The Community of HaShem Worldwide is a faith based [religious] organization founded on the principles which God established with the Sanai Revelation upon Mount Sinai to the Jewish People through the hands of His Servant, Moses.
Origin
The organization began in Nigeria as Holy Sabbath of Christ the King Mission (HSCKM), in the year 1960, on 1st October, which correspond to the Jewish year 5721, 10 Tishrei, being Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), by the divine intervention and inspiration of God through His servant, Michael Nwobi Amakaeze, who was our Kohen Gadol and the General Overseer until his death in the year 1995, 30th December. Then, the mantle of leadership fell on Chidi Enyinnaya Amakaeze, who is now at the helm of the leadership of our Community. The Community of HaShem is established worldwide with well-over 250 synagogues in Nigeria alone, and several more throughout the African continent [Cameroon, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, Ghana, South Africa, Congo, and Gabon]; in Europe, [Britain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium]; and in America, [California, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, and New York].
Our Faith
The faith of our Community is firmly rooted upon the word of God written in the Book of Deuteronomy 6:4, which states: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.” This makes our Community believer in all the words that proceeded out of the mouth of God, and declared through the Sinai Revelation through His servant Moses to all Israel and the entire world. We strongly advocate that nothing shall be added to it, nor anything subtracted from it, because, God’s words are eternal, and His covenant can never be altered. Contrary to popular teachings in the world today, we believe there is only One God, that His word – the Torah can never be “passed away,” “nailed to the Cross”, “abrogated”, “finished”, neither is it impossible for “human observance and compliance”.
The Community of HaShem like the name implies, is a group of people with common interest in HASHEM, the everlasting God. Therefore, everything that He has spoken, is a welcome revelation throughout the generations of our Community. After all, God is the “Ancient of Days” and the “Very Rock of Ages,” more still, He is the “Unchangeable God.”
How is it managed?
Our Community has so many facets, such as the religious, the academic, the medical, charity and agricultural sectors. This is because we believe that our patriarchs did not only preach the gospel, but they fed the hungry, healed the sick, as well as educated the illiterates in the society. This complex system is managed under the leadership of our Kohen Gadol/General Overseer, C. E. Amakaeze Ben Aaron. On him rests the spiritual and administrative responsibilities of leading the Community. He is assisted in this duty by other Priests, Levites, and Shaliachim in the discharge of his religious obligations and responsibilities. In the administrative responsibility, the registered Board of Trustees, the Governing Council, and the Management Team assist in seeing to the day-to-day running of the entire Community.
There are ordained Ministers – Shepherds, who manage and supervise our numerous synagogues worldwide. We also have the Missionary Mothers’ who oversee our Charity Ministry for the less privileged. In the academic sector, we also have a team of Academy Staff that run our various academic institutions, from the nursery, primary, secondary, to our higher theological institutions of learning.