Jewish-Gentile Couples Are Finding Spiritual Harmony in Messiah!
Teddy and Dvora (Israeli), a Jewish-Gentile couple serving as missionaries with Jews for Jesus in Toronto
Every year, many interfaith Jewish-Gentile couples reach out to us because they are in crisis. Couples who have different religious backgrounds often experience significant tensions in the home, and these couples are also more likely to divorce. Over the last three decades, we have developed a ministry called Jewish Gentile Couples (JGC) to help these couples navigate their complex circumstances and find spiritual harmony.
Our JGC missionary team includes trained relationship coaches stationed in branches around the world to minister to couples and families as they wrestle with difficult relationship and spiritual questions. JGC also offers specialized events, various resources, and a podcast that features interviews of Jewish-Gentile couples who have found a shared faith in Messiah.
This branch of ministry helps bring the healing and restoration of God to families and marriages. And by God’s grace, every year we see Jewish people in these relationships come to faith in Jesus.
One of our Jewish-Gentile relationship coaches, Annette Sofaer, reports, “I have been ministering to Kate*, a Jewish woman in an interfaith marriage. Over the years, Kate’s friends had tried witnessing to her, but she always found this to be very offensive. However, Kate married a Christian man who loved her in a true, unconditional way, and because of his faithful love, she became open to the gospel for the first time in her life.
“During the COVID lockdown, Kate and I started studying the Book of John together over Zoom and continued meeting weekly for the next couple of years. About halfway through that time, Kate professed her faith in Jesus as her Messiah! After more discipleship, she decided to get baptized! It was such a joy to see Kate proclaim her faith in Jesus before her entire church family. Praise God!”
You can find many more stories of how interfaith couples found spiritual harmony in Messiah at www.jewishgentilecouples.com.
* name has been changed for privacy