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Collection 339 Ephemera of the American Board of Mission to Jews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 339

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one thirteen-minute audio tape of a radio program: The Promise of Tomorrow. The broadcast is undated, but it pre-dates Anwar Sadat's assassination in 1981. The program is produced by the American Board of Missions to the Jews and directed to friends of Jewish Christians. Narrator is Charles L. Feinberg [?]. A brief news report about Israel and the Middle East is included, with reference to end time events which Christ reported would be signs of His return and the consummation of Biblical events. opics discussed include: two attitudes with which Jews view heaven, "the way of the world" and "the way of works"; reports from the Middle East and Israel; references to the Book of Ezekiel; and mention of the use of the "hot line" in 1967. A book dividend, Israel: A Modern Miracle, is offered. Music precedes the broadcast.

Dates

  • Undated

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Historical Information

American Board of Missions to Jews (Beth Sar Shalom) is a nondenominational, independent faith mission, evangelical in doctrine, founded in 1894, as a pioneer in Jewish missions. Its missionaries and ministers are ordained by different denominations. The primary aim of the ABMJ is witnessing to Jews, and discipling and involving them in local church programs after conversion.

The work was begun by a Jewish rabbi, Leopold Cohn, who came to the United States in 1892, settled in Brooklyn, New York, and was converted to Christianity. He was succeeded by his son, Joseph Hoffman Cohn, who expanded the work to include Canada, England, Europe, Israel, and South America. On the death of Cohn, the mission continued under the direction of a Board of Directors.

Ministries include centers, literature distribution, Bible conferences, television specials, radio programs, media presentations of the gospel, campus and youth ministries. A student training program gives guidance and financial support to promising young Jewish converts and Jewish Christians so that they may attend Bible schools and colleges for education as Jewish evangelists. The Jewish Training Institute offers a three-year course to those Christians who are interested in Jewish evangelism. These activities are spread throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Europe, Israel, and South America.

Its publications include: The Chosen People, official publication of the mission; The End Times, a bimonthly radio publication); Shepherd of Israel, a periodical directed to unconverted Jews; tracts, books, and a Jewish art calendar. A fifteen-minute radio program, "The Chosen People News Hour," is broadcast five days a week throughout the United States. Foreign language broadcasts are conducted in France and Israel. Area prophetic conferences are also held in the United States and Canada in cooperation with local evangelical churches. Summer conferences are also held at various campgrounds in the United States and Canada.

In 1982 ABMJ had a staff of 92 missionaries and 17 clerics.

Extent

1 Audio Tape

Language of Materials

English

Accruals and Additions

This tape was received from the Billy Graham Center Library in June, 1982.

Accession 82-97

October 16, 1986

Frances L. Brocker

J. Nasgowitz

Title
Collection 339 Ephemera of the American Board of Mission to Jews
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Roman Script

Repository Details

Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository

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