International Mission to Jewish People

British Protestant Christian missionary organization

International Mission to Jewish People

Formation| 1842 (1842)
Merger of| Barbican Mission to the Jews
International Society for Evangelisation of the Jews
Website| www.imjp.org
The first planeload of Jewish refugee children from Czechoslovakia arrived in England on 12 January 1939. The Barbicans arranged the flight.

International Mission to Jewish People (IMJP) formerly Christian Witness to Israel (CWI). The organisation, which was founded in 1842, was consolidated in 1976 by the amalgamation of two agencies: The International Society for Evangelisation of the Jews and The Barbican Mission to the Jews. [1] [2]

The International Society for the Evangelisation of the Jews (IJS) was founded on 7 November 1842[3] as the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews in the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, London. [4] It published a periodical called The Jewish Herald.[5]

The Barbican Mission to the Jews (BMJ) was founded in 1879 and led by Rev P.I.J Warschawski and then Mr C.T Lipschytz. It operated in the Barbican area of the East End of London, and was run by Jewish Christians.[5] BMJ was also involved in the Kindertransport, including the KLM flight of January 1939, and supported the rescue of about a hundred Jewish children to England prior to World War II.[6][7] [8]

Both pre- and post-millennial theology inspired the early Christian Zionists who established and ran the two progenitor societies.[9] However, other Puritan and missiological influences were at play.[10]

IMJP 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".[11]

## See also

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* British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia
* Conversion of the Jews
* Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews

## References

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1. ^ "A Brief History". Christian Witness to Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
2. ^ https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/5f1fbd7a4583f/content/pages/documents/1525250839.pdf [bare URL PDF]
3. ^ Exley, F. J. (1942). Our hearts' desire: The story of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews.
4. ^ Dunlop, J. (1894). Memories of gospel triumphs among the Jews during the Victorian era. S.W. Partridge & Co.
5. ^ a b Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 126–127\. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4. Retrieved 28 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
6. ^ 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\. ISBN 978-1-317-79174-4.
7. ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths - Ilse's Story". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
8. ^ Grossman, Nurit (2020). "The emergence of the Kindertransport in Prague: The Barbican Mission to the Jews, a unique endeavour". Jewish Historical Studies. 51. doi:10.14324/111.444.jhs.2020v51.014.
9. ^ 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 978-1-107-63196-0.
10. ^ "Reformation and Re-Embracement: A Brief History of the Puritan Hope for Israel".
11. ^ "FAQ". Christian Witness to Israel Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2015.