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| '''Jews for Jesus''' is an ] ] organization founded in ] by ] with a goal of converting ] to a belief in ]. It is |
'''Jews for Jesus''' is an ] ] organization founded in ] by ] with a goal of converting ] to a belief in ]. It is one of the most well known forms of what is termed "]". | ||
| Members of Jews for Jesus consider themselves to be Jews. Some of their members are actually considered Jewish by Jewish law, as some members were were born to Jewish mothers, or converted to Judaism before becoming Christians. Many of their members, however, are not Jewish by any Jewish understanding of the term. Some evangelical Chrisitans believe that believeing thast one is a Jew makes one a Jew, and Jews for Jesus contains a large number of self-proclaimed Jews. | |||
| Their official mission statement is "to make the ]ship of ] an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide," and the organization claims to be "one of the most extensive ] outreaches to Jewish people in the world today." They have also sent their members to the ] and ]. | Their official mission statement is "to make the ]ship of ] an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide," and the organization claims to be "one of the most extensive ] outreaches to Jewish people in the world today." They have also sent their members to the ] and ]. | ||
| Jews for Jesus is rejected as un-Jewish by the entire organzied ], including both secular and religious Jewish organizations. It is held to be Christianity in disguise, which uses deception as a way to convert Jews to Christianity. See the article on ] for a fuller discussion of this topic. | |||
| Jews for Jesus is a controversial organization among many ] Jews. | |||
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Jews for Jesus is an Evangelical Protestant organization founded in 1973 by Moishe Rosen with a goal of converting Jews to a belief in Christianity. It is one of the most well known forms of what is termed "messianic Judaism".
Members of Jews for Jesus consider themselves to be Jews. Some of their members are actually considered Jewish by Jewish law, as some members were were born to Jewish mothers, or converted to Judaism before becoming Christians. Many of their members, however, are not Jewish by any Jewish understanding of the term. Some evangelical Chrisitans believe that believeing thast one is a Jew makes one a Jew, and Jews for Jesus contains a large number of self-proclaimed Jews.
Their official mission statement is "to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide," and the organization claims to be "one of the most extensive evangelistic outreaches to Jewish people in the world today." They have also sent their members to the Ukraine and Russia.
Jews for Jesus is rejected as un-Jewish by the entire organzied Jewish community, including both secular and religious Jewish organizations. It is held to be Christianity in disguise, which uses deception as a way to convert Jews to Christianity. See the article on messianic Judaism for a fuller discussion of this topic.
See also: