A Pentecostal "rabbi"?A man identified as a "rabbi" is scheduled to speak at a Promise Keepers conference during February in Phoenix, reports the Christian Times.
But this "rabbi," Jonathan Bernis, is actually a fundamentalist Christian and the executive director of the "Jewish Voice Broadcast."
The so-called "Jewish Voice" is really not Jewish at all, but rather a missionary organization that targets Jews in a proselytizing effort to gain converts. Louis Kaplan, an ordained Assemblies of God minister now deceased, founded the group in 1968.
Evangelical Billy Graham has strongly disapproved targeting one group for special missionary consideration.
The so-called "rabbi" obviously does not have credentials that would be recognized by any Jewish rabbinical organization and it is doubtful that he even ever attended a Jewish seminary.
The "Promise Keepers" seem to have overlooked this. They describe Bernis as simply a "Jewish believer." However, Jews believe in Judaism not missionary work for a Pentecostal organization.
If Bill McCartney the founder of the Promise Keepers wanted to offend the Jewish community of Phoenix, he seems to have succeeded in picking a likely way to accomplish that. What's next for the Promise Keepers a Methodist mullah?
[Posted by Rick Ross at 09:03 AM][Link]
...
| Disclaimer |
|---|
| Not all groups called either "cults" or "cult-like" are harmful (Click for full text) |
| Copyright |
| Unless otherwise noted, all material on this site is Copyright © Rick Ross. |
| More Cult News |
|
| Support this Site |
| Archives |
|
:: December 07, 2002 ::
|
|
DISCLAIMER:
This news page is about groups, organizations or movements, which may have been "cults" and/or "cult-like" in some way, shape or form. But not all groups called either "cults" or "cult-like" are harmful. Instead, they may be benign and generally defined as simply people intensely devoted to a person, place or thing. Therefore, the discussion or mention of a group, organization or person on this page, is not necessarily meant pejoratively.
|