pour considerable effort and money into our ministry in
Israel and see this increasing in the days and years ahead.
We affirm and advance those theological positions that give
Israel a place in the plan of God. Through conferences, books,
tracts, videos, and digital presentations, we help deepen this
commitment to Israel in the hearts and lives of both Jews and
Gentiles. Chosen People Ministries began during the early
days of modern Zionism and before Israel was formed as a
modern nation. The hope of Zion has always been part of our
Mission, and it burned brightly in the heart of our founder,
Rabbi Leopold Cohn, and among our early pioneers. Our
magazine has always promoted a view of Scripture that looks
forward to the fulfillment of all promises to the Jewish people
found in the various biblical covenants. We believe that these
promises will be literally fulfilled. We believe that what God
has done in bringing the Jewish people back to the Land of
Israel in unbelief is just the beginning of His work of spiritual
and national redemption that will unfold in the last days.
New Technology
Our Mission has always valued technology. Leopold Cohn
brought over the most modern sewing machines from
Europe to use in teaching Jewish immigrants how to sew as
professionals and thereby find a way to earn a living in the
“new world” of North America. Our missionaries used cars,
and quickly took to travel by train and plane. They utilized the
most modern means of printing and producing books and
literature of their day. Radio, television, the newspapers, and
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now the internet and social media have been used by Chosen
People Ministries to make the gospel known among the
Jewish people and the masses. This continues today through
our Facebook campaigns, video testimonies, and use of social
media on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Learning how to use and adapt technology for the sake of the
gospel is something that is part of the fiber of Chosen People
Ministries, and has been and will be until He returns.
Education and Training
Chosen People Ministries has appreciated and encouraged
training from the very beginning of our ministry. In fact, it
was expected at the turn of the 20th century that missionaries
to the Jews would be exceptionally educated, understanding
that the people we reach are a very educated community.
Immediately after receiving the Lord, Leopold Cohn went to
seminary in Scotland. He was encouraged to do so by those
who led him to faith in New York City.
From the onset of our ministry, we have provided scholarships
to Bible schools like Moody College, Philadelphia
College of the Bible, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Biola
University. This wonderful part of our culture continues today
in many ways, including through the Charles L. Feinberg
Center for Messianic Jewish Studies. Dr. Feinberg himself is
one of the great examples of how our ministry invested in the
life of a Jewish believer who went on to make a significant
contribution to both the Messianic Jewish community and
the Church at large. This is a value that undergirds all we do
and one we will continue to nurture and cultivate as we serve
the Lord and the Jewish people in the 21st century.
The Next Generation
I hope you share our concern with preparing our next
generation for service among our Jewish people. To this
end, Chosen People Ministries has created a new University
Outreach project designed to both mentor young people and
to reach Jewish students for the Messiah.
We are calling this new outreach The House of Living Waters
(Beit Mayim Chayim). Essentially, we hope to create a
house of Messianic ministry and fellowship near New York
University, as this is the largest concentration of Jewish
university students in the greater New York area.
We are looking for gap year students who have either recently
graduated from undergraduate studies and are waiting to go
on to a master’s degree or some type of ongoing educational
program, or for those who are already in possession of a
master’s degree and would like to experience ministry before
entering the workplace. The program will include outreach
among Jewish university students at New York University,
training Gentile Christians in Jewish outreach who are
already ministering on campus and have many Jewish
friends and associates, and personalized discipleship with
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