Some Christian and Messianic Jewish theologians have noted the absence of Israel in the Nicene Creed. This paper provides a constructive augmentation of the Nicene that incorporates aspects of the Shema and biblical passages of redemptive history of Israel into an expanded form of the Nicene Creed. This reworked and expanded creed is termed “A Jerusalem Faith” and it provides a practical proposal that will enrich a discussion of how Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians might relate to a creed that has Israel as part of its foundation rather than not at all