International Mission to Jewish People
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| Formation | 1976 |
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| Merger of | Barbican Mission to the Jews International Society for Evangelisation of the Jews |
| Website | cwi |
Christian Witness to Israel (CWI) is a Protestant Christian organization dedicated to the evangelisation of Jewish people. It was founded in 1976 as a merger between the International Society for Evangelisation of the Jews and the Barbican Mission to the Jews.[1]
The International Society for the Evangelization of the Jews (IJS) was founded in 1842 as the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews. It published a periodical called The Jewish Missionary Herald.[2]
The Barbican Mission to the Jews (BMJ) was founded in 1879. It operated in the East End of London, and was run by Jewish Christians.[2] BMJ was also involved in the Kindertransport, and supported the rescue of about a hundred Jewish children to England prior to World War II.[3][4]
Both pre and post-millennial theology inspired the early Christian Zionists who established and ran the two progenitor societies.[5]
CWI has workers in Israel, the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United States. It considers that the Bible "gives a special place to Jewish evangelism".[6]
See also
References
- ^ "A Brief History". Christian Witness to Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ a b The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. 2011. pp. 126–127. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Cesarani, David (2014). "Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Towards a Taxonomy of Rescuers in a 'Bystander' Country – Britain 1933-45". Bystanders to the Holocaust: A Re-evaluation. Routledge. p. 56.
- ^ "Ilse's Story". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Donald (2 January 2014). The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury And Evangelical Support For A Jewish Homeland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 380. ISBN 9781107631960.
- ^ "FAQ". Christian Witness to Israel Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2015.