Who We Are
We are many believers who are journeying our faith walk together. While we are at different junctions in that faith walk we are “one” Torah family having a heart following hard after YHWH. We seek to connect and grow with one another while we serve our community.
At The Seed of Abraham Fellowship, located on Merritt Island, we seek to rediscover a Believer’s faith-walk more consistent with what Christ and the Apostles advocated and lived. That means to set aside man-made tradition, however familiar and comfortable it might be, and instead to re-embrace the commandments of God as well as to observe His biblically ordained holy days and appointed times. We are a new 21st century church that reflects the ancient ways, ideals, spirit and first love that was the hallmark of the 1st century church: the ways and ideals of Our Messiah.
Meet Our Ministry Team
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Tom Bradford
FOUNDER & TEACHER
Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete.
– Matthew 5:17
Tom Bradford is the President of Seed of Abraham Ministries. He is widely recognized as an Old Testament expert, and is the teacher of Torah Class, a worldwide online ministry of exegetical Scripture instruction. Today he is recognized by the preponderance of the Hebrew Roots and Messianic movements as an elder statesman and a leading teacher of the Hebrew Bible. After teaching the New Testament and then the Torah at a denominational Mega-Church for more than 5 years, he founded Seed of Abraham Ministries and has been at its head for the past 25 years. Seed of Abraham grew into several ministries, including Seed of Abraham Fellowship, Holyland Marketplace and Torah Class.
Married to Sharon, together they have dedicated their lives to serving the Kingdom of God. Sharon is not only a wonderful devoted supporter, and a beloved and integral part of the ministry, she comes from a background as a highly educated and experienced professional teacher and women’s leader in her own right. Together they have a large blended family of sons and daughters, and many grandchildren. -
Lester
Lead Pastor
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding
– Proverbs 3:5-6
Lester, a devoted servant of God, answered the call in 1994 and was ordained as a minister in 1996. With a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and a Masters in Christian Counseling, he served as a missionary/evangelist with Celebrate Jesus for nine years. Lester also ministered in the prison system for five years and has actively participated in Torah Class and Seed of Abraham for over 18 years, inspiring others with his unwavering faith.
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Bob
Minister of Pastoral Care
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
– 1 John 4:18
Bob has served in both ministry and professional psychology for many years. He earned his theological degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1973 and later a doctorate in clinical psychology from Florida Institute of Technology in 1980, becoming a licensed clinical psychologist in 1981. He went on to found the Family Pediatric Clinic in Cocoa Beach Florida from 1981-2025 and served as minister in clinical psychology. Over the years, he has co-founded and led ministries including The Greenhouse runaway facility in New Orleans, Crosswinds Youth Services, and Servant Air Ministries, while also serving as a professor, counselor, pastor, and author of eight books, including a seven-volume commentary on the Psalms. Bob serves as the Minister of Pastoral Care at the Seed of Abraham Fellowship.
Bob and his wife, Bunny, have raised four children and together have built a life of faith and service. At The Seed of Abraham Fellowship, they are both actively involved in support The Seed of Abraham Ministry. -
Albert
Head Elder
Above everything else, guard your heart; for it is the source of life’s consequences
– Proverbs 4:23
Albert has been part of The Seed of Abraham Fellowship for nearly two decades, serving as a lay elder. He facilitates the men’s weekly bible study and the weekly Shabbat Torah portion midrash (discussion), encouraging honest discussion of God’s Word—what it says, how it applies to the days we live in, and how we walk it out. He also shares weekly prayer posts and seeks to be a listener, helping brothers grow together in faith.
He and his wife Susan have been married for 56 years, have been blessed with three children—2 daughters and a son—along with four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Albert and Susan have served at the Seed of Abraham and counts it a joy to walk this journey of faith and family side by side with them. -
Gary
Elder
In conclusion, brothers, focus your thoughts on what is true, noble, righteous, pure, lovable or admirable, on some virtue or on something praiseworthy.
– Philippians 4:8
Gary has served in leadership within the Hebrew Roots community for many years. After coming into a Hebrew Roots congregation in Washington state in 1998, he led their Praise & Worship Team from 2000 to 2018. He was ordained as an Elder in 2015 and as Associate Pastor in 2016. Since moving to Florida in 2021, he and his wife Mary have been part of The Seed of Abraham Fellowship, where he leads the Praise & Worship Team and was appointed Elder in 2024.
He and Mary, have been married for 54 years. Together they have two grown children, ten grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Core Beliefs
We believe that God is One, there is no other, and that He created the world.
We trust in and worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and His Son Jesus Christ (Yeshua is His Hebrew Name).
We affirm that Salvation comes only from trust in Christ, and it is a free gift from God.
We are a community of Believers that come together to worship God and to help one another through life’s journey.
We acknowledge the infallibility and continuing truth and relevance of the entire Bible, Old and New Testaments.
We uphold that the two most foundational Commandments from God are to love Him with our entire being, and to love our fellow man as ourselves.
We stand with and actively support Israel as God’s chosen people and Land.
We observe the Biblically mandated 7th day Sabbath, as well as all the Biblical Feasts and appointed times.
We learn God’s ways by studying and believing His Word from Genesis to Revelation.
We believe in teaching our children God’s Word in ways they can understand, from the earliest possible age.