If you want to hear Baptist ministers offer a dvar Torah on Shabbat or a rabbi testify to his faith in church, the Omega Baptist/Temple Israel Pulpit Exchange is for you.

The exchange — held during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend — has been an annual tradition for both houses of worship since 1993, when Omega Baptist Church purchased Temple Israel’s building at Emerson and Salem Avenues.

Rabbi P. Irving Bloom, then Temple Israel’s senior rabbi, and the Rev. Dr. Daryl Ward began the exchange to build fellowship among their congregations.

On Friday, Jan 14 at 7:30 p.m., the Revs. Dr. Daryl and Vanessa Ward will give the sermon during Shabbat services at Temple Israel. The Omega Choir will also sing during the services, which will be followed by an Oneg reception.

On Sunday, Jan. 16, Rabbi David Sofian will deliver the sermon at Omega’s 8 a.m. service. Alan Halpern, Temple Israel’s executive director and sh’liach tzibbur (prayer leader), will also sing at the service.

— Marshall Weiss