Your Role
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How many viable curriculums have come out for our over 500 Messianic Congregations in the past 60 years… half a dozen? How many Messianic Schools have been established… two or three? How much of your congregational budget goes to purchase materials for the children… more than 3%? How many Messianic Jewish children's music CD's are available… three or four? What percentage of children raised in your synagogue remain within the Messianic Jewish Movement as adults… More than 50%? How often are children included in leading during your worship service… ever? How often do your really committed Shabbat School teachers get used up, ignored and just give up… every 2 years or so? How often is the main goal of children's ministry simply to keep the children quiet, so the adults can be “fed”? Have you ever even noticed how much more open children's hearts are than adults? Have you ever seen a child's eye gleam when they “get it,” that they DO matter to God! Do you think that children can mentally switch from Jesus Christ to Yeshua the Messiah while reading the bible? Have you ever noticed the positive way the Tenach ends with 2nd Chronicles instead of Malachi? Do you realize that after forty years we still don't have a messianic bible the whole family can read together... |
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