Editing Jews for Jesus (section)

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The [[InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington]] includes [[Muslims]], [[Jews]], and [[Christians|Christian]] groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifcmw.org/about-us/member-faiths/|title=Member Faith Communities }}</ref> The Conference states that they "support the right of all religions to share their message in the spirit of good will";<ref name="PCUSA_IFCMW_SoP">{{cite web|url=http://www.eif-pcusa.org/proselytism_statement.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203143714/http://www.eif-pcusa.org/proselytism_statement.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-03 |title=PCUSA's excerpt of the IFCMW's 'Statement on Proselytism' |access-date=2011-06-21 }}</ref> however, Rev. Clark Lobenstine has condemned the "proselytizing efforts" of "Jews for Jesus and other messianic Jewish groups."<ref>{{Cite web|date=1987-03-26|title=Proselytism Efforts Condemned|url=https://www.jta.org/1987/03/26/archive/proselytism-efforts-condemned|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US}}</ref> His wording matched the Conference's 1987 "Statement on Proselytism",<ref name=PCUSA_IFCMW_SoP/> which makes claims against "groups that have adopted the label of Hebrew Christianity, Messianic Judaism, or Jews for Jesus",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/rellife/transformation/guide/Interreligious%20Dialogue.html |title=IFCMW Statement on Proselytism in a longer quote |access-date=2011-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127124938/http://www.wellesley.edu/rellife/transformation/guide/Interreligious%20Dialogue.html |archive-date=2012-01-27 }}</ref> so it is unclear which claims are directed at Jews for Jesus in particular.

''America's Religions. An Educator's Guide to Beliefs and Practices'' contains "[a] note about Jews for Jesus, [[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jews]], [[Hebrew Christians]], and similar groups: Jews in these groups who have converted to Christianity but continue to observe various Jewish practices are no longer considered part of the Jewish [[community]] in the usual sense".<ref name="Benjamin Hubbard 2007 132">{{cite book
 |author=Benjamin Hubbard
 |author2=John Hatfield |author3=James Santucci
 |title=America's Religions. An Educator's Guide to Beliefs and Practices
 |year=2007
 |page=132
 |publisher=Teacher Ideas Press, a Division of Libraries Unlimited
 |isbn=978-1-56308-469-0
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWBIuX7TPk8C&q=%22Jews%20for%20Jesus%22&pg=PA132
}}</ref>

Several other organizations oppose the identification of Jews for Jesus as a Jewish group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/mess_jud3.htm|title=Jews for Jesus}}</ref><ref>Balmer, Randall. ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism,'' Baylor University Press, November 2004, p. 448</ref>