A Whole Lot of Money, Part $5.5 Million

Zola Levitt may have been born Jewish, but he converted to Christianity when he was a college student in March of 1971. Campus Crusade for Christ was the organization that led him to Christian theology and eventual conversion. Levitt got active in the conversion of other Jews to Christianity and founded Zola Levitt Ministries. Though Levitt died in 2006, his work is being carried on by his family and his associates.

Jeffrey Seif, a convert to Christianity, now is the main face of Zola Levitt Ministries. Seif has attended numerous Christian schools, such as Trinity Theological Seminary and the Moody Bible Institute (see my blog post on Moody Bible Institute's involvement in the Messianic movement: http://messianicjewish.blogspot.com/2009/08/christian-training-part-i.html ) Seif also was a professor at Christ For the Nations Institute (CFNI). CFNI is highly involved in the Messianic movement in Israel with it's Messianic outreach, the $2.5 million Maoz Israel. Maoz Israel is run by the daughter and son-in-law of Gordon Lindsay, the founder of CFNI.

Zola Levitt Ministries provides copious on converting Jews, including an institute which trains people in Jewish evangelism. They discuss evangelizing the Jews on their popular television show. The television show originally was broadcast by the Christian Broadcast Network and now appears on other major Christian stations such as the Daystar Network. They even run a Messianic congregation, Shalom Shalom, which is part of the Fellowship Bible Church Dallas. Levitt was always active in the Messianic movement and a regular speaker at Messianic congregations. Of course, Seif has also followed in Levitt's Messianic involvement.

So, how much money is being spent by Zola Levitt ministries in their mission, which clearly includes converting Jews to Christianity? According to Charity Navigator, Zola Levitt Ministries spent more than $5.5 million in the year ending 2007! Again, this is just further proof that Christians are willing to spend lots of money through the Messianic movement as a method of converting Jews.