International Mission to Jewish People

British Protestant Christian missionary organization

International Mission to Jewish People

Formation| 1976 (1976)
Merger of| Barbican Mission to the Jews
International Society for Evangelisation of the Jews
Website| www.imjp.org

International Mission to Jewish People (IMJP) formerly 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 Evangelisation 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 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, including the KLM flight of January 1939, 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]

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".[6]

## See also

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* 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. ^ a b Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9781403939104. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
3. ^ 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 9781317791744.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "FAQ". Christian Witness to Israel Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2015.