CMJ USA Blog

The LORD has continued to stretch us at CMJ USA in 2025. We're back on social media. We've launched Bridge Builders Essentials. The Emunah Course is nearly done. We are moving the direction the Lord has called us. God wants us to build bridges with our Jewish neighbors, and we are filling up the toolbox for you. Gathering and preparing resources like Bridge Builders Essentials, Jewish/Christian Ministry Guide, and the Emunah Course has a financial cost. As Director Emeritus Philip Bottomley reminds me, "The Lord pays for what he orders." But we also know that the Lord loves to use his saints to be conduits of his abundant provision. We are grateful for those of you who are regular givers. Thank you! You are integral partners. If you are not yet a financial partner, please prayerfully consider coming alongside us.

Jewish Media Review - August 2025

The latest war has produced outrage and a dangerous rise in antisemitism. Many in the Church are indifferent, while others criticize or support Israel. One thing is lacking: Lament.

Even if most German Protestants would not have supported the annihilation of the Jewish people, it is certainly true that most supported Nazi antisemitism based on their antiJudaism.

Jewish Media Review - July 2025 

Iraqis visit Israel to bless and pray for her in their time of grief and war

An interview with pastor of Christ Church Jerusalem

A reflection on Psalm 87 and being in wartime Israel.

Your prayers are so important to all of us here right now. Please pray for all the CMJ staff and volunteers serving in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Jewish Media Review - June 2025

God mercifully, consistently steps in to break our sin cycle

Jewish Media Review - May 2025

Thomas gets a lot of grief for not being with the others the day resurrected Jesus first appeared to them and for not believing their report. Jesus doesn't hold it against Thomas.

Pastor Brad Lacey invited CMJ USA executive director Cariño Casas and partnership director Jeff Roberts to talk about what CMJ USA is up to and how a Mexican-American from west Texas and a Jewish follower of Jesus from Cleveland came to work together.

The Forward recently posted a tough review of The Chosen by Mira Fox, a culture writer at The Forward. In one headline, they write “The Chosen: Last Supper is finally blaming the Jews.” Our own Jeff Roberts, who has seen the latest season, offers a rebuttal.

Jewish Media Review - April 2025

Of the nearly 6 million Jewish Americans adults, 5 percent say they are Christians or nearly 300,000 Jewish believers in Jesus. Of the 2.8 million Americans who have Jewish background (but were not considered Jewish in the report), 57 percent say they believe in Jesus or 1.6 million.

Jewish Media Review - March 2025

The LORD saves us to have relationship with us. The LORD anoints us so that we will tell others the good news. The Spirit of the LORD is upon you.