Topic Suggestion/Request:
Passover Seder being held at my church this year.
Reasoning:
So this year I noticed in my church’s app, that we are hosting a Passover Seder service on Palm Sunday. However, this is not part of the main service; it is an optional event you can go to later in the evening. It is alarming to me because this seems like a very judaizing move; they will be hosting a speaker by the name of Murray Tilles. He is a Jewish ‘Christian’ man that runs an organization called ‘Light of Messiah Ministries’. Here is their website https://lightofmessiah.org/
His whole modus operandi, from what I’ve read on his site, seems to be to bind the conscience of Christians to Jews and Israel (nation-state); perhaps trying to make sure that the Boomer glue is still adhesive, and emphasizing the ‘Jewishness of Jesus’. Also ‘fighting antisemitism’ is one of their missions.
I am not sure what to do or say about this. If it were just myself, I would be compelled to raise concerns to the pastors about this. However, I am a member alongside my parents who are very entrenched there ( them for many years; I only became a member at this church a year ago); my Dad has been part of the music ministry for many years and my Mom is very involved in small groups, etc. I do not want to embarrass them or alienate them from their peers or the pastors by being the person that sounds the alarm. I want to keep the 5th commandment. My parents (especially my Dad) are quite aware of my weariness of the Jews and my distrust of them—as we talk about politics and the Jews frequently. I am 34 years old and can look for another church at any time, but I love being there with my family as a whole.
Sidenote: Something that also makes my ears perk up, is that my pastor has been increasingly using the pronoun ‘Yahweh’ to refer to God and this appears to be a fairly recent phenomenon. I’ve also never heard any dispensationalism or Zionist teachings coming out of the church or from this pastor (head pastor), so this sort of judaizing has kind of taken me by surprise.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
God bless.