They are current military officers, many of them commanders with authority over large numbers of service members and even entire bases and larger commands.

Their stated goal is to turn the U.S. military into a force of “government paid missionaries for Christ” and “evangelize and disciple all enlisted members of the U.S. military" and "to raise up a spiritually transformed military, with ambassadors for Christ in uniform, empowered by the Holy Spirit.”

Is this another example of Christians flouting the Constitution, and will they scream that there is a war on Christianity if atheists and stop them?

Or is it something you are in favor of?

It sounds unconstitutional, creepy, and dangerous.

http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Wh-Z-and-other-topics/Youth-Ministries.html

What are some major threats to each mission and how has/could the Church deal with this and reform?
To be honest, this is a homework assignment. I just want some feedback about what some of you guys think to help give me ideas.

Nobody’s going to do your homework for you. Too lazy to turn the pages back?

A number of Christian denominations have condemned the deceptive and aggressive nature of groups like Jews for Jesus.
The Roman Catholic Church, liberal Protestant churches, interdenominational study groups and interfaith councils worldwide have taken a stand against this form of proselytizing which does a disservice to both faith systems.

Other Christian individuals and groups have been less sensitive to Jewish community concerns and continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually to convert Jews to Christianity.
Most of the missionary and conversionary groups are affiliated with fundamentalist Protestant denominations.

Jewish understanding of salvation simply is different from that of Christianity and so the question of evangelization of Jews boils down to a question of whether or not Christians have the right to try to convince Jews that their version of salvation is preferable to the one Jews have already. Jews and Christians worship the same God — the God who made covenant with Israel. Should Christians then try to convince Jews to worship God in the Christian way, with the Christian goal (salvation) in mind, instead of the Jewish way, with the Jewish goal (obedience) in mind? Many Christians think so; many do not. In each case the response hangs on a critical interpretation of Christian identity.

Those Christians who would convert Jews firmly believe it is the divinely mandated mission of the church to preach the Gospel to them — as well as everyone else — for the sake of Jews themselves, for their salvation. According to this view, Christians would be false to their faith if they failed to bring Jews into the Christian fellowship.

On the other hand, there are Christians who are just as firmly convinced that the attempt to convert Jews to Christianity is to betray the God whom they both worship. On their reasoning, Jews as individuals are, by definition, part of the Jewish people with whom God made covenant; they are already within the covenant and have no need to enter it in a different way. The attempt to convince them otherwise is an attempt to convince them to deny God’s covenant with Israel. The proper stance for Christians, therefore, is to understand as best they can what it means for Jews to live as obedient members of the Jewish people before the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And, in the process, help Jews comprehend how it is that Christians — gentiles for the most part — can rightly worship that same God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do you feel this Jews for Jesus group(s) is a deceptive form of proselytizing? That they use vague and misleading language along with deceptive tactics in its attempt to convert Jews to Christianity?

The Catholic Church regards the saving act of Christ as central to the process of human salvation for all, it also believes that Jews already dwell in a saving covenant with God. … The distinctive Jewish witness must be sustained if Catholics and Jews are truly to be, as Pope John Paul II envisioned, “a blessing to one another.”

"Do you feel this Jews for Jesus group(s) is a deceptive form of proselytizing? That they use vague and misleading language along with deceptive tactics in its attempt to convert Jews to Christianity?
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Yep- no doubt about it. It is a decpetive missionary group using lies and obfuscation, and relying on the victim’s ignorance , to convert Jews. It was started by a Baptist preacher for precisely that purpose, and it rewmains the central purpose of the movement.

As to the lie that Jews can mix anything with jduaism and remian Jewish- they cannot. teh moment that outside religious practices are brought into Judaism, it ceases to be Judaism and he people become apostates, outside of the Jewish community. There is no doubt about this in the Torah where it clearly excludes the person from the Jewish community, not allowing him to bring the Korban Pesach (Shmot (Exodus) Chapter 12 v43). There is no doubt about this in the Talmud where the study of external religions to incorporate them into Judaism is one of the reasons given for people being punished with kares (spiritual excision) in masechta Sanhedrin, Chapter Chelek Mishnah 1. There is no doubt about this in jewish law- from the ruling by Rambam in Mishneh tprah Hilchos Avodah Zara that such a person requires a full conversion to br ereadmitted tot he jewish community and the Rema in his glosses to the Shulkhan Aruch Yoreah Deah who makes the same ruling. There is no ambiguity in the modern rulings, including the one by HaRav Moshe feinstein zs"l who rules that they are outside the community and excluded completely- but that they may return without a full conversion given the modern environment and general lack of education amongst such converys.

She gets to fill out a schedule C and–if she still has the receipts– can deduct the cost of food. At $549, her SE tax bill would be $78.

It is in no way tax deductible.

Another issue is, I have vertigo/excessive dizziness, and it always appears at its worst on Sunday mornings.
My parents pressure me to go, but my condition and outlook on the church prevent me.
Then my dad says: "I saw that ‘Satan’ spirit with you for a ling time"
When he says stuff like that, I feel like going even less.
I want to be in a church where I’m comfortable in..please help!

Thomas
2:17 Jesus said to them: If you fast (ritually), you will beget sin for yourselves (Matt. 6), and if you pray (in churches), you will be condemned, and if you give alms (to the churches), you will do evil to your spirits. And if you go into any land and wander in the regions, if they receive you, eat what they set before you, heal the sick among them.

Enoch
58:1 Prince Michael the Archangel (Dan. 10:21; ch. 20:5) condemned and then decreed that The Judgement shall fall on CHURCH and STATE (Eze. 13:1-9; Matt. 23; Rev. 17:14; 19:2; Sura 3:64).

Matthew
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt NOT be as the hypocrites [ARE]: for they love to pray standing in the churches and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

This is not the teaching for Jesus.

Why can’t people continue to gather outdoors for ministry, as Jesus and his followers did ? Why does someone have to pay money, to have a relationship with God or fellowship ?

Thanks for input.

We are the physical church of the firstborn from the dead, Jesus.The church is not brick and mortar, but reborn spirit beings who now comprise the family of the Most High God. Thank God I am in that number.And it is available to all that will make Jesus lord.

I discovered them last year during my first semester of college as I tried looking for a fellowship. I consider myself an Evangelical Christian and am curious to what people think of this church and its interesting practices.

never heard of them

http://bereanindy.org/

I am searching for a movie that is enjoyable, sends a good message to married couples, and
at the same time is appropriate to show in church.
Any suggesstions???????

This ain’t ghost hunters XXX.