Editing Jews for Jesus (section)

=== Christian ===
Some Western Christians object to evangelizing [[Jews]] because they see Jewish religious practice as valid in and of itself.<ref>Pluralistic opposition:

* [http://www.abrock.com/Attempt.html#valid Should Christians Attempt to Evangelize Jews? Israel's Covenant with God Remains Valid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124043717/http://www.abrock.com/Attempt.html#valid|date=2010-01-24}} by Allan R. Brockway{{request quotation|date=September 2023}}
* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcon3.htm Policies of mainline and liberal Christians towards proselytizing Jews] (religioustolerance.org){{request quotation|date=September 2023}}
* [http://www.jcrelations.net/en/?item=961 What about Christian Jews or Jewish Christians?] by Fritz Voll ([[International Council of Christians and Jews]]) [http://www.jcrelations.net/en/?id=1499 Ecumenical Considerations on Jewish-Christian Dialogue] (World Council of Churches){{request quotation|date=September 2023}}
* In the United Kingdom, there has been opposition to the activities of Jews for Jesus from the Council of Christians and Jews which has prohibited members of the organisation from joining its meetings, through the issuing of a Code of Conduct opposing Jewish proselytisation by Christians.{{Nonspecific|date=June 2011}}{{request quotation|date=September 2023}}
* "I normally defend my denomination. I'm loyal to it. But I have never targeted Muslims. I have never targeted Jews." "Billy Graham Blasts Brethren" by Eric J. Greenberg, ''The Jewish Week''. January 7, 2000, referring to a [[Southern Baptist Convention]] event in Chicago [http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2002/03/Billy-Graham-The-Jews.aspx]{{non sequitur|date=September 2023}}
* [http://torahatlanta.com/articles/Christian%20Scholars%20Group.html The Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations: "Christians should not target Jews for conversion"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312160141/http://torahatlanta.com/articles/Christian%20Scholars%20Group.html|date=2007-03-12}}. The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. September 1, 2002{{request quotation|date=September 2023}}</ref> Some [[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Protestant]] denominations have issued statements criticizing evangelism of Jews including the [[United Church of Christ]] and the [[Presbyterian Church USA]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi8sJ6iOX_cC&dq=%22United+Church+of+Christ%22+%22Jews+for+Jesus%22&pg=RA1-PA114 Spector, S. ''Evangelicals and Israel'', 2008], Oxford University Press: Oxford, p. 114</ref> which said in 1988 that [[Dual-covenant theology|Jews have their own covenant with God]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/christians-jews.pdf|title=''A Theological Understanding of the Relationship Between Christians and Jews'', 199th General Assembly (1987) of the Presbyterian Church (USA)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805111235/http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/christians-jews.pdf|archive-date=2009-08-05}}</ref> The Board of Governors of the [[Long Island Council of Churches]] opposes proselytizing, and voiced their sentiments in a statement that "noted with alarm" the "[[Deception|subterfuge]] and dishonesty" inherent in the "mixing [of] religious symbols in ways which distort their essential meaning," and named Jews for Jesus as one of the three groups about whom such behavior was alleged.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/special_reports/jews4jesus/christian_responses.asp ''Jews for Jesus: Targeting Jews for Conversion with Subterfuge and Deception'', Anti-Defamation League] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325191616/http://www.adl.org/special_reports/jews4jesus/christian_responses.asp |date=2012-03-25 }}. Retrieved July 5, 2009.</ref>

Leighton Ford, former vice president of the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association|Billy Graham Evangelical Association]] and current president of Leighton Ford Ministries, supports the work of Jews for Jesus:<blockquote>The first followers of Jesus were all Jews – women and men so touched and changed by him that they had to tell their friends and neighbors ... Like their first century counterparts, the people I know in Jews for Jesus have good news they share lovingly and boldly!<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ford|first=Leighton|title=Letter from Leighton Ford|url=https://jewsforjesus.org/endorsements/letter-from-leighton-ford|access-date=2021-03-08|website=jewsforjesus.org|date=December 2003 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>In 2003, the sponsorship of Jews for Jesus by [[All Souls Church, Langham Place]], a conservative evangelical church in London, including a launch event on [[Rosh Hashanah]] to start a UK mission targeting the Jewish community, led to the Interfaith Alliance UK, a coalition of Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious leaders, issuing a letter of protest to the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref>''The Guardian'' [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/26/religion.gayrights Imams join plea for gay tolerance] 26 September 2003</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2023}}