Join us as Dr. Theresa Newell shares the significance of the most important Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, which begins this night at sundown. Theresa has a way of making the Bible come alive and sheds much needed light on the connection between the Jewish people and the praying Church.
Dr. Theresa Newell’s story in Jewish evangelism is a story of God’s sovereign grace. When she was 32, the Lord used several friends to tell her the Good News and lead her from a life of destruction. Soon after, Dr. Newell quit her reporting job at the local newspaper and spent time sharing the Gospel with anyone who would listen. She made her first visit to Israel in 1976. After a moving personal encounter with God at the Western Wall, Dr. Newell recognized her call to Jewish evangelism. She immediately began studying Hebrew under a rabbi. Over the next few years, she also had a number of God-ordained encounters with the Reverend Walter Barker, the International Director of The Church’s Ministry among Jewish People (CMJ)—an organization headquartered in London since 1809. In 1980, Dr. Theresa Newell was invited to open the first American office of CMJ, and until 1986, served as its director. Since that date, she has led over 50 biblical study tours to Israel, and today serves on the CMJ International Board, which oversees CMJ’s ministry centers in Israel.
Dr. Newell was North America coordinator of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism (LCJE-NA) from 1999 to 2007. In 2010, she became chair of the Anglican Church of North America—Ecumenical Relations Task Force/Messianic Jewish sub-committee. Since 2006, she has been CMJ USA chairman of the board, and serves as US representative to CMJ’s Israel board. A journalist by training, Dr. Newell completed her Master in Biblical Studies (OT) and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. From 1994 to 1997, she was director of the extension department at Trinity and today serves as the travel-study director there.
Dr. Newell and her husband, Bruce, have eight children, and 28 grandchildren.
The Importance of Yom Kippur
September 18, 2018 • Dr. Theresa Newell
Activate School of the Prophetic: Prophetic Worship and Prayer
March 3, 2020 • Stephen and Veronica Jenks
We are excited to have Stephen and Veronica Jenks back with us for the final session of our ACTIVATE School of the Prophetic. Stephen opens up the topic of prophetic worship and prayer and how to practically release heaven on earth. Stephen has been a part of the Eagles’ Wings team for 22 years, Veronica for 15 years, and they serve together on the Leadership Team. Eagles’ Wings is a global movement advancing three biblical mandates: honoring Israel, renewing biblical community, and igniting unity through worship and prayer. A gifted worship leader and psalmist, Stephen has ministered with Eagles’ Wings teaching, leading worship and training leaders. Veronica is passionate about discipleship and seeing people walk in the fullness of their calling in God. She loves teaching and training kids to discover who God is. She also has traveled to Thailand, Holland, and the Philippines working with victims of human trafficking. Together, through conferences and services across the United States, Europe, Central America, Asia and the Middle East, they have had the privilege of bringing tens of thousands of believers into a living encounter with the Presence and Person of Jesus Christ.