ACNA Bishop Decries Move to 'Separate the Church from Her Jewishness'

JERUSALEM, Israel – Although the war with Iran is being fought in the Middle East, there's another battle going on in churches worldwide: rising antisemitism, even among Christians. CBN News spoke with Anglican Bishop Julian Dobbs about the problem on his recent visit to Israel. We talked about faith, history, and the areas where misunderstanding has led to division.

Dobbs is on a mission to fight antisemitism among Christians. A bishop from the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word in North America, he delivered the Good Friday sermon at Christ Church in Jerusalem's Old City. The day before, we sat down to talk about the rising tide of hate.

The bishop believes much of the Church's anti-Semitic tension comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of scripture itself, starting with the gospels, which describe a crowd being stirred up to demand that the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate crucify Jesus.
 
"We need to understand the scriptures in their context," Dobbs insisted. Was this a small crowd? Was it a large crowd? I have a colleague who suggests it might have even been a rent-a-crowd. But what was said by the man who hung on the cross? 'Father, forgive them.'"

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Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs is the Bishop of the Diocese of the Living Word and Dean of the Province of the Anglican Church in North America. He serves as Secretary of the CMJ USA Board of Directors.