Let us begin with prayer

CMJ USA • January 15, 2024
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CMJ USA is looking for churches committed to breaking ground for our Bridge Builder program

“Unless the Lord builds the [bridge], those who build it labor in vain.” Please pardon this paraphrase of Psalm 127:1. By saying bridge instead of house, we refer to our developing Bridge Builder program which will equip and activate church outreach teams to rebuild trust and nurture relationships with the synagogue down the street. In light of nearly 2,000 years of fraught Jewish-Christian relations, this is a daunting task. We must only attempt it covered in prayer.

 

For this reason, we are first establishing Ground Breaker teams in churches, especially those that may not be near a Jewish community. Before one builds anything, one needs to prepare the ground. Before we go to work for the Lord, we should pray for God’s guidance, protection, and favor.

For this reason, we are first establishing Ground Breaker teams in churches, especially those that may not be near a Jewish community. Before one builds anything, one needs to prepare the ground. Before we go to work for the Lord, we should pray for God’s guidance, protection, and favor.

 

What do you need to be a Ground Breaker church?

 

  • Lay-led team of three to ten members committed to consistently praying for CMJ USA and, eventually, a Bridge Builder church.
  • Support from your pastor.
  • Include CMJ USA in your church mission budget. How much is for your church to discern.

 

CMJ USA will provide:

 

  • monthly prayer points of CMJ USA needs.
  • weekly prayers for CMJ staff and US cities that need a Bridge Builder church.
  • In the future, Ground Breaker (praying) churches will be partnered with a Bridge Builder (outreach) church, which will provide prayer points specific to their team.
  • Once the Bridge Builder curriculum is launched, we’ll make teachings available to Ground Breaker groups that want to inform their prayers by knowing more about the Jewishness of the Gospel, the history of antisemitism, and the Jewish-American experience.

We really need your prayers. God loves it when we come before him in prayer. We would be so blessed if your congregation would partner with us in this way.

 

Interested? Want to hear more? Let us know at info@cmj-usa.org. Help us build bridges with our Jewish neighbors.

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