THE JEWISH RECLAMATION OF JESUS—A HISTORY OF THE MODERN MESSIANIC JEWISH MOVEMENT Oppressed by the rabbis and the ecumenical "church," Jewish believers lost their autonomy in the Middle Ages when the last Messianic congregations disappeared. However, as previously mentioned, the true Christian ...
in order to bring members of the synagogue congregations in that area of the dispersion where the Evangelist [John] and his associates lived (and in other areas too) to faith in Jesus as Messiah of Israel, the Son of God, the Revealer of the Father. Among members of the synagogue congre...