(Q): Is Zion Messianic Fellowship affiliated with
anyone?
(A): No, it was meant
to be purely an independent, localized testimony to Messiah. We hadn’t got as far as incorporating with
anybody else, and we were at that point anyway, organization shy – afraid of
falling into the trap of being in the hands of the wrong persons who would
organize us according to their own agenda.
(Q): The word ‘Messianic’ could you define what it
means please?
‘Messianic’
is really the Jewish equivalent for ‘Christian.’ And both mean pertaining to the Messiah, who
we believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. We
chose the word ‘Messianic’ because it has less negative connotation than
‘Christian.’ To many of our people, the
term ‘Christian’ is reminiscent of hatred, of persecution, and of
discrimination. |