and His Teaching to the Authority of the Scriptures (Acts 17:11), Who are We to do any Less?

We Submit Anything and Everything We Say to the Authority of Scripture.

If You Read or Hear Something that We Say that Does Not Align with Scripture, Please Let the Webmaster know So that We might Examine Ourselves and Make a Determination if the Teaching is Correct or In Error.