http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25479/breaking-the-jews-for-jesus-code http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25479/breaking-the-jews-for-jesus-code#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:59:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25479 Jews for Jesus, a person described by a judge as more of a “mole” than a “whistle-blower.” This mole, according to court records, emailed Mr. Araujo a valuable list of donors after Mr. Araujo was fired for violating Jews for Jesus’ fundamentalist code of employee conduct, by getting married without permission.

Mr. Araujo’s secret, and JFJ’s effort to pry it out of him, is at the heart of a five-year legal saga unfolding in Ontario Superior Court, in which he has sued for wrongful dismissal, and JFJ countersued for poaching the donors, alleging he contacted them on behalf of his new employer, JFJ’s main “competitor” in Jewish evangelism, Chosen People Ministries.

Even though he was fired for getting married without his employer’s permission, it is not clear from the law that this was wrong, or that Mr. Araujo deserves the six-figure settlement he is seeking for lost wages and benefits, plus punitive damages.

Based in San Francisco, with Canadian headquarters in Toronto, Jews for Jesus believe “that Jesus the Messiah was eternally pre-existent and is co-equal with God the Father,” and that the Bible, both New and Old Testaments, is “divinely inspired, verbally and completely inerrant in the original writings.” Employees are required to live by “biblical morality and accountability,” to dress “modestly” and to “avoid questionable forms of amusement.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25479/breaking-the-jews-for-jesus-code/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16737/comedian-jackie-mason-drops-lawsuit-against-jews-for-jesus-missionary-group http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16737/comedian-jackie-mason-drops-lawsuit-against-jews-for-jesus-missionary-group#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:03:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16737/comedian-jackie-mason-drops-lawsuit-against-jews-for-jesus-missionary-group http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16737/comedian-jackie-mason-drops-lawsuit-against-jews-for-jesus-missionary-group/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16736/womans-suit-against-jews-for-jesus-gets-another-chance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16736/womans-suit-against-jews-for-jesus-gets-another-chance#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:26:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16736/womans-suit-against-jews-for-jesus-gets-another-chance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16736/womans-suit-against-jews-for-jesus-gets-another-chance/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8600/jews-for-jesus-begins-denver-campaign http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8600/jews-for-jesus-begins-denver-campaign#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:06:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8600 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8600/jews-for-jesus-begins-denver-campaign/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8374/conversion-outreach-plan-stirs-outrage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8374/conversion-outreach-plan-stirs-outrage#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:44:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8374 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8374/conversion-outreach-plan-stirs-outrage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8442/jewish-groups-to-counter-jews-for-jesus-evangelism-campaign http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8442/jewish-groups-to-counter-jews-for-jesus-evangelism-campaign#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:40:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8442 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8442/jewish-groups-to-counter-jews-for-jesus-evangelism-campaign/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7176/judge-dismisses-suit-claiming-defamation-by-jews-for-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7176/judge-dismisses-suit-claiming-defamation-by-jews-for-jesus#comments Sat, 08 May 2004 12:47:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7176 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7176/judge-dismisses-suit-claiming-defamation-by-jews-for-jesus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6407/moishe-rosen-preaches-the-gospel-of-the-messiah http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6407/moishe-rosen-preaches-the-gospel-of-the-messiah#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:27:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=6407 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6407/moishe-rosen-preaches-the-gospel-of-the-messiah/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5391/womans-suit-alleges-jews-for-jesus-fraud http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5391/womans-suit-alleges-jews-for-jesus-fraud#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:46:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=5391 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5391/womans-suit-alleges-jews-for-jesus-fraud/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4769/offensive-ads-are-kosher-says-watchdog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4769/offensive-ads-are-kosher-says-watchdog#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:26:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4769 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4769/offensive-ads-are-kosher-says-watchdog/feed 0