Co-Mission

We’re living in a time of division, hate, ignorance and untruth. No group is unaffected, including the Christian church where there are more denominations than you can shake a stick at, and numerous divisions within each of these groups. Tonight, we’ll be focusing on relations between Jewish, Arab and Western Christians. We’re joined by Eric Teitelman, a Messianic Jew, and Jed Robyn, a Gentile Christian who will talk about how they’re working together to promote unity among these groups as well as a recent gathering of Christians they attended in Israel.

America is divided on many fronts – racially, politically, socioeconomically… There is a lot of pain, hate, anger, and polarization in our country. We have heard many times on Grace in 30 about the importance of proximity and listening to tearing down the walls that separate us. Tonight, we’re joined by two very different men – a Jewish man who grew up the son of hippies and went on to work as a civil servant, and a Christian man who grew up as a military brat and went on to work in education and the food service industry. They have joined forces to provide an example of how to eliminate the barriers that separate us, starting with the age-old barrier between Jew and Gentile. Eric Teitelman and Jed Robyn talk about the importance of intentionally bringing people of differing beliefs together and encouraging them to empathize with and love one another.