John McKee delivers the January 2023 Outreach Israel News update.
Jewish Evangelism
J.K. McKee delivers the October 2022 Outreach Israel News update.
Days of Awe: Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee discusses how non-Jewish Believers, called by God into the Messianic movement, do have to give up various things to participate in the salvation of Israel and the Jewish people.
John McKee evaluates the common belief in the Hebrew Roots movement, that non-Jewish Torah keeping is all that is really necessary to provoke non-believing Jews to Messiah faith. There are actually more significant elements of Romans 11:11, that need to be more carefully considered.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics goes through the six study questions for Unit Four in The Messianic Walk workbook:
1. How have you been involved in declaring the good news to your friends and neighbors? Why do you think that Jewish evangelism might be somewhat different than reaching other people groups?
2. Why are some of the standard religious terms, used by contemporary Christianity, rather offensive to Jewish people? Have you ever consciously considered how other people might be turned off to the good news, by a word or term that you have used?
3. What are some of the significant ways that you can reach out to your Jewish friends and neighbors with the good news of Messiah? How much do you understand the Jewish struggle in history? How much do you need to improve your understanding of the Jewish experience?
4. In your own words, summarize the importance of Jewish outreach and evangelism. How important is this to your local assembly? How important is it to you, personally?
5. Are you aware of the various non-Jewish movements, associated with the term “Messianic” in some way? Have you ever encountered them? If so, describe your experience.
6. What do you think might be the major problem involved with the various non-Jewish movements associating as “Messianic” or “Hebrew Roots”? Do you think they are facilitating the legitimate purposes of the Messianic mission? Why or why not?
Mark and Margaret Huey, and John McKee offer some of their own opinions, as to why today’s Messianic movement tends to be attracting very few Jews into its congregations and assemblies.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses some of the varied approaches witnessed when the issue of Messianic Judaism is brought up in the Hebrew Roots movement, and vice versa.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics reviews some recent critiques that the Messianic Jewish movement is too charismatic, and less interested in Jewish outreach and evangelism.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses how there are various non-Jewish Believers, who in believing themselves as a part of Israel via their Messiah faith—are in danger of certainly practicing a displacement of Jewish Believers.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses how one of the biggest challenges for non-Jews in the Messianic movement, is using terminology that is unoffensive to Jewish people.