About The Rabbi                                                 

In 1993 Rabbi Jonathan and Charlotte Dees founded Congregation Baruch HaShem, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

They are proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah to the 4,000+ Jewish people living in Rio Rancho and the surrounding areas.

Rabbi Jonathan was raised in the Pensacola, Florida area. He attended Temple Beth El, one of the oldest Reform Synagogues in the US, and was Bar Mitzvah’d in 1963.

He served in the Armed Forces of the United States for over twenty-five years.

Rabbi Dees has been a Jewish believer in Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah since 1990. 

Rabbi Dees attended the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations Yeshiva and The International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues Yeshiva.

He holds full Ordination through the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues as a Messianic Rabbi.

Charlotte grew up in southeast Alabama. She was raised in a Baptist Church that believed the Jewish people are G-d’s chosen people. Her Bible believing parents made it clear that G-d means what he says in His Word and she feels that Messianic Judaism is a simple, clear path that leads to Him.

Rabbi Jonathan and Charlotte have been married for over 30 years and have two children and five grand children.