| Thank you for entering my page! Right now, you are probably searching to find out more about Jewish beliefs in Jesus. Perhaps, you are questioning your faith, and are looking at different options. Are you in Tennesee and interested in Messianic Judaism? Kol Dodi is a Messianic Jewish congregation that is looking to attract Jews to their congregation. However, despite their claims that they are Jewish, they are completely a Christian organization. This may be hard for many readers to believe, but I will prove this, with each proof referenced, so you can see it with your own eyes, and no one can claim that this informations is "false." The Leader and Congregation Kol Dodi is an official member of the Southern Baptist Convention. Would a real Jewish group be a part of the Southern Baptist Convention? Of course not! Here is the link to the proof:
Click Here Similarly Kol Dodi is also part of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. The Tennessee Baptist Church states that Kol Dodi is a member of the Nashville Baptist Association on the Kol Dodi listing. Here is the link to the listing: Click Here As a Southern Baptist church, Kol Dodi takes part in Southern Baptist conferences. Here is a link to the Southern Baptist Conventions 2005 annual convention. If you scroll to the bottom you will see that Kol Dodi is part of the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship: Click Here Here is the congregational listing of the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship. You can see that the Southern Baptist Convention has sponsored many congregations that falsely present themselves as Jewish: Click Here Similarly, Kol Dodi is a participant in Operation Andrew. Here is a link to the listing; Kol Dodi is the second congregation listed: Click Here What is Operation Andrew? Operation Andrew is a missionary movement. According to their website: "Our Goal
The ministries of The Operation Andrew Group seek to unite believers through hands-on ministries that tear down walls and build connections so that believers may present one loving face of Christ to those who do not know Him.
How We'll Get There
By partnering churches of varying ethnic and denominational groups, The Operation Andrew Group helps churches go around, above or through whatever separates them to focus on their common mission of showing love and truth to each other and to people in need in their communities. Obviously, this is a Christian evangelical group. A real Jewish group would never affilate with Operation Andrew. Here is a link to the quote: Click Here
Kol Dodi is led by Rabbi Ken Alpren. Not only is "Rabbi" Alpren not a rabbi, but he works for the Southern Baptist Convention! Alpren is a church planter for the Tennesee Baptist Convention (the state body of the Southern Baptist Convention)! Would a real Jewish leader work for a Baptist organization as a church planter? Of course not! Here are some links to proofs; the first is to an alphabetical listing of church planters, he is the third name on the list. The second is to his personal listing on the same web-site. You will see that Kol Dodi is listed as his congregation for the church planting:
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And Click Here If you noticed, there was a "Tim Hill" listed as the "Facilitator" of the church planting. So who is Tim Hill? Why, he is the Tennesee Baptist Convention's leader in Ethnic Church Planting. Here is the link to the proof (He is listed under "Church Planting Across Tennessee Sharing Our Hope", "Ethnic"):
Click Here But let's review the biography that is listed on Kol Dodi's site, and see if it is a Jewish or a Christian biography. Though Alpren was born Jewish, he clearly left the faith. His biography states: "Following a call to the ministry, Ken attended Bible College, ministered in New York City, led missionary teams to Israel, Cyprus, and Europe, and served as chaplain on board a mission ship in the Caribbean. After establishing a Messianic congregation in Nashville, Tennessee, he became a missionary with Chosen People Ministries in the Philadelphia area."
Led missionary teams? Served as a chaplain on a mission ship? Clearly, this man is a Christian, and not a Jewish leader. Here is the link to the quote: Click Here Partnership As a Christian congregation, Kol Dodi is affiliated with the Greater Grace World Outreach which is part of the Greater Grace Christian Church: Click Here Their Beliefs
If you look at the Kol Dodi beliefs, they are pratically identical to standard Baptist beliefs, just using some Hebrew words to make the beliefs sound as if they are "Jewish", while still being completely Christian! Calling the "New Testament" the "New Covenant" doesn't change the fact that they are Christians. Here is a link to their beliefs, and to the beliefs of the Southern Baptist Convention. You will have a hard time finding differences in their basic beliefs, other than that the Southern Baptist Convention explains their beliefs in more details. Please note, that in both cases they attempt to use the Jewish Bible to support their beliefs. In my section "Great Sites, Priceless Information, a number of the sites address how these groups are mis-using and mis-translating the Jewish Bible: Southern Baptist Convention Kol Dodi On a tangent, did you
notice on the page with Kol Dodi's beliefs, that under "The Kol Dodi Messianic Congregation is Committed to Certain Objectives:" they state: "5. To encourage the Church to partner with us in evangelizing the Jewish people.
We are ready to meet the people in churches to discuss and bring the message of the need for this biblically mandated ministry (Romans 1:16)."
Obviously, this is a Christian group looking to convert Jews, while quoting the book of Romans from the Christian Bible. Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus There are many reasons why Jews do not accept Jesus, and the links below are some of the better explanations on this topic. Of course, if you have questions that are not covered on the links, you can always e-mail me with your questions. An Answer from Rabbi Stuart Federow Click Here
An Answer from Rabbi Shraga Simmons Click Here Ask the Rabbi from Ohr Somayach Click Here Rabbi Tovia Singer Click Here Countermissionary Counseling There are a number of groups that provide Countermissionary Counseling. Here are links to a few of them:
Jews for Judaism
Torah Atlanta
Outreach Judaism
Torah Life and Living Great Sites, Priceless Information
Here are a number of great sites that counter missionaries and explain the differences in belief between Judaism and Christianity, including addressing the Biblical verses that missionaries try to use against the Jews and explaining why the missionaries are incorrect. For the most in-depth analysis of verse by verse questions, go to Messiah Truth (sections on Counter-Missionary: Multi-media training [this can be read without being "multi-media"], Knowing Your Orchard and Judaism's Answer), Jews for Judaism (in their Reference Section (please note that the Isaiah topics tend to be under "Suffering Servant" part of the "Proof Text" section) and the Q & A section of Outreach Judaism. Outreach Judaism Messiah Page Messiah Truth Jews for Judaism Torah Atlanta Counter Missionary Reference Kosher Judaism Escape From Counterfeit Judaism Talking to Kids About Missionaries
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