Christian Church Converts To Judaism

Below is a testimony in book form of a Christian church that renounced their faith in Christ and converted to Judaism.

This book is specially featured this month and is being heavily promoted

by the Jewish rabbinic website www.aish.com with the headline

"The amazing story of our church that en masse decided to convert to Judaism."

[Excerpt]

Of course, people who came to our church for the first time would wonder why we were discussing Jewish topics, and not preaching so much about the typical teachings of Jesus. But Minster Flores continued on his unique path, and the church eventually split into two congregations. We got our own building and bought land to expand...

One of the unique customs of our church was something Minster Flores called "festivals of consecration." These were patterned after the festivals in the Torah, where people would bring large donations to fund the church activities. From there it was constant small steps toward Torah: the obligation to tithe, where we'd give 10 percent of our income to church activities. After a while our festivals got assigned Jewish names, like Purim and Shavuot, corresponding to the Jewish holiday they fell close to...

This was definitely not consistent with mainstream Christianity. And the closer we got to Torah, the more some congregants became uncomfortable and started to drop out. It was a filtering process...

Minster Flores started secretly going to a rabbi, to pester him with questions. Then he'd come back and teach us, slowly getting us closer and closer to Judaism.

Soon after, Minster Flores made the decision to convert to Judaism. But he struggled to find a way to tell us, as he didn't want to tear down Christianity without being able to offer us an alternative. So he kept teaching Torah, but it in a way that was as subtle as possible. He gradually peeled away the things that were wrong and got us closer to Torah. Our church started replacing Jesus' name with Jewish, Hebrew names of God, and the songs became Hebrew songs. We began to incorporate real Jewish traditions into our festivals, and we even got a Torah scroll for the church.

At that point we resembled more of a Jews for Jesus group, in the sense that we were Christians with a lot of Jewish traditions. The difference, of course, was that we were moving in the direction toward authentic Judaism, not the other way around...

Below is the entire post from Aish.com's website and here's the original source link:  http://www.aish.com/spirituality/odysseys/The_Torah_in_Our_Church.asp

I could personally testify with many warnings about this dangerous trend within Christian churches and para-church ministries who are exposing orthodox rabbinic teachings to their congregations -- congregations in which there are numerous believers who are not firmly grounded in the Word.... congregations in which there is a gross lack of discernment... congregations in which the majority of believers are still on "milk" and not grounded in the "meat" of the Word. 

I grew up with roots in the unbelieving Jewish religious community with close ties to and within the orthodox rabbinic teaching community.  I am very well aware of how convincing rabbinic teachings against Jesus, His Jewish Apostles, and the New Testament can be when targeted toward "young" believers in Yeshua.  Many of these rabbinic teachings designed to undermine faith in Yeshua are VERY SUBTLE at first... but always eventually progress to the deeper teachings of Talmudic Judaism (and sometimes even into Jewish mysticism, the occultic teachings of Kabbalah and Zohar).   

For now, I think this book promotion by Aish.com and the below article serves to sound an urgent warning to every Christian and church leadership.  Please pass this alert along to everyone on your email list including your pastor, elders, etc...  Anne  

The Torah in Our Church
by Yosef Juarez

The amazing story of our church that en masse decided to convert to Judaism.

I was born in Honduras, 23 years ago, the oldest of four children. I lived in a neighborhood with all my cousins, on a street named after my mother's ancestors. We attended a church that is non-denominational, but with a strong evangelical bent. 

When I was three years old, I fell from the second story of my house and dropped head-first onto the concrete, fracturing my skull. I was rushed to the hospital and wasn't moving at all, just gazing off into the distance. The situation was very grave. But then something strange happened. The next day, it was as if nothing had happened. The doctor ordered new x-rays, and there was no sign of any damage -- no fracture, not even a scratch.

Due to this, our family grew as religious Christians, and throughout my life I was focused on the service of God.

But one thing I know for sure: I am committed to reaching out to my fellow Jews. If I was fortunate enough to discover this gold mine of spiritual wealth and fulfillment, then those who were born Jewish surely must be given that opportunity. And who knows -- just as Aish.com spurred my Jewish growth, maybe this article will be the spark that someone else has been waiting for.