CMJ USA Turns 40

The Church’s Ministry Among Jewish People, founded in 1809, had had extensive work all through Eastern Europe and the Mideast. During World War II, CMJ workers, Jew and Gentile, as well as schools and training centers were decimated. CMJ leaders went before the Lord: Is our work finished? they asked. As they prayed the Lord reminded them that while six million Jewish people had lost their lives in the Holocaust, there were yet six million Jews in the United States. Did he want CMJ to reach West now as well as East? It was after these prayers by intercessors in England that the invitation came to Walter Barker to extend CMJ ministry to the United States and he was introduced to Theresa Newell. She opened the first CMJ USA office in 1982.

• Prologue: Joseph Frey in America
• The First Coming CMJ to the US
• Meet two Jewish Anglicans, ancestors in the faith
• Theresa Newell and the start of CMJ USA
• History in first person: Rev. Philip Bottomley
• History in first person: Rev. Alfred Sawyer
• History in first person: Marcia Lebhar
• History in first person: Cheryl (McLeod) Gonzales _{^{(coming October 15)}}
• History in first person: Rev. Canon Daryl Fenton _{^{(coming November 15)}}

We are thankful to God for sustaining us these 40 years. You can help us prepare for the next 40.

• Invite us to share with your congregation or small group on
  • the Jewishness of Jesus and the Jewish roots of our Christian faith
  • standing against rising antisemitism in the US
  • building bridges with your Jewish neighbors.
• Pray for us: volunteer to be on our intercessor team.
• Give practical support toward the work of CMJ USA.

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