Our vision is a community where people of like faith, can live together in harmony with Elohim, ourselves and with nature. In accordance with Rev 11:18, YAH (GOD) is coming to destroy those that destroy the earth. As we want to be in agreement with YAH, we do all things to help preserve the earth, not use it carelessly but with a mind in conserving the world and restoring it. Our vision is a world where mankind lives in harmony with the understanding that we only have one world that was given to us. IT is all people’s responsibilities to respect and take care of it while learning to genuinely love one another.
This community begins with obedience to YAH—not survivalism.
Our Vision & Biblical Foundation
Building a Community According to the Word of YAH
Yeshurun Farm Community Cooperative (YFCC) is not founded upon a political ideology, a social experiment, or simply a desire to live off-grid. Our foundation is the Word of YAH.
Our vision is to establish a community where obedience to YAH is not limited to what we believe or what we do during worship. It governs how we live, how we raise our children, how we use the substance YAH has given us, how we care for one another, and how we prepare the next generation.
Scripture gives us a pattern for such a community.
It begins with loving YAH with everything we have. It requires us to teach His ways diligently to our children. It shows believers living and working together, sharing their substance so that no one among them lacked. It commands us to care for the fatherless and widows. And it identifies the faithful as those who keep the commandments of YAH and the faith of Yahshua.
These principles form the biblical foundation of YFCC.
Love YAH With All That We Are
Deuteronomy 6:5 — KJV
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
Everything begins here.
YAH did not command His people to give Him a small portion of their lives. Israel was commanded to love Him with all the heart, all the soul, and all the might.
Therefore, serving YAH cannot be separated from how we live.
Our worship, families, work, possessions, relationships, education, agriculture, business, and community responsibilities must all come under His authority.
YFCC is founded upon the conviction that the commandments of YAH are not merely subjects to be studied. They are instructions to be lived.
A Torah-based community must therefore be more than a gathering of people who agree doctrinally. It must become a place where obedience can be seen in everyday life.
We seek to build such a community.
Teach Our Children the Way of YAH
Proverbs 22:6 — KJV
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
A community cannot survive spiritually if its children are not prepared to continue in the ways of YAH.
YFCC therefore places great importance upon the education and training of our children.
But education means more than academics.
Our children should learn Scripture and understand the commandments of YAH. They should also acquire the knowledge and practical skills necessary to care for themselves, their families, their community, and the land YAH has placed into their stewardship.
We desire to raise children who know how to read and understand the Word of YAH—and who also know how to build, grow, repair, conserve, produce, and serve.
They should learn agriculture.
They should understand water and energy.
They should learn practical trades.
They should know how food is grown and preserved.
They should understand stewardship of land and natural resources.
They should learn responsibility toward their family, elders, neighbors, widows, fatherless, and the entire community.
Most importantly, they should know YAH.
The next generation should not have to rediscover the way of life their fathers were commanded to teach them.
A People Living Together
Acts 2:44–47 — KJV
“And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”
The believers described in Acts did more than attend worship together.
They lived as a community.
They recognized the needs of one another and used what they possessed to meet those needs.
They ate together.
They worshipped together.
They continued together.
They were described as being “with one accord.”
YFCC seeks to restore that sense of biblical community.
Modern society often teaches people to think almost exclusively in terms of the individual:
My income.
My possessions.
My success.
My problem.
My family.
Scripture shows us another principle:
We have a responsibility to one another.
YFCC does not seek to eliminate the family or personal responsibility. Rather, we seek to create a community in which families and individuals do not have to face every difficulty alone.
If one household struggles, the community should care.
If someone becomes elderly, the community should care.
If a child loses a parent, the community should care.
If someone becomes temporarily unable to work, the community should care.
If a family needs food, the community should care.
The strength of the community should become a defense against the weakness or temporary misfortune of any individual member.
That There Be No Lack Among Us
Acts 4:32–35 — KJV
“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.”
This passage expresses one of the central principles behind YFCC:
“Neither was there any among them that lacked.”
That is an extraordinary statement.
The objective was not that every believer possess exactly the same things.
The Scripture says:
“distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.”
The principle is therefore not simply equality of possessions.
It is mutual responsibility.
Some people will be able to contribute more financially than others.
Some will contribute more physical labor.
Some will possess specialized skills.
Some will teach.
Some will farm.
Some will build.
Some will maintain equipment.
Some will care for children.
Some will care for the elderly.
Some will administer.
Some may eventually become unable to contribute as much as they once did.
Yet every necessary role contributes to the strength of the whole community.
YFCC therefore seeks to develop a cooperative economy in which the resources available to the community are used for the benefit and legitimate needs of its members.
That includes developing the means to collectively provide necessities such as:
- food,
- housing,
- water,
- electrical power,
- sanitation,
- education,
- transportation,
- community infrastructure,
- and assistance during genuine hardship.
The objective is not the accumulation of wealth for its own sake.
The objective is that our collective resources strengthen the entire community and that there be no unnecessary lack among us.
Caring for the Fatherless and Widows
James 1:27 — KJV
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
The strength of a community should be measured partly by what happens to its most vulnerable members.
What happens when a husband dies?
What happens when a wife dies?
What happens when children lose their parents?
What happens when an elderly member can no longer work?
What happens when illness, injury, or disaster temporarily prevents a member from providing for himself?
