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Four Questions: Making peace between Messianic Judaism and Messianic Israel 4

Jul

2012

When the Messianic Covenant Community was formed earlier this year, leader Scott Diffenderfer said one of the MCC’s goals was to “move forward from the contention between Messianic Judaism and Messianic Israel to the unity of the One New Man.” I saw that as an encouraging sign. There has been definite contention between many in ...

First Fruits of Zion adds Jacob Fronczak to creative team

Jun

2012

Jacob Fronczak, a pastor at a Baptist/Presbyterian congregation in Michigan, has signed on as the newest member of First Fruits of Zion’s creative team. Boaz Michael, president and founder of FFOZ, announced the move earlier this week. The addition of Jacob is part of FFOZ’s newer effort to reach out to Christians in mainstream churches, ...

Questions to ask at a messianic congregation, part 3

May

2012

The next set of questions I suggest asking at a messianic congregation is: What led you to become part of the messianic movement? Who teaches you or where have you learned from? (Then research those teachers.) Finding out about the origins of a person’s belief system is always helpful, but the testimony of a leader can ...

?s to ask: Who are you accountable to?

May

2012

This is the first in a series of thoughts on good questions to ask leadership at a messianic congregation you’re considering attending or becoming committed to. Who are you accountable to? Who are those persons accountable to? What is the leadership structure? Is power invested in one person? Is there an umbrella organization governing or in some type ...

MIA’s Declaration of Independence? 9

May

2012

Angus and Batya Wootten continue to reassert themselves as heads of the Messianic Israel Alliance in the wake of the departure of the majority of its teachers. Scott Diffenderfer and several other MIA teachers, some of whom also were members of its leadership council, left the MIA at the beginning of the year to form ...

MIA supporter says Woottens’ work under ‘diabolical attack’ 8

Apr

2012

At least one backer of the Messianic Israel Alliance feels its founders, Batya and Angus Wootten, are under “diabolical attack.” In the meantime, that backer is lobbing out accusations against unnamed parties of “‘murderous’ assaults.” He urges supporters of the Woottens “to hold up their arms as did Aaron and Hur with Moses in the time ...

VOM director’s death amid molestation allegations a shock 1

Apr

2012

The death of Tom White, executive director of Voice of the Martyrs, on April 17 was a profound shock. White, who experienced persecution himself while imprisoned for 17 months in Cuban jails, took his own life. VOM reports that he was facing allegations of “inappropriate contact with a young girl.” “Rather than face those allegations, ...

Batya chastises anti-Christian spirit, then promotes it 18

Apr

2012

It was good to see in a recent newsletter by Batya Wootten of the Messianic Israel Alliance that she is taking to task the anti-Christian spirit among many messianic/Hebrew Roots believers. Such a spirit is a plague in the messianic movement. It breeds arrogance among entire congregations and destroys family relationships unnecessarily and separates messianics ...

New messianic organization debuts

Feb

2012

There’s a new national messianic organization on the scene. The Messianic Covenant Community appears to be an effort by several former key players, including a Peoria-area pastor, in the Messianic Israel Association to get a fresh start in promoting the messianic message. The MCC is led by Scott Diffenderfer, who pastors Lamb Fellowship in Tennessee and was chief ...