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Question 17.7:
Who is financing "Jews for Jesus" and similar groups?

The Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility (http://www.ecfa.org/) is a wonderful resource for seeing what some of these organizations are spending, for the 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000 fiscal years:

• Jews for Jesus:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                      12/31/1998     12/31/1999     12/31/2000
  Income:         
              Total: $13,628,190	   $16,566,060    $11,653,220
            Donated: $ 9,670,903	   $11,875,600    $12,742,930
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $ 9,273,284	   $10,306,600    $11,272,260
      General/Admin: $ 1,923,136	   $ 1,847,503    $ 2,123,040
       Fund Raising: $   649,963	   $   914,775    $ 1,166,985
  

• Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, Inc.:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                      12/31/1998     12/31/1999     12/31/2000
  Income:         
              Total: $ 7,670,172	   $ 7,323,415    $ 7,684,293
            Donated: $ 5,959,927	   $ 5,886,419    $ 5,944,681
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $ 5,167,787	   $ 5,287,971    $ 5,769,062
      General/Admin: $ 1,466,107	   $ 1,466,253    $ 1,490,062
       Fund Raising: $   211,058	   $   235,566    $   275,042	
  

• Chosen People Ministries:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                       6/30/1999      6/30/2000      6/30/2001
  Income:         
              Total: $ 5,087,207	   $ 5,855,787    $ 5,678,173
            Donated: $ 4,453,785	   $ 5,293,154    $ 6,010,797
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $ 4,178,096	   $ 4,926,066    $ 4,902,867
      General/Admin: $ 1,044,101	   $   966,480    $   762,426
       Fund Raising: $   439,296	   $   687,733    $ 1,335,241
  

• Messianic Vision, Inc.:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                      12/31/1998     12/31/1999     12/31/2000
  Income:         
              Total: $ 1,823,514     $ 1,905,287    $ 2,011,678
            Donated: $ 1,246,100     $ 1,345,072    $ 1,355,198
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $ 1,116,585     $ 1,393,008    $ 1,456,944
      General/Admin: $   471,663     $   486,793    $   519,746
       Fund Raising: $    43,694     $    59,099    $    43,694
  

• Shoresh USA, Inc.:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                      12/31/1998     12/31/1999     12/31/2000
  Income:         
              Total: $   812,777     No Data Found
            Donated: $   226,095     No Data Found
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $   579,669     No Data Found
      General/Admin: $    33,920     No Data Found
       Fund Raising: $     3,405     No Data Found
  

• Light of Messiah Ministries:

                      FY ENDING      FY ENDING      FY ENDING
                      12/31/1998     12/31/1999     12/31/2000
  Income:         
              Total: $   314,878     $   420,180    $   464,260
            Donated: $   261,541     $   373,115    $   401,694
  Expenses:
   Program Services: $   120,375     $   154,527    $   232,077
      General/Admin: $    87,444     $   110,910    $   153,419
       Fund Raising: $    38,778     $    48,142    $    66,729
  

Some other considerations:

• The amount of donated funds does not equal the total income from the group. What are the other sources of monies?

• Every member of the board of the UMJC (Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations) is ordained and a member of a mainline Christian church. Most are either AOG (Assemblies of G-d) or Baptist.

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