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The Church's Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ) (formerly the ''London Jews' Society'' and the ''London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews'') is an Anglican missionary society founded in 1809.〔(CMJ USA web site )〕 ==History== The society began in the early 19th century, when leading evangelicals, including members of the influential Clapham Sect such as William Wilberforce, and Charles Simeon, decided that there was an unmet need to promote Christianity among the Jews. In 1809 they formed the ''London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews''. The missionary Joseph Frey is often credited with the instigation of the break with the London Missionary Society. A later missionary was C. W. H. Pauli. Abbreviated forms such as the ''London Jews' Society'' or simply ''The Jews' Society'' were adopted for general use. The original agenda of the society was: * Declaring the Messiahship of Jesus to the Jew first and also to the non-Jew * Endeavouring to teach the Church its Jewish roots * Encouraging the physical restoration of the Jewish people to Eretz Israel - the Land of Israel * Encouraging the Hebrew Christian/Messianic Jewish movement〔''For the Love of Zion'', Kelvin Crombie, Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1991, ISBN 978-0-340-55805-8, p. 3〕 The society's work began among the poor Jewish immigrants in the East End of London and soon spread to Europe, South America, Africa and Palestine.〔(CMJ UK web site )〕 In 1811, a five-acre field on the Cambridge Road in Bethnal Green, east London, was leased as a centre for missionary operations. A school, training college and a church called the ''Episcopal Jews' Chapel'' were built here. The complex was named ''Palestine Place''. In 1813, a Hebrew-Christian congregation called ''Benei Abraham'' (Children of Abraham) started meeting at the chapel in Palestine Place. This was the first recorded assembly of Jewish believers in Jesus and the forerunner of today's Messianic Jewish congregations. The London Jews Society was the first such society to work on a global basis.〔 In 1836, two missionaries were sent to Jerusalem: Dr. Albert Gerstmann, a physician, and Melville Bergheim, a pharmacist, who opened a clinic that provided free medical services. By 1844, it had become a 24-bed hospital.〔(The workers' health fund in Eretz Israel: Kupat Holim, 1911-1937, Shifra Shvarts )〕 In its heyday, the society had over 250 missionaries.〔 It supported the creation of the post of Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem in 1841, and the first incumbent was one of its workers, Michael Solomon Alexander.〔Crombie, Kelvin (2006) A Jewish Bishop in Jerusalem: the life story of Michael Solomon Alexander. Jerusalem: Nicholayson's〕 The society was active in the establishment of Christ Church, Jerusalem, the oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, completed in 1849. In 1863, the society purchased property outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. In 1897, they opened a hospital on the site, designed by architect Arthur Beresford Pite. Today, the building houses the ''Anglican International School Jerusalem'', which is operated by the society.〔(Anglican International School, Jerusalem )〕 In 1914, the society was described as The organisation is one of the eleven official mission agencies of the Church of England.() It currently has branches in the United Kingdom, Israel, Ireland, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Australia.() In response to changing attitudes towards outreach and the Jewish people, the society has changed its name several times over the years, first to ''Church Missions to Jews'', then ''The Church's Mission to the Jews'', followed by ''The Church's Ministry Among the Jews'', and finally to the current name of ''The Church's Ministry Among Jewish People'', which was adopted in 1995. The society's historic archives are stored by the Bodleian Library in Oxford England. A history of the society was published in 1991.〔For the Love of Zion, Kelvin Crombie, Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 4 September 1991, ISBN 978-0-340-55805-8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church's Ministry Among Jewish People」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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