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Entries from
February 2007
The March 2007 Apple of His Eye Newsletter
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 :: 743 Views :: Newsletter
A GRAZING MACE is the lead article by Steve Cohen. Any army general knows that his troops must be properly trained, battle ready and equipped with the right tools to win a war. We Christians are no different… we need to be trained in the spiritual disciplines of prayer, fasting and dependence on the Holy Spirit in the battle to reach Jewish people with the Gospel.
Is Time on Your Side?
By Alan Butterworth
Have you ever heard the song, “Time is On My Side”? If you are from my generation, you know the melody. We remember songs a long time! Like many songs, it has to do with love. The writer longs to see the one who has left and come back so many times before, the one who has been running around, doing “everything your heart desires”. The chorus predicts “you’ll come running back to me…. cause I got the real love. The kind that you need.”
Shalom from Moscow! By Alexey Shepelev
Well, this Christmas was truly a blessing for us. My congregation St. Cyril and Methodius held the evening service at December 24 ( December 25 in Russia is working day). This service was full; usually we have 20-30 worshipers, but at this service the number of people was tripled.
On December 26 we organized the AOHE Russia seminar “ Jewish Roots of Christian faith.” After two years of leading seminars I can tell that this one was most interesting from my point of view.
First of all, what was truly interesting is the number of denominations from where the seminar participants come from. Lutherans from Church of Ingrea ( partner of LCMS in Russia) and ELKROS ( in fellowship with ELCA), Russian Orthodox, Baptist, Roman Catholic (not just lay people but Jesuit monks) and the reporter of main religious web portal in Russia credo.ru. This guy’s name is Moshe and he is a member of reform synagogue in Moscow.
During our seminar we had following speakers: A brief testimony was given by Ilya a Jews for Jesus missionary, then our worker and a good friend of mine Vadim Kusnezoff gave a lecture “ why Jews don’t go to church” and “Athens or Jerusalem.” After lunch was the lecture by Sergey Hudiev (Jewish believer) Russian Orthodox apologist. Then was my small lecture “to be a Jew or become Christian.” The last speech was from Paul Froloff (a member of my congregation and AOHE Moscow volunteer). This day was finished by open discussion and fellowship. We end up with small speech given by Moshe Litvak, the reporter of Credo.ru. Moshe was so surprised that our ministry is ready for serious dialog with Synagogue and our desire to return the Jewish Roots of Christian faith.
Passover begins on April 2nd this year, and in celebration of our first decade of ministry, we are giving away a printable PDF (electronic) version of our Passover Haggadah and recipe selections. God has been good to us through you, our supporters, and we in turn wish to share His blessing. To receive your free Haggadah, send us an e-mail to SCINFL@AOL.COM with your name, address and phone number and we will have it out ASAP!
Catch our latest podcast now available on our website: www.aohems.org
You will find he Hebrew text of the Aaronic benediction and it's transliteration.
Finally you will see the various ways to contact us so that we can assist you in your personal witness to others.
The Willowbank Declaration
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 :: 429 Views :: Documents
This document gives the Biblical rationale for bringing the Gospel to the Jewish people and refutes the two covenant theory.
February 2007 Newsletter
Thursday, February 01, 2007 :: 735 Views :: Newsletter
URGENTLY EQUIPPING… By Steve Cohen
Since the very beginning of the Apple of His Eye ministries, we have focused our intensive ministry
efforts on two critical areas: 1) boldly bringing the Gospel to the lost, 2) urgently equipping God’s
people to do the same. If you were to review the past couple of years of newsletters, the overwhelming
number of stories have concentrated on our direct evangelism – reaching the lost.
We knew from the beginning that we could not reach all six million unsaved Jewish people in the
USA. However, we could make a bigger dent through the second focus - helping Christians effectively tell
the Gospel to others.
In my experience over the past 30 years, the best venue for sharing faith is NOT out on the streets,
though we spend a good deal of time doing that as a pre-evangelism effort to create new relationships. We
believe the BEST venue to tell of Y’shua is in the context of your existing relationships with your unsaved friends.
We approach this in a stair-step fashion:
AWARENESS
There are Jewish people in your sphere of influence;
99% of the Jewish population is unsaved;
Their unbelief is NOT from reading and rejecting the Gospel, but from not hearing it .
ASSESSMENT
Helping Christians consider strengthening their own witness.
ACTION
Inviting others to consider the Gospel for themselves;
Using our new PASSPORT, to share that Gospel shoulder to shoulder with their friends.
GLENDA IS CALLING CHURCHES NOW TO SCHEDULE A
MISSIONARY VISIT THROUGH DECEMBER 2008.
Pastors & worship leaders, please help us plan properly
by receiving/returning her calls.
All scheduling is done on a first-come, first-served basis. Glenda can be
reached at 636-326-4040 ext 2 if you wish to call her for the best choice
of dates in the next 24 months.
If we have not yet been to your church, or if it has been more than three years
since our last visit, please speak with your pastor and worship committee to
encourage them to have one of our dynamic speakers bring a Law/Gospel
message from a Jewish point of view. Together we are making a difference in the lives of lost Jewish people
and gentiles, too.
During our visit we can also offer a 4-hour Jewish Evangelism Seminar for all churches in your area.
THE A P P L E
OF HI S E Y E
MI S S ION
SOC I E T Y
&
YOU R
CHU R CH
Since our beginnings in
1996, our missionaries
have given presentations
in over 1,000 churches in
almost every state in the
union.
To see our full 2006
church schedule, please click here & scroll
down to pages 10-13:
http://www.appleofhiseye.org/YIR%202006.pdf
Each presentation is coordinated mainly by
Glenda Smith (above) and the leadership of
the congregation to best suit both the needs
of the congregation and the mission of The
Apple of His Eye.
The process begins with informing the church
of who we are, what we do, how we do it and
seeking to find the best fit within the overall
programming of the local congregation.
Once a presentation date is settled, we send
out our confirmation paperwork. Two months
prior to our presentation, we send out a packet
of information to assist the local church in
informing their members and the community
of the upcoming presentation.
Our overall goal is to win the hearts of God’s
people to pray, witness and give over and
above their own church giving so that others
might hear the Good News of Jesus, the
Messiah.
We come simply on the basis of a free-will
offering received through our offering
envelopes, and when out of our home area,
assistance with travel ($125 maximum)
and overnight housing when appropriate.
WHY HAVE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
COME TO OUR CHURCH?
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A LARGE
JEWISH COMMUNITY IN OUR AREA!
WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS
WITH OUR BOARD!
WE HAVE MULTIPLE SERVICE
TIMES ON THE WEEKEND!
WE ARE ALREADY SUPPORTING
OTHER MISSIONS!
Are You Living a Life Worthy of Your Calling?
By Alan Butterworth
Who me? Doesn’t ‘calling’ relate only to Pastors
and teachers? Paul writes in Ephesians 4:1: “live
a life worthy of the calling you have received.” He
is addressing the body of Messiah… you and me!
Luther used the word ‘vocation.’ God has a call or
plan for your life and mine! So, how are you doing?
During the week before New Year’s, I was at the
Urbana conference in St. Louis. Can you imagine
22,000 college students trying to find their calling, in
short or long-term mission work? That is Urbana!
Announcing our 2007 summer
short-term mission outreach.
This year we will be in Houston from July 7-14 to bring the
message of Messiah to Jewish people and gentiles, too. We
invite you to come and bring a team from your church as we
band together to tell the good news. You do NOT have to be
Jewish to join with us.
Please remember The Apple of His Eye in your estate
planning by giving the gift that keeps on giving!
Catch our latest podcast now available on
our website: www.aohems.org
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