Sunday, April 03, 2005
Avodat Yisrael Loses PC(USA) Funding, Ends Relationship With Denomination As Well
News report can be found here from the official Presbyterian news service as well.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Avodat Yisrael and it's leader, Andrew Sparks, aren't sure whether Jews need to believe in Jesus and they aren't doing any evangelism.
However, their opponents on the theological liberal end of the spectrum just assume that if you are Messianic Jewish, you support preaching the gospel to other Jewish people. In my reporting about Avodat Yisrael, I showed that this can no longer be assumed to be the case.
So when they pull the funding many are voting against the gospel and for peace and quiet. From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Well, Rev. Tom Wray. I am ambivelent about you and your faith.
But, in the final analysis, it is good Avodat Yisrael does not get funded, because they won't preach and won't believe the gospel. It is also a shame that many like Cynthia Jarvis and others oppose Avodat Yisrael because they oppose the gospel going to Jewish people. They also feel it is deceptive for Jewish people to believe in the Jewish Messiah and maintian a Jewish identity. You can read more about that phenomenon in the PC(USA) here.
May God have mercy on anyone who would oppose the spread of the gospel.
News report can be found here from the official Presbyterian news service as well.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Avodat Yisrael and it's leader, Andrew Sparks, aren't sure whether Jews need to believe in Jesus and they aren't doing any evangelism.
However, their opponents on the theological liberal end of the spectrum just assume that if you are Messianic Jewish, you support preaching the gospel to other Jewish people. In my reporting about Avodat Yisrael, I showed that this can no longer be assumed to be the case.
So when they pull the funding many are voting against the gospel and for peace and quiet. From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Rev. Tom Wray, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Kensington, said he voted in favor, both because he "trusts the committee process" and is "ambivalent about evangelizing Jews to save them."
Well, Rev. Tom Wray. I am ambivelent about you and your faith.
But, in the final analysis, it is good Avodat Yisrael does not get funded, because they won't preach and won't believe the gospel. It is also a shame that many like Cynthia Jarvis and others oppose Avodat Yisrael because they oppose the gospel going to Jewish people. They also feel it is deceptive for Jewish people to believe in the Jewish Messiah and maintian a Jewish identity. You can read more about that phenomenon in the PC(USA) here.
May God have mercy on anyone who would oppose the spread of the gospel.
