Editing Antisemitism in Christianity (section)

==Conversion of Jews==
{{See also|Catholic Church and Judaism|Hebrew Catholics|Hebrew Roots|Judaism and Mormonism|Judaizers|Messianic Judaism|Philosemitism|Protestantism and Judaism}}
Some Jewish organizations have denounced evangelistic and missionary activities that specifically target Jews by labeling them [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]].<ref>"Keeping Faith. Scottsdale Progress" by Kim Sue Lia Perkes (Religion Editor, ''The Arizona Republic'') December, 1982</ref><ref>[http://www.bnaibrith.ca/publications/audit1998/audit1998-07.html 1998 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents: Missionaries and Messianic Churches] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719205927/http://www.bnaibrith.ca/publications/audit1998/audit1998-07.html |date=2006-07-19 }} (Bnai Brith Canada)</ref><ref>[http://torahatlanta.com/IntheNewsArticles/Portland.html Portland Jews Brace for Assault by 'Jews for Jesus'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515145611/http://torahatlanta.com/IntheNewsArticles/Portland.html |date=2006-05-15 }} by Paul Haist (''Jewish Review'') May 15, 2002</ref>

The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (SBC), the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the U.S., has explicitly rejected suggestions that it should back away from seeking to convert Jews, a position which critics have called anti-Semitic, but a position which [[Baptists]] believe is consistent with their view that salvation is solely found through faith in Christ. In 1996 the SBC approved a resolution calling for efforts to seek the conversion of Jews "as well as the salvation of 'every kindred and tongue and people and nation.'"

Most [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] agree with the SBC's position, and some of them also support efforts that specifically seek the Jews' conversion. Additionally, these Evangelical groups are among the most pro-Israel groups. (''For more information, see [[Christian Zionism]]''.) One [[Messianic Judaism|controversial group]] which has received a considerable amount of support from some Evangelical churches is [[Jews for Jesus]], which claims that Jews can "complete" their Jewish faith by accepting Jesus as the Messiah.

The [[Presbyterian Church USA|Presbyterian Church (USA)]], the [[United Methodist Church]], and the [[United Church of Canada]] have ended their efforts to convert Jews. While [[Anglicans]] do not, as a rule, seek converts from other Christian denominations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2003/5/20/ACNS3443 |title=Anglican Communion News Service: European Anglicans set common goals at Madrid consultation |publisher=Anglicancommunion.org |access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref> the General Synod has affirmed that "the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ is for all and must be shared with all including people from other faiths or of no faith and that to do anything else would be to institutionalize discrimination".<ref>{{cite web|last=Owen |first=Peter |url=http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003647.html |title=General Synod - Uniqueness of Christ in Multi-Faith Britain |publisher=Thinking Anglicans |date=2009-02-11 |access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref>

The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] formerly operated religious congregations that specifically aimed to convert Jews. Some of these congregations were founded by Jewish converts, like the [[Congregation of Our Lady of Sion]], whose members were [[nun]]s and ordained [[priest]]s. Many Catholic saints were specifically noted for their missionary zeal to convert Jews, such as [[Vincent Ferrer]]. After the [[Second Vatican Council]], many missionary orders that aimed to convert Jews to Christianity no longer actively sought to missionize (or [[proselytism|proselytize]]) them. However, [[Traditionalist Catholic|Traditionalist Roman Catholic]] groups, congregations, and clergymen continue to advocate the missionizing of Jews according to traditional patterns, sometimes with success (''e.g.'', the [[Society of St. Pius X]] which has notable Jewish converts among its faithful, many of whom have become traditionalist priests).

The [[Church's Ministry Among Jewish People]] (CMJ) is one of the ten official mission agencies of the [[Church of England]]. [https://www.sdhs.co.uk/ The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures] is another organization, but it is not affiliated with the established Church.

There are several prophecies concerning the conversion of the Jewish people to Christianity in the scriptures of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS).  The [[Book of Mormon]] teaches that the Jewish people need to believe in Jesus to be gathered to Israel.<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Book of Mormon (1981)|book=2 Nephi|chapter=10|verse=7}}</ref> The [[Doctrine & Covenants]] teaches that the Jewish people will be converted to Christianity during the second coming when Jesus appears to them and shows them his wounds.<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=The Doctrine and Covenants|book=Section 45|verse=51-53}}</ref><ref name=Books>{{cite book|title="This Is My Doctrine": The Development of Mormon Theology|author=Charles R. Harrell|publisher=Greg Kofford Books|year=2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPtiEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA404|page=404}}</ref> It teaches that if the Jewish people do not convert to Christianity, then the world would be cursed.<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=The Doctrine and Covenants|book=Section 98|verse=17}}</ref> Early LDS prophets, such as Brigham Young<ref name=lds_thought>{{cite journal|author=Green, Arnold H.|year=1994|title=Jews in LDS Thought|journal=BYU Studies Quarterly|volume=34|issue=4|url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol34/iss4/9}}</ref>{{rp|144}} and Wildord Woodruff,<ref name=Books /> taught that Jewish people could not be truly converted because of the curse which resulted from [[Jewish deicide]].<ref name=Gathering>{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Arnold H. |title=Gathering and Election: Israelite Descent and Universalism in Mormon Doctrine |journal=[[Mormon History Association#Journal of Mormon History|Journal of Mormon History]]|date=Spring 1999 |volume=5 |issue=21 |jstor=23287743 |url=https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=mormonhistory|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Champaign}}</ref>{{rp|205–206}} However, after the establishment of the state of Israel, many LDS members felt that it was time for the Jewish people to start converting to [[Mormonism]].  During the 1950s, the LDS Church established several missions that specifically targeted Jewish people in several cities in the United States.<ref name=lds_thought />{{rp|149}} After the LDS church began to give the priesthood to all males regardless of race in 1978, it also started to deemphasize the importance of race concerning conversion.<ref name=lds_thought />{{rp|151}} This led to a void of doctrinal teachings that resulted in a spectrum of views on how LDS members interpret scripture and previous teachings.<ref name=lds_thought />{{rp|154}} According to research which was conducted by [[Armand Mauss]], most LDS members believe that the Jewish people will need to be converted to Christianity to be forgiven for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.<ref name="Mauss 2003 213">{{cite book |title=All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage |first=Armand L. |last=Mauss |pages=199–201 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7lXq9JfR_EYC&pg=PA213|publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-252-02803-1|quote=Most Mormons hold both kinds of beliefs simultaneously (hostility and affinity beliefs), because both are part of a generally orthodox Mormon outlook... The index of religious hostility toward Jews combines responses to the two questions about perpetual Jewish punishment for the Crucifixion and the requirement for their conversion as a condition of forgiveness.}}</ref>

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has also been criticized for [[Baptism for the dead#Jewish Holocaust victims|baptizing deceased Jewish Holocaust victims]].  In 1995, in part as a result of public pressure, church leaders promised to put new policies into place that would help the church to end the practice, unless it was specifically requested or approved by the surviving spouses, children or parents of the victims.<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/ldsagree.html Agreement with the LDS Church]</ref> However, the practice has continued, including the baptism of the parents of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate [[Simon Wiesenthal]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17036046 Mormons baptise parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal]</ref>