CMJ USA News & Views

Read about Jewish roots, how to fight antisemitism, and ministry updates.
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A Journey of Discovery

Following the Resurrection, two disciples of Jesus left Jerusalem, walking to the town of Emmaus about seven miles away. As they walked together, a stranger joined them and intruded into their conversation. The stranger was the Prophet Like Moses.
 
Terry Harman, the Tabernacle Man, with a replica menorah

Tabernacle with CMJ in the Texas Hill Country!

Celebrate Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) with us and The Tabernacle Man, Dr. Terry Harman. Book your congregation for this exciting event.
 
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History in First Person: Marcia Lebhar

The third director of then-Shoresh USA recounts how God ignited the ministry under her watch. The time was right Jewish roots teaching, and the Spirit was calling the Western church to invest in in the Global South.
 
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The Prophet-Like-Moses Offers Water to an Israelite

The Samaritans were looking for Moses’ successor, the giver of water. It’s the woman at the well who first puts the pieces together and recognizes the long-awaited Restorer. Jesus identifies himself as that prophet to the Samaritan woman at the well.
 
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Film about Israel-Palestine conflict aims to rekindle dialogue

The documentary Hope in the Holy Land offers an even-handed portrayal and is essential viewing for those who care for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.
 
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History in First Person: Rev. Alfred Sawyer

The second director of CMJ USA tells how the Lord caught his attention in Israel, called him to be the rector of Christ Church Jerusalem, then called him to lead the US ministry and draw others to experience the Holy Land.
 
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The world hates to be reminded God exists

Writer connects surging antisemitism and anti-Zionism to the world's discomfort with being reminded that the message of the Bible is reliable and true.
 
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The Storm of Revelation

Why does the text say that Jesus intended to pass by his frightened disciples on the lake, and how does that have to do with Moses’ divine encounter on Sinai? Part of our ongoing series "Jesus, the Prophet Like Moses."
 
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How can followers of Jesus fight antisemitism?

Antagonism against Jews continues to rise in United States, home to nearly half of the world's Jews
 
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History in first person: Rev. Philip Bottomley

The first national director of CMJ USA tells how he came from England to lead the fledgling US branch and how he found himself with CMJ again after retirement
 
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My Personal Pentecost

Charles Gardner shares his testimony of learning the vital need for power from on high in gospel witness
 
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Ascending the Mountain of God

Jesus’s transfiguration looks back to Moses’ transforming encounter with the God of Israel and points forward to the Son of Man, the Prophet-Like-Moses, ruling and reigning at the right hand of the Father
 
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Meet two Jewish Anglicans, ancestors in the faith

As we celebrate 40 years of CMJ USA, we’ve been looking back to those who plowed the ground before us in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today we offer brief profiles of two pioneering American Jewish believers in Jesus.
 
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Church of England repents of antisemitism

As the heir of British catholic Christianity, the Anglican Church marks the 800th anniversary of the notorious Synod of Oxford with a strongly Hebraic service of repentance for historic antisemitism.
 
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The Prophet-Like-Moses & The Last Supper

Only one character in the Tanakh can truly be said to be the One prophesied to succeed Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15–19: The Servant of the Lord depicted in Isaiah 40–55. Fourth in a year-long series.
 
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Study Jewish history in Poland

Join David Pileggi this summer he looks at 1,000 years of the Jewish story in eastern Europe
 
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CMJ & The Pilgrim Fathers Tour

Join Chris and Jane Moxon of CMJ UK as they walk where some of the Puritan leaders ministered and they consider how the founders and early supporters of CMJ were influenced by the Puritan view of the Jewish people.
 
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Invite Us for a Visit

If you would like to have a speaker from CMJ come to your church, please write to scheduling@cmj-usa.org. We are eager to share how learning about biblical holidays or studying in Israel can enrich our understanding of the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah.
 
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Lent: Israel and Her King in the Wilderness

What is Lent? And what does it have to do with the Jewishness of Jesus?
 
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The Temptation in the Wilderness

Jesus fasts 40 days in the wilderness as Moses does. This and other parallels with Israel are expressions of Jesus’ ministry as the ultimate, prophesied Prophet—the One to whom Israel must harken.
 
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Shoresh Study Tours is open for business!

CMJ tour company welcomes tourists after the pandemic stifled most foreign travel
 
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The first coming of CMJ to America

CMJ USA, founded in 1982, is celebrating 40 years of ministry. However, we are not the first CMJ-related ministry in the United States. Here's the story of how the first American iteration of CMJ came in the late 19th century.
 
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Praying for Ukraine: Messianic Jewish Spiritual Landscape

Ukraine has one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe and also has the largest Messianic synagogue congregation in the world.
 
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Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount

The Gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ extended teaching sitting on a high place sketches out an image of the Prophet-Like-Moses promised by God in Deuteronomy 18. Second in a year-long series.
 
And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Zechariah 12:10