Shalom!

Thank you so much for standing with us in prayer and support as we share the Gospel with Jewish people. For the past 116 years, your Mission to the Jewish people has sought creative ways to share the life-giving message of Jesus the Messiah with our Jewish brethren.

Our Isaiah 53 Campaign is one example of our using new methods to communicate the unchanging message of the Gospel. This campaign is designed to introduce Jewish people to Jesus by familiarizing our people with this great prophecy written 700 years before His birth! Hundreds of Jewish seekers in New York City came to watch a debate between Orthodox rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Messianic Jewish scholar Dr. Michael Brown on Isaiah 53. The campaign is slowly being unleashed through secular media - ads, web-based outreach, new evangelistic literature, and much more. You can access some of these resources online by clicking here. We have also produced a new booklet you can give to your Jewish friends - just write to us and ask for one or more!

We are about to have our second conference on Russian Jewish congregation planting to be held in the fall. This is a key conference, as our first such event in Berlin two years ago transformed the landscape of ministry among millions of Russian Jews. There are now more than a hundred Russian-language Messianic congregations - each one shining the Light of Messiah in their communities. We have had a significant role in training these leaders, and plan to do this again in October. Our intention is to enable these leaders to win many more Russian Jewish people to the Lord and to plant at least another twenty-five congregations in the next five years.

As you may already know, Chosen People Ministries is entering our 116th year of ministry this July. In order to ADVANCE the Gospel even further among Jewish people, we have initiated a To the Jew First Advancement Campaign based on Romans 1:16, where the Apostle Paul tells us that the Gospel is to go to the Jew first.

New Evangelistic Projects are a key component to our Advancement Campaign, as we want to reach more Jewish people with the Gospel. We have many dedicated and zealous servants of Messiah working in this mission - and by His grace and through your partnership, we hope the Lord will use us to increase evangelistic work among our Jewish people.

If you have not yet joined our "To the Jew First" team of partners by giving a gift of $116 or a multiple of this amount, please pray about doing this.

Thanks once again for partnering with us to advance the Lord's Kingdom among His chosen people.

Your brother in Messiah,

Mitch

P.S. We held a teleconference from Israel in which we gave some updates on life and ministry in the Holy Land. If you have not yet had the chance to listen, you can access the recording online.