Scripture repeatedly commands the people of YAH not to forget the widow, the fatherless, the poor, and the stranger.
James does not describe care for the fatherless and widows as an optional charitable activity. He places it at the heart of “pure religion and undefiled.”
YFCC therefore seeks to build community structures strong enough that vulnerable members are not simply abandoned to face their circumstances alone.
We should know our widows.
We should know our elderly.
We should know our children.
We should know when a household is struggling.
And we should possess the community resources necessary to respond.
That is what community means.
The Commandments of YAH and the Faith of Yahshua
Revelation 14:12 — KJV
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
Scripture does not present obedience to YAH and faith in Yahshua as enemies.
The saints are described as possessing both.
They keep the commandments of God and they have the faith of Jesus.
This is foundational to YFCC.
We do not believe faith gives us permission to transgress the commandments of YAH.
Neither do we believe outward obedience without genuine faith, repentance, righteousness, mercy, and love fulfills what YAH requires of His people.
Yahshua said:
Matthew 5:17–19 — KJV
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
Therefore our goal is not merely to teach the commandments.
Our goal is to establish an environment in which we can do and teach them.
From Scripture to Daily Life
These passages cannot remain words printed on a page.
If we believe them, they must affect what we build.
That is why YFCC seeks to develop:
A Torah-Governed Community
A community where the Word of YAH establishes our standard of righteousness, responsibility, justice, family life, conduct, and worship.
The New Covenant Does Not Abolish YAH’s Torah
We believe in the New Covenant established through Yahshua, but we do not believe the New Covenant abolished, cancelled, or replaced the Torah of YAH. In fact, the New Covenant itself declares the opposite. YAH said, “I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts” (Jeremiah 31:33). Hebrews repeats the same promise: “I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts” (Hebrews 8:10). The change promised by the New Covenant is therefore not the removal of YAH’s law, but where His law is written—from an external command that exposes transgression to an internalized law that His people willingly obey. Yahshua did not come to destroy the law or the prophets (Matthew 5:17), and Paul asked, “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law” (Romans 3:31). Scripture defines sin as “the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4), and the New Covenant provides forgiveness and cleansing from that transgression; it does not redefine transgression as obedience. Therefore, we believe salvation is by the grace of YAH through faith, while those who have entered into covenant with Him are called to walk in obedience to His commandments—not to earn salvation, but because His Torah has been written upon their hearts.
A Cooperative Economy
A system in which members contribute to the strength of the whole community and community resources are used to provide for legitimate common and individual needs.
Community Agriculture
Farms, gardens, greenhouses, livestock, food preservation, seed storage, and other systems designed to progressively increase our ability to feed ourselves.
Independent Infrastructure
Water production and storage, renewable electrical generation, sanitation, communications, transportation, and other systems necessary for community life.
Torah-Based Education
Teaching our children Scripture while providing strong academic instruction and practical skills that prepare them for adulthood and community responsibility.
Care for Our Own
Developing the ability to care for our children, elderly, widows, fatherless, families experiencing hardship, and others who legitimately require assistance.
Stewardship of the Land
Using agriculture, conservation, water management, renewable energy, and responsible development to care for the resources YAH has placed in our hands.
Self-Sufficiency Is Not Our God
YFCC seeks greater independence in food, water, power, housing, and other necessities, but self-sufficiency itself is not our religion.
Our trust must remain in YAH.
Psalm 127:1 — KJV
“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
Solar panels cannot save a people.
Stored food cannot save a people.
Land cannot save a people.
Money cannot save a people.
Weapons cannot save a people.
Technology cannot save a people.
If we possess all these things while living in rebellion against YAH, we have merely constructed a better-equipped place in which to transgress His commandments.
The purpose of becoming more self-sufficient is therefore not to declare that we have no need of YAH.
It is to become better stewards of what He provides and to build systems through which we can care for our families and one another.
Our security is ultimately in YAH—not in our infrastructure.
Preparing a Place for Generations
YFCC is not being built merely for those who are alive today.
We are building with future generations in mind.
We desire land that our children do not have to reacquire.
Infrastructure they do not have to rebuild from nothing.
Agricultural knowledge they do not have to rediscover.
Skills they can pass to their children.
And above everything else, knowledge of YAH and His commandments that is transmitted faithfully from one generation to the next.
Our vision is not simply to survive difficult times.
Our vision is to build something worth preserving through them.
One Heart. One Purpose. One Community.
The biblical principles behind YFCC can therefore be summarized simply:
Love YAH with all our heart, soul, and might.
Teach His ways diligently to our children.
Live together as a people rather than as isolated individuals.
Use our collective strength so that there is no unnecessary lack among us.
Care for our widows, fatherless, elderly, and vulnerable.
Keep the commandments of YAH and the faith of Yahshua.
This is the foundation upon which Yeshurun Farm Community Cooperative seeks to build.
Not merely an off-grid settlement.
Not merely a farm.
Not merely a place to escape the problems of the world.
A community.
A people learning to live together according to the Word of YAH.
— Acts 4:32
“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul…”
We are not simply building an off-grid community.
We’re attempting to establish a community in which obedience to YAH affects how we worship, how we treat one another, how we use our substance, how we educate our children, how we care for the elderly and needy, and how we provide the necessities of life.