“I have noticed that you do not celebrate Christmas or New Year’s Day. Are you Jewish?”

The Restored Church of God is not connected with the religion of Judaism, though some of its members may be ethnically Jewish (physical descendants of the Israelite tribe of Judah). Unlike Judaism, the Church of God bases its beliefs on the entire Bible—both Old and New Testaments—and believes that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.

Some assume that we are Jewish because we do not keep traditional holidays and because we keep the seventh-day Sabbath. But despite some superficial similarities, we have many beliefs that differ with those who practice Judaism. Members of God’s Church are simply Christians—followers of all the teachings and practices of Christ